SESSION DESCRIPTION

The most critical time of the fire blight disease cycle is the blossom blight phase. Flowers have open nectar pores where the disease-causing bacterium Erwinia amylovora gains entry during favourable weather. Properly timed management with antibiotics at bloom can prevent infection to protect the health of your trees. Join Tree Fruit Specialist Michelle Cortens to learn how PomeBlight – a responsive web-based tool – can help you monitor for fire blight infection risk, and learn about the biology of the disease while exploring scenarios through the modeling program. 

The ‘Understanding Fire Blight Biology while using PomeBlight’ webinar is NS Environment and Climate Change (ECC) course T2337 and is worth 1.0 point in Pest Management for continuing certification points.

SPEAKER INFORMATION

Michelle Cortens, Tree Fruit Specialist

Michelle is the Tree Fruit Specialist with Perennia in Nova Scotia. During her farm extension activities she has been advising the industry on fire blight management for the past five years. To support the growth and development of the tree fruit industry in Nova Scotia, she has been closely involved in the development and testing of PomeBlight and the adoption of weather stations. Michelle comes to us with specialities in plant agriculture and apple production through a B.Sc. and M.Sc. from the University of Guelph, and she has been recognized for award-winning community involvement and leadership.

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Michelle Cortens
mcortens@perennia.ca