Pesticide Certified Applicator Training Session: The Distribution, Status and Management of Native and Invasive Termites in USA ( HYBRID)
Description
January 24th, 2025, Hybrid in-person and remote training session, from 9:30 AM to 4 PM CT.
Location: Burden Botanical Gardens, 4560 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge, LA 70810
Lunches and refreshments will be provided
Cost of registration, (Covered by LSU)
Program Overview for Regulatory Agencies. The initial two-hour session will be on rodent management, their health impacts, and inspections. Afterwards we will discuss bed bug management in urban settings, new products, inspections, and best practices. We will then transition to the a 4-hour webinar focused on identification, current status, and basic methods of control of subterranean and drywood termites, with particular emphasis on the Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus. The intended audience is the pest control industry in the Southeastern U.S., and in areas, such as California, outside the southeast where Formosan termites are known to exist. This training presentation is an output of the North American Termite Survey working group, supported by the Southern IPM Center. The session is also supported by the UGA GTBOP, LSU Pesticide Safety Office and the Gulf South Vector Collaborative.
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See Schedule Below
9:00 to 9:30 – Introductory remarks, Gulf South VECTOR core survey
9:30 to 10:00 – FIFRA and Louisiana laws, rules, and regulations – Mr. Joe Ingrao, Pesticide Applicator Certification & Training Program Coordinator
10:00 to 11:00 AM – Rodents as vectors of disease, conducive conditions, inspections and management – Dr. Claudia Riegel, Director of the New Orleans Mosquito, Rodent and Termite Control Board
11:00 to 12:00 AM – Bed bugs, health effects, PPE, inspection, record keeping, environmental hazards, and management
12:00 to 12:05 NATS working group introduction and goals – Dr. Aaron R. Ashbrook, Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
12:05 to 12:30 “Tales of termite trails: how did the Formosan subterranean termite get here” – Dr. Claudia Hussenader, Professor, Department of Entomology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
12:30 to 1:00 2-minute recordings of NATS working group members providing updates to FST distribution maps in their states. (KY AR not included as no reported FST so far)
Alabama- Drs. Nobuaki Mizumoto or Xing Ping Hu
California- Drs. Siavash Taravati or Chow-Yang Lee
Florida- Dr. Thomas Chouvenc
Georgia- Dr. Dan Suiter
Louisiana- Dr. Carrie Cottone
Mississippi- Dr. Jose Santos Portugal
North Carolina- Dr. Chris Hayes
South Carolina- Dr. Eric Benson
Tennessee- Dr. Karen Vail
Texas- Drs. Robert Puckett or Janet Hurley
1:00 to 1:05 Pre-survey for identification training
1:05 to 1:55 “Formosan subterranean termite alate identification and differentiating them from co-swarming alates”- Dr. Thomas Chouvenc, Associate Professor, Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida Ft. Lauderdale Research and Education Center, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
1:55 to 2:00 post-survey for identification training to capture a change in knowledge
2:00 to 3:00 “Subterranean and drywood termite management”- Dr. Brian Forschler, Professor, Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.
3:00 to 4:00 “Formosan subterranean termite inspections, safety, and proper applications”- Dr. Faith Oi, Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.