Course Name: 

2026 Southwest Ag Summit: Field Crops IPM Seminar

Module 1: 

Proactive Resistance Management: Using Temporal Refuges to Guide Insect Control Decisions

Dr. Peter Ellsworth, University of Arizona, Entomologist/IPM Specialist 

Update on soil-borne pathogens: Root Knot Nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) and Cotton Root Rot (Phymatotrichopsis omnivora).

Dr. Randy Norton, University of Arizona, Director of Safford Agricultural Center and  Graham County Extension, Agronomist  

Module 2:

2025 Herbicide Efficacy Results in Cotton

Dr. Avik Mukherjee, University of Arizona Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist Pinal Cooperative Extension

Field Evaluation of Pre- and Post-Emergence Herbicides in Corn Silage

Dr. Bhupinder Singh, University of Arizona, Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist in Agronomy

Module 3:

Monitoring and Attempting to Get Ahead of Alfalfa Weevil Pyrethroid Resistance.

Kyle Harrington, University of Arizona, Associate in Extension

The Cotton Seed Bug as a new invasive and potential threat to cotton

Dr. Gabriel Zilnik, Research Entomologist, USDA-ARS 

Course Number: CA# DPR-XXXX-26, 2.0 CEU's (Other), AZDA # XXXXX, 2.0 CEU's, CCA # SS XXXXX, 2.0 CEU's (IPM) 

CEU Credits: This course is accredited by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation, Arizona Department of Agriculture and Certified Crop Adviser.

Course availability will be through the end of the year and will be removed December 31st 2026.