Please join us for this informative webinar designed to provide you with the information you need to manage Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA)in nursery production of hemlock, Yeddo spruce and Tiger-tail spruce. Infestedplaces in Ontario now include the region of Niagara, county of Haldimand, theCity of Hamilton and the township of Alnick/Haldiman.

HWA-Biology- Hannah Fraser, Entomologist Horticulture, OMAFA

o  HWA Threats and Impacts

o  Biology

o  Monitoring and Scouting

HWA-Management- Cassie Russell, Nursery & Landscape Specialist, OMAFA

o  Current controls and the future for biological control

o  Understanding the use of oils that are needed to meet current phytosanitary requirements

HWA-PhytosanitaryRequirements - Jamie Aalbers, Growers Specialist, CNLA

o  Options available for shipping out of the infested areas under D-07-05

o  CFIA’s HWA Nursery Program

Questions& Answers