- Venue
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Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences
Am Staudengarten 1
Building D1, Lecture Theatre D1.402
85354 Freising - Type
- Tagung
Training in plant protection for specialists in garden retail/garden centres, key informants, teaching staff, staff in the landscaping and parks and green spaces sector, industry, consultancy and related fields.
The event is recognised by the State Institute for Agriculture (LfL) as a training course within the meaning of the Plant Protection Competence Regulation!
Programme
• Good intentions, poorly planted: The most common mistakes in tree planting – straight from the expert’s experience (Christine Andres/CADverde, registered expert)
• They’re back: Fire blight and the codling moth – a practical review (Michael Zoth/Schlachters research station for pomiculture HSWT)
• Using a keen nose to combat quarantine pests: Possibilities, limitations and prospects for the use of sniffer dogs (Dr Gernot Hoch/Federal Research and Training Centre for Forestry, Natural Hazards and Landscape [BFW], Vienna)
• Macro-beauties or mega-pests? A focus on thrips (Dr Manfred Ulitzka/Thrips-iD)
• Voles in gardens and public green spaces: symptoms, biology and integrated control (Thomas Lohrer/Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences)
• New record-keeping requirements, expertise and more: legal frameworks in plant protection (Wolfgang Ahlvers/Bavarian Producers’ Association for Flowers and Ornamental Plants)
• Drones in practical use: requirements, possibilities, limitations, health and safety (Bräunig/Social Insurance for Agriculture, Forestry and Horticulture [SVLFG]
Course leaders
Course fee
€70 (including conference pack, coffee, cold drinks and pastries during breaks)
Registration
Participation is by registration only. You will then receive an invoice in advance.