2008 North American Farmers'

Direct Marketing Convention

Speakers:
Mark Gleason, Iowa State University
Patty McManus, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Disease-warning systems are practical tools that can help apple growers cut back on pesticide sprays and save money. They track information about the weather, disease organisms, and the crop to help you make disease management decisions. To get the full benefit from disease-warning systems, you need to know their strong and weak points. It also helps to get to know the enemies - the fungi and bacteria that threaten your apples – even better than you already do. 

In this workshop, two veteran extension plant pathologists take you on a stimulating exploration of the world of disease-warning systems. They’ll help you to think like a pest – like the fungi and bacteria that attack your apples – and gain an up-to-date picture of the pros and cons of using warning systems. 

This is a grower-oriented workshop that won’t dazzle you with bar charts and graphs, but will stick to practical approaches that leave you with some valuable new ideas about effective disease management.