Plants, Pests & Pathogens (No Recordings)

May

Ted Bilderback, Frost Damage in the Landscape
Tom Creswell, Plant Problem Diagnosis, Current Issue in Plant Pathology
Kelly Ivors,  Plant Pathologist, Tomato Varieties and Resistance
David Stephan, Current Issues in Entomology
Brian Whipker, Plant Nutrition

June

Tom Creswell, Current Issues in Plant Pathology
Carl Crozier, Soils – Handout: Essential Nutrients
Fred Hain, Exotic Insects,The Partnership for Saving Threatened Forests
Anthony Lebude, Nursery
Charles Safley, Green Industry Report 2005,

• Handout: 2005 NC Green Industry Report by County (Excel)

David Stephan, Current Issues in Entomology
Colleen Warfield, Plant Pathology

July

Lee Butler, Turf Pathology, TurfFiles
Tom Creswell, Current Issues in Plant Pathology
Paul Fantz, Plant ID
Peter Hertl, Turf Entomology, Fire Ants

• Turffiles
• NCSU Agriculture Chemical Manual
• Pest Control for Professional Turfgrass Managers 2007

Grady Miller, Turf Research,  Turffiles
David Stephan, Current Issues in Entomology
Fred Yelverton, Turf Weeds, Turffiles, Turf Alerts

August

Chris DePerno, Managing Wildlife,

• NCSU Agriculture Chemical Manual
• NC Wildlife Damage Control Agent
• USDA Beaver Management Assistance Program
• NC Wildlife Resources Commission
• Wildlife Extension
• Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources
• Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences Program
• Extension Forestry

Paul Fantz, Plant ID
Randy Gardner, Tomato Breeding,

• Fresh Market Tomato Breeding Program
• Replicated Trial Yield Data
• Tomato Production
• Vegetable Crop Handbook for the Southeastern US – 2007

Gerald Holmes, Vegetable Pathology, Current Issues in Plant Pathology Recommended Websites

• North American Plant Disease Forecast Center

Recommended Reading

• Compendium of Brassica Disease
• Compendium on Sweet Potato Diseases
• Compendium on Cucurbit Diseases

Chris Moorman, Attracting Wildlife,

Recommended Websites

• NC Birding Trail
• Going Native

Handouts

• Building Songbird Boxes (PDF file)
• Butterflies in Your Backyard  printable PDF file linked
• Herbaceous Plants for Wildlife (PDF file)
• Hummingbirds and Butterflies (PDF file)
• Landscaping for Wildlife with Native Plants (PDF file)
• Managing Backyards and Other Urban Habitats for Birds
• Managing Edges for Wildlife (PDF file)

Recommended Reading

• Gardening With Native Plants of the South, by Sally Wasowski

David Stephan, Current Issues in Entomology
Jim Walgenbach, Vegetable Entomology

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