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How Rate Controllers affect Spraying.
Category:

AB,SK - Application Technology, BC - Application Technology, MB - Pest Management
Class:

All classes and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1( AB,BC,MB,ON)
This topic integrates a number of important aspects of spraying at a range of travel speeds in the same field, including nozzle selection, effect of pressure on pattern uniformity and spray quality, and pesticide performance with various spray qualities. There will be some overlap with topic #1, but this talk emphasizes practical issues encountered with a modern high-clearance sprayer.
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for Vegetation
Category:

AB,SK - Pest Management , BC - IPM. MB - Definition and Elements of IPM
Class:

Aerial, Agriculture, Industrial, Landscape, Forestry and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1(AB,BC,MB,ON)
As more pressure is put on pesticide usage, applicators must look to an IPM program when dealing with unwanted vegetation. We may need to divide areas into different categories as far as what is acceptable and not acceptable. We need to be able to count or measure plant populations in order to decide the solution required. Monitoring of vegetation will be discussed. Thresholds will be defined and discussed. A look at various control measures will be examined included guidelines for selecting appropriate herbicides.
Inversions: An Applicators Perspective
Category:

AB-Application Technology
Class:

Aerial, Agriculture, Aquatic, Biting Fly, Forestry, Industrial, Landscape
Credits:
1(AB)

Learning Objective Summary: Raise awareness of the "low level inversion" and the tremendous significance it has for off-target deposition. Specific Objectives/discussion topics

  1. Background definition of inversion
    1. Public forecast and inversion
    2. Aviation forecast and inversion
    3. Applicator's Forecast And inversion
  2. Give some theoretical context to dilution through dissipation by vertical development
  3. Discuss relationship of dilution through dissipation in context of global circulation patterns.
  4. Discuss the factor of pesticide fate in relation to global circulation and changing global values regarding air quality
  5. Discuss factors unique to the applicator's role
    1. Adverse effect depends on dilution
    2. . Low elevation inversion
    3. "drift free" nozzle myth
  6. Case study of actual morning inversion
    1. Photo study
    2. Map study
    3. Geography analysis
  7. Case study of actual evening inversion
    1. Photo study
    2. Map study
    3. Geography analysis
  8. Discuss air mass characteristics as related to above studies and nocturnal transition.
  9. Present 4 strategies for minimizing inversion problems.

IPM Fundamentals
Category:

AB,SK - Pest Management, BC - IPM, MB - Definition and Elements of IPM
Class:

All Classes and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1(AB,BC,MB,ON)
Definition of IPM and a discussion on the principles of IPM: Pest identification; Monitoring; Threshold levels; Control measures and Evaluation. An example will be used to illustrate the principles.
IPM-Principles and Techniques
Category:

AB,SK - Pest Management, BC - IPM, MB -Definition and Elements of IPM
Class:

All Classes and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1(AB,BC,MB,ON)
Measuring Up-Accurate measure is key
Category:

Application Technology
Class:

All Classes except fumigation
Credits:
1(AB,SK,BC)
This webinar looks at the importance of accurate measurement. From calculating area size for the pesticide application to accurate measurement of tank sizes and pesticide rates. One of the reasons for pesticide resistance can be improper applying chemicals at reduced rates without even being aware you are doing so. Sprayer tanks and measuring equipment need to be checked and rechecked to ensure proper rates are being applied. On the other side overapplication is expensive and wasteful. Join Tim as he shows you the problem and ways to do accurate measurement.
Nanopesticides
Category:

Pest Management
Class:

All Classes
Credits:
1(AB)
New technology in the area of pesticides are called nanopesticides. Nano means very small, minute or one billionth. This webinar looks at the definition of nanopesticides and there use in an IPM program and pesticide application. What makes them work better than conventional pesticides will be discussed. Different types of nanopesticides are discussed in the presentation and their potential uses. Advantages and disadvantages of nanopesticides are examined. How will nanopesticides be applied and in what form will be examined. As pesticide applicators, we need to prepare ourselves for new technologies and nanopesticides are one of these new technologies that pesticide applicators should be aware of and prepared for.
Nozzle Selection and Guidelines
Category:

AB,SK - Application Technology , BC - Application Technology, MB - Pest Management
Class:

Agriculture, Industrial, Landscape,Forestry, and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1 (AB,BC,MB,ON)
Nozzle Types and Selection for Drift Control
Category:

AB,SK - Application Technology , BC - Application Technology , MB - Pest Management
Class:

Agriculture, Forestry, Industrial, Landscape and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1(AB,BC,MB,ON)
Spray drift is an applicator's worst nightmare. It is a leading cause of complaints for sprayer applicators. In the last few years, nozzle manufactures have developed different types of nozzles to help reduce drift. This web cast seminar looks at different types of nozzles and how they work. Also examined are other ways to reduce drift besides nozzle selection.
Open Bodies of Water Legislation
Category:

Regulations
Class:

All Classes
Credits:
1(AB)
Reading legislation can be complicated and many times difficult to understand. Tim Garner, in this one hour web cast seminar, developed a number of questions to ask yourself around water. The answers to these questions will help you determine what is an open body of water in Alberta, and depending on the plants you are growing and pesticides you plan on using, whether you require a permit or not.
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