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Agriculture Seminar
IMHO this is an important Sustainable
>Agriculture Seminar
Date - Tues October 15 from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm
>Place -Santa Paula Community Center-530 W. Main Street Santa Paula Ca.
>Full Seminar Fee $35 before Oct. 8
>
>Presented by: The Dietrick Institute for Applied Insect Ecology
>Sponsored by: Ventura County Lighthouse Farm Network,Committee for
>Sustainable Agriculture and UC Cooperative Extension.
>
>Soil Ecology-Scientific Basis for Biological Farming and Natural Control
>of Soil Insects and Diseases.
>Dr. Elaine Ingham Oregon State University
>for Citrus,Avocado,Strawberry and Vegetable Growers,Landscape
>Installers,Researchers,Crop and pest control Advisors.
>
>Soil ecologists,using new high-tech microscopic techniques, have begun to
>discover the importance of soil foodwebs as a prime indicator of
>ecosystem health. Plants profoundly affect and are affected by soil
>organic matter and nutrient cycling. Food web nutrient cycling starts
>with root exudates and the varying needs of carbon and nitrogen at each
>microbe tropic level.
>Composts,compost teas and mulches have different effects on plants.Good
>soil for each crop has measurable numbers and ratios of bacterial or
>fungal biomass or activity,protozoa and beneficial nematodes,and nematode
>maturity indices.The goal of soil ecologists is to develop bioassay
>techniques and an expanding database to manage soil foodwebs that
>maximize plant health and biological control. Good biological control
>below ground supports good biological control above ground.
>The Dietrick Institute for Applied Insect Ecology is non-profit and
>promotes research and education projects in Ventrue County Ca.This Soil
>Ecology Seminar will provide the scientific basis and sampling techniques
>for participants in these agroecology projects and for interested
>growers,advisors,researchers growers and agricultural suppliers.
>Application applied for 3 CE hours for Crop & Pest Control Advisors
>
>For more information
>call 805-643-3169 or email bugnet@west.net (jan)
for more information check:
http://www.rain.org/~sals./jan.html
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