Year: 2024
GrowON Webinar: Managing Resistance in Greenhouse Crops
Speaker: Hannah Fraser, Entomologist -Horticulture, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness (OMAFA)
2024 Canadian Greenhouse Conference Attendee Registration Now Open
Join us at the 2024 Canadian Greenhouse Conference (CGC) in Niagara Falls, Ontario, on October 9 and 10. Check out the excellent lineup of speakers, trade show exhibitors, greenhouse bus tour, and much more! Attendee registration is now open. See you in October.
REMINDER: Webinar on Managing Pesticide Resistance in Greenhouses and Nurseries TOMORROW at Noon!
Greenhouse IPM practitioners have to produce high quality plants and produce with a more limited chemical arsenal. We also have to deal with several key pests that are known to readily develop resistance to multiple chemical classes, including thrips, whitefly and leafminers. So how do we avoid an uphill run on the resistance treadmill?
Hannah Fraser, Horticulture Entomologist with OMAFA, shares her decades of experience battling resistance issues in fruit crop pests with us in this next webinar.
Webinar Details:
Who: Hannah Fraser, Horticulture Entomologist for OMAFA (Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness)
Hosted by: Cara McCreary and Sarah Jandricic, Greenhouse IPM Specialists for OMAFA
What: Don’t grow resistant pests that will get in the way of selling quality produce or beautiful plants! This talk will provide growers and IPM specialists with a solid review of resistance management best practices. This will include an in-depth explanation of the “why’s” for what we should (and shouldn’t) be doing when it comes to stewardship of insecticides in the greenhouse IPM toolbox.
When: Wednesday, August 14th from 12-1 pm
How to Watch: Register for the free, live webinar here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QZtye4nzT4y7AiY1iwgRcQ
July, 2024 DLI and ePPFD Data
Food Safety and Growth Initiative Funding
The governments of Canada and Ontario are investing up to $5 million, through the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP), to help the important small businesses in the agriculture and food industry enhance their food safety systems and stimulate growth.
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Greenhouse IPM practitioners have to produce high quality plants and produce with a more limited chemical arsenal. We also have to deal with several key pests that are known to readily develop resistance to multiple chemical classes, including thrips, whitefly and leafminers. So how do we avoid an uphill run on the resistance treadmill? Hannah Fraser, Horticulture Entomologist with OMAFA, shares her decades of experience battling resistance issues in fruit crop pests with us in this next webinar.
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Call for Posters – 2024 Canadian Greenhouse Conference
The 2024 Canadian Greenhouse Conference is hosting another poster session this year!
This poster session will include regular posters and student competition posters. The goal of the Poster Session is to highlight research on greenhouse floriculture, vegetables, fruit and alternative crops in Canada allowing growers and members of ag-industry to see the excellent work that you do in support of the many commodities they grow. To submit a poster in either session, please complete the application form (see below to download) and return it to Denise Beaton (denise.beaton@ontario.ca) or Cara McCreary (cara.mccreary@ontario.ca).
When: October 9-10, 2024
Where: Niagara Falls Convention Centre, 6815 Stanley Ave., Niagara Falls, ON L2G 3Y9
Application due date: Sunday, September 8, 2024
Poster PDF due date: Wednesday, September 18, 2024
- Please use the Poster Application Form (see below to download) to enter the regular and student competition poster sessions.
- Both traditional research posters and infographics that can convey appropriate details are encouraged.
- The student poster competition prizes are as follows:
1st Prize – $750
2nd Prize – $500
3rd Prize – $350
4th Prize – $150
The student competition will be limited to the first 20 students. These 20 student competitors will receive free registration for both conference days. Any additional posters can be included in the regular session.
You can find more details and competition rules in the Call for Posters and Poster Application Form (see below to download) and view some of the 2023 posters at www.canadiangreenhouseconference.com/attendee-information/research-poster-session.
Please forward this information to other interested participants or you can provide Denise or Cara with their contact information.
Some FAQs:
- Does the Canadian Greenhouse Conference print posters onsite? No. The printing of your poster is your responsibility. Your poster will be displayed at the assigned poster board number, which you will receive before October 9th.
- Can I still enter the poster session if I can’t attend the conference? Yes, as long as your poster is displayed in the conference’s poster session by the assigned time (TBD) on the morning of October 9th.
- Is there an oral presentation component to the poster session? No. The judges score your poster based on the criteria in the “Call for Posters”. The poster session is separate from the Speaker Session Research Updates.
- Do I need to stand beside my poster at a particular time? No. However, the poster session provides a great opportunity to network with conference attendees and answer questions about your research. Busier times through the poster session tend to be before and after speaker sessions, at breaks and lunchtime.
- Is this poster session virtual? No. You are required to display a hard copy of your poster (approximately 120 cm x 90 cm (48” x 36”) in either portrait or landscape orientation) in the poster session by the assigned time. You can provide approval to post your poster PDF on the conference website by filling this out on the poster application form.
- Will I get free registration to the conference if I’m entered into the regular poster session? No. Free registration is only provided to the first 20 students who entered the student poster competition.
CGC 2024 Call for Posters
CGC 2024 Poster Application Form
GrowON presents: How to Use Light Spectral Combinations to Steer Plants
Exciting new research from Dr. Youbin Zheng (University of Guelph) explores how plants respond to different light spectra and spectral combinations.
This GrowON talk was on July 22nd 1:00-2:30 p.m. EST in-person at Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers (OGVG) and online.
Learn more about how to apply spectral variations to a diverse set of crops by accessing the recording and presentation files below.
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