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US: Michigan greenhouse growers learn about greenhouse biological controls

Greenhouse growers not able to attend the recent Ontario trip can learn about insect management using biological controls from a new publication and by attending the Michigan Greenhouse Growers Expo on Dec. 9, 2015.

A group of 32 Michigan greenhouse producers took part in a three-day, Michigan State University Extension-sponsored bus trip to Ontario, Canada, to see firsthand how growers utilized biological controls for insect management on floricultural crops. MSU Extension educator Heidi Wollaeger and I, along with MSU entomologist David Smitley, led the tour with the intent to increase grower’s knowledge and stimulate more adoption of biocontrol.

Attendees visited five greenhouses that have been using beneficial insects as their major pest control method for between seven and 12 years or more. All Canadian growers using biological control methods reported that biological control is a moving target, that their program is always changing and there is no “magic” recipe.

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