BANANA IPM

• BANANA MINI-CONFERENCE

CRATE

COVER CROPS

INSECTARY PLANTS

• GILMORE BUTTERFLY GARDEN

KOREAN NATURAL FARMING

SOIL HEALTH MANAGEMENT

• KEY TO NEMATODE TRAPPING FUNGI
• MUSHROOM COMPOST
• PREDATORY NEMATODES
  

SUSTAINABLE PEST MANAGEMENT PROJECTS

2014 Banana Mini-Conference

Tuesday, August 26, 2014 | Kaneohe Extension Office | 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm

Speedy review of common pests in banana and IPM strategy

• Jari Sugano, County Extension Agent, at UH CTAHR, Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences

Overview of newly registered, Movento and products in the pipeline for future registration for banana production in Hawaii

• Dr. Mike Kawate, Hawaii IR-4 Minor Crop Registration Program

Pesticides registered for use in Banana in Hawaii

BBTV-resistance screening on existing and newly introduced banana cultivars in Hawaii

• Gabriel Sachter, Graduate Student, and Dr. Richard Manshart, Horticulturalist at UH CTAHR, Department of Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences

Macropropagation of banana plantlets (YouTube)

Training Manual: Macropropagation of Banana and Plantain (International Institute of Tropical Agriculture)

Current status and future perspectives of development of BBTV-resistant banana

• Drs. John Hu and Wayne Borth, Plant Virologists, at UH CTAHR, Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences

Developing Integrated Disease Management Program for banana: BBTV, nematodes to Black Sigatoka

• Dr. Koon-Hui Wang, Sustainable Pest Management Professor at UH CTAHR, Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences

Acknowledgements

Research work presented supported in part by grants from Western IPM, Hawaii IR-4 Program, Hatch Act & Smith Lever Funds via USDA-NIFA, Monsanto Fellowship, and Cooperative Research Agreements between USDA-ARS and UH-CTAHR.