Start building your expertise in IPM today and take the first step toward healthier crops and sustainable growth.
This online training offers in-depth knowledge of biological control, pollination, and other key aspects of crop protection and cultivation.
This program provides expert guidance on pest and disease management tailored for advisors and growers. You’ll gain essential knowledge to identify symptoms, understand transmission pathways, and implement effective prevention measures. Learn to mitigate the impact of viruses, fungal diseases, and insect damage with confidence.
To make informed decisions and take the right actions, a thorough understanding of your crop’s condition is crucial. Effective crop scouting serves as the foundation of any successful Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program, ensuring all other elements work seamlessly together.
You can’t choose the right IPM tools to address pest issues if you don’t know what’s in your crop. Without accurate scouting, IPM strategies risk failure!
What do you learn?
Effective scouting is the foundation of any Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program. Done correctly, it increases the likelihood of success, enabling faster problem-solving and reducing the need for curative treatments with harsh chemicals.
This training covers all aspects of effective scouting, including:
- Scouting Techniques: Learn how to scout effectively, including the integration of high-tech tools.
- Practical Tools: Master the use of sticky traps and crop observations to monitor pest activity.
- Decision-Making Frameworks: Develop strategies for informed decision-making based on scouting results.
- Pest Knowledge: Gain insights into pest life cycles, the damage they cause, and effective treatment methods.
Equip yourself with the skills and knowledge needed to build a strong foundation for your IPM program.
Objectives
After passing this training you will be able to:
- Organize your scouting
- Draw up a scouting protocol to fit each situation
- Train scouts in the most effective way to gather information
- Understand the advantages that new technology can give to scouting
- Understand the decision-making process using the tools we have
- Understand the steps to follow in order to protect your crop from pests and fungi diseases
Content
- Crop Monitoring and Scouting
- Pests management
- Fungus diseases management
- Virus management
- Integrated Pest Management Strategy
The result
In this advanced-level training, you will gain in-depth knowledge of the most common insect species found in horticultural crops and their natural enemies.
- Biology of Key Pests: Explore the biology of whiteflies, aphids, red spiders, thrips, leaf miners, and more, with a focus on essential Integrated Pest Management (IPM) principles such as monitoring and identification.
- Biological Control: Learn about various biological control options and how to implement them effectively.
- Pest and Disease Identification: Develop skills to monitor and identify a wide range of pests and fungal diseases directly in the field.
- Virus Prevention: Understand how to recognize, manage, and prevent plant viruses by applying key IPM strategies, including scouting and monitoring.
This training also delves into the application of biological control options, emphasizing their practical use in sustainable crop management.
For whom?
This training is designed for technical and commercial advisors seeking advanced knowledge of IPM, pollination, and cultivation practices in pepper, cucumber, and tomato crops. Whether working in high-tech or mid-tech environments, participants will be equipped to support sustainable and efficient production systems.
How to learn?
This training is given online by the teacher. You participate by listening to the lectures and discuss the topics with the teacher. You can ask questions and have to make the exercises. It is like a real life class with a lot of interaction but it is online!
Planning
This online training is organized at least twice a year.
Autum 2025:
September 4, 11, 18, 25
Time: 15.00 – 16.30 hour (CET)
Thursday, 4x online
Planning 2026:
Not planned yet. Interested? academy@delphy.nl
Information
More information: academy@delphy.nl
It is possible to customize this training. Options are online, on location or in English, Arabic or French.
For more information send an email to h.thlibi@delphy.nl or academy@delphy.nl
