Feb. 5, 2010, Vineland Station – Want to learn the latest information about the use of allelochemicals for thrips pest management?

Dr. David Teulon, a world authority on thrips, will lead a discussion on Monday, Feb. 8, at Rittenhouse Hall at the Vineland Research and Innovation Centre (4890 Victoria Avenue North in Vineland Station), near St. Catharines. Directions: Exit 57 from QEW and go North on Victoria Avenue. Enter first driveway on the left, just past the North Service Road. Over the stone bridge, Rittenhouse Hall is the first red brick building.

Dr. Teulon is currently Portfolio Manager Bioprotection for the newly formed New Zealand Institute of Plant and Food Research at Lincoln, New Zealand, where he has been based for the last 14 years. He has postgraduate degrees in horticulture and entomology from Lincoln University and has worked at research institutes in the Netherlands, the U.S.  and Germany. He is also an Honourary Research Associate at the Advanced Centre for Bio-Protection at Lincoln University. Dr. Teulon has a broad experience in plant protection and biosecurity having worked in fruit, vegetable and arable crops and forest systems. A patented product from his research team was recently commercialized in Europe where it won an international environmental award.

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