The Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Dallas will host its annual Fall Integrated Pest Management Continuing Education Unit seminar on Nov. 20 in Dallas. 

The event, which includes a full day of pesticide applicator training from Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts, will run from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the center, 17360 Coit Road. 

Online registration is available at https://tx.ag/Fall24IPM. Early registration is $100 and available until Nov. 15. Late registration and at-the-door registration is $140. 

About the training

a green armyworm on a green branch
The annual Fall Integrated Pest Management Continuing Education seminar is slated for Nov. 20 in Dallas. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Attendees will receive the latest updates on pesticide laws, pest biology and identification, and pest management strategies.

A total of 10 continuing education units are available — five agricultural and five structural. CEUs are available for both Texas Department of Agriculture, TDA, and Texas Structural Pest Control Service, SPCS, license holders. 

Topics offered include:

  • Integrated weed management in turfgrass systems, Pablo Boeri, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension turfgrass specialist and assistant professor in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Dallas. 
  • Ornamental and turfgrass management, Meghyn Meeks, Ph.D., Texas A&M AgriLife Research assistant research scientist, Dallas. 
  • Nurturing nature: IPM for the next generation, Janet Hurley, AgriLife Extension senior program specialist, Texas A&M Department of Entomology, Dallas. 
  • Updates on TDA and SPCS regulations, Henry Krusekopf, Texas Department of Agriculture, Wichita Falls.
  • Ants that bother you inside and outside, Jake Wightman, AgriLife Extension agricultural and environmental safety program specialist, Bryan-College Station. 

For more information, contact Hurley at [email protected].

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