Due to UCR campus closure associated with COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 UPMC is now organized in an online webinar format taking place May 18 - 20, 2020.
Topics to be covered (webinars): Managing bed bugs and German cockroaches in apartment buildings, commensal rodents & the impacts of rodenticides, insecticide resistance, pesticide safety & avoiding common violations, termite inspection problems, managing stored product pests, mosquitoes in urban areas, subterranean termite chemical communication and bait system usage, insecticidal dusts, and spray & bait Argentine ant control protocols.
Due to UCR campus closure associated with COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 UPMC is now organized in an online webinar format.
Overall, the whole conference is now split into 3-day online webinar sections. Attendance for the Day 1 will be required for all conference participants. Participation for Day 2 or Day 3 will be dependent upon the route the attendees will choose during their online registration process.
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8:00 Welcome remarks
8:10 Presentation of the Carl Strom / Western Exterminator Scholarship
8:20 Dr. Walter Ebeling Remembered
Michael Rust, UC Riverside
8:30 Ebeling Memorial Lecture
German Cockroach & Bed Bug Management in Apartment Buildings
Changlu Wang, Rutgers University
9:30 Q / A session
9:45 Break
10:00 Commensal Rodents: Biology, Management & Impacts of Rodenticides
Niamh Quinn, Human-Wildlife Interactions Advisor, UCCE Orange County
11:00 Q / A session
11:15 Test
8:00 Understanding & Managing Insecticide Resistance in the German Cockroach
Shao-Hung “Dennis” Lee, UC Riverside
8:30 A Review of Insecticidal Dusts & Their Use in Structural Pest Control
Siavash Taravati, IPM Advisor, UCCE Los Angeles County
9:00 Stored Product Pest Management in 2020
Pat Copps, PTC Urban Entomology Consultants
9:30 Q / A session
9:45 Break
10:00 SPCB Update for General Pests
Kathy Boyle, Structural Pest Control Board
10:30 Mosquitoes: Stealthy Blood-Suckers that Stalk Our Cities
Dawn Gouge, Maricopa Agricultural Center, University of Arizona
11:15 Field Demonstration of Different Argentine Ant Treatment Protocols: Spray & Bait
Dong-Hwan Choe, UC Riverside
11:30 Q / A session
11:40 Test
8:00 Inspection Problems in the Field
Tom Ineichen, Structural Pest Control Board
8:30 SPCB Wood-Destroying Organisms Update
Kathy Boyle, Structural Pest Control Board
9:30 Q / A session
9:45 Break
10:00 Chemical Communication in Subterranean Termites & Implications for Management
Qian “Karen” Sun, Louisiana State University
10:30 How to Successfully Use Bait Systems for Subterranean Termite Control in CA
Andrew Sutherland, Bay Area IPM Advisor, UCCE Alameda County
11:00 Q / A session
11:10 WDO Insect Quiz
Michael Rust, UC Riverside
11:40 Test