Get Your Educational Fix on Microbials Immediately Following Cultivate’22
Cultivate’22 is not the only educational opportunity growers have this July in Columbus, OH. On July 20, the day after Cultivate’22 ends, the Ohio Controlled Environment Agriculture Center’s (OHCEAC) first annual CEA conference will be accessible in person at the Kunz-Brundige Franklin County Extension Building in Columbus, OH, and online via Zoom.
The hybrid conference will provide attendees with a learning opportunity about beneficial microbes (fungi and bacteria) used to stimulate plant growth, enhance product quality, and control pests and diseases under controlled-environment conditions.
The program will start with four invited speakers providing scientific, technological, and regulatory background of beneficial microbes, including the future of this growing market and research needs. Specific microbial technologies include biostimulants, biofungicides, and biopesticides. Conference presentations will also include scientific research project updates from multiple research groups at The Ohio State University.
The keynote speakers and presentations are:
- Matthew Krause, PhD; Lallemand Plant Care: “Biofungicides: Vital Tools for Managing Diseases of Protected Crops”
- Jane Patterson Fife, PhD; 3Bar Biologics: “Putting Microbes to Work: Solving Problems in Infinite Space”
- Ben Holt, PhD; AgBiome, Inc.: “Industry-University Collaboration Developing Biopesticides for Disease Control in Hydroponics”
- Trevor Charles, PhD; University of Waterloo, Waterloo Centre for Microbial Research & Metagenom Bio Life Science Inc.: “Healthy Hydroponics – Exploring the CEA Microbiome”
The full schedule and registration information is available here.
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