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MEMBER EVENT A Chelsea Bailey Lewis
Biological Control
Conference Recap
he sun was shining, and it program! Special thanks to all
was hot and humid outside, of our MNLGA annual sponsors
Tbut unlike a normal MNLGA as well as a few vendors that we
summer event, we were all inside had at this event including BioBee
listening to outstanding speakers USA, Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc.
discuss the latest in biological and IPM Laboratories. The Ladies
control. In partnership with the in the Landscape group also set
University of Maryland Extension, up a great display and hosted a
we hosted the Biological Control small lunch meet and greet, which
Conference on June 30th at the welcomed a great turnout. If you
Maritime in Linthicum. It was a Aphidoletes midge- larva attacking bird cherry haven’t ever heard of this group, I
oat aphid in greenhouse, Photo: Suzanne Klick
different experience being inside would encourage you to learn more
in June, and not on a nursery tour couldn’t be packed into one about them, and consider joining,
somewhere outside! day, and that’s why we had to https://ladiesinthelandscape.com/.
If you attended the Biocontrol extend it to this past June. The The day kicked off with a great
Conference this past December team at UMD Extension really introduction by none other than
then you know this conference knows how to develop a great Stanton Gill and Dave Clement.
Suzanne Wainwright-Evans, our
resident “Bug lady” then took the
audience underground to talk
about microbials. We then heard
from Dr. Michael Dimock who
discussed how to use biologicals
for plant disease management.
We were lucky to have Dr. Rose
Buitenhuis travel all the way from
Canada to talk about biological
control in greenhouses.
We had one unique zoom session
with Dr. Rhoda DeJonge who
Lacewing larva on swamp milkweed Asclepias incarnata-with oleander aphids, Photo: Suzanne Klick
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