University of Florida Offering Online Weed Management Course in September

Posted by Brian Sparks|July 3, 2017

The University of Florida (UF) Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences is offering a Weed Management Greenhouse Training Online course this September. The intermediate course is designed for growers with some experience and training in weed management. It is offered in English and Spanish and offers tips on all aspects of weed management in nurseries and greenhouses, including weed identification, developing herbicide programs, and the latest non-chemical methods of weed control.

The course runs for four weeks, from September 25 to October 20, 2017, and includes a personalized certificate of completion. Each week, there will be two streaming video lessons, readings, and assignments (about three to four hours total commitment per week), which can be accessed at any time of day. Bilingual Ph.D. instructors can be accessed via discussion features.

For more information and to register, go to http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/training, or contact Greenhouse Training, Environmental Horticulture Dept., University of Florida, USA.

Almost 500 growers have successfully graduated from past Greenhouse Training Online courses offered by the University of Florida. For those interested in other courses, the last UF online courses for 2017, Costing & Profitablity, starts October 30.