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Learn how to identify agricultural pests
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Posted on Jan 23 2018
The corn earworm, seen in this photo, will be one of the pests that will be discussed during the Pest Identification Workshop sponsored by the Northern Marianas College Cooperative Research Extension and Education Service on Jan. 30, from 8am to -12pm. (NMC)
The Northern Marianas College Cooperative Research Extension and Education Service is inviting farmers, gardeners, and others to its free workshop focused on agriculture insect pest identification.
The workshop will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 30, from 8am to 12pm. The workshop is a two-part event with a lecture from 8am to 9:45am at the Aquaculture Laboratory and a field trip to NMC’s As Perdido farm from 10am to 12pm for hands-on insect pest identification.
Participants of the workshop will have the opportunity to learn the various kinds of agriculture insect pests of important vegetable crops grown in the CNMI, the types of damage these insect pests can do and how to control them, and the general anatomy of these important insect pests and how to distinguish them apart.
At the workshop, participants will learn about the different agriculture insect pests like the melon fly, papaya mealy bug, and more.
Workshop organizers highly recommend that participants bring a hat and wear close-toed shoes for the second portion of the workshop at the As Perdido farm.
There is no cost to attend this workshop, but facilitators encourage participants to arrive early due to limited space.
For more information contact NMC CREES at 237-6840 or call Arnold Route at 788-7724. (NMC)
