Join OMAFRA specialists Melanie Filotas and Evan Elford for a  2 1/2 hour indoor work-shop intended to provide hop growers, scouts and industry members with an overview of integrated pest management in hops. Topics covered include: scouting a hop yard, pest diagnostics 101, hop diseases (downy mildew, powdery mildew, viruses, cone blights and others); hop insects (two-spotted spider mite, potato leafhopper, Japanese beetle, aphids and caterpillars); and abiotic conditions in the hop yard. Focus will be on scouting and identification, however management techniques for major pests will also be discussed. A minimum of 10 registrants are required for this workshop to run. Deadline to register: Tuesday April 2nd at noon. If minimum registration numbers are not met by this time, the event will be cancelled.