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Message preview	Hi there, You are invited to a Zoom webinar. Topic: GPN Plant Health Management Week Register in advance for this webinar: https://greatamericanmediaservices.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4Sf8dhIYStqyCAU5M3ccHQ After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. ---------- Webinar Speakers Dr. Raymond A. Cloyd (Professor and Extension Specialist in Horticultural Entomology/Plant Protection, Department of Entomology @Kansas State University (Manhattan, KS)) Raymond has an extension (70%) and research (30%) appointment in the Department of Entomology at Kansas State University. Raymond received his MS and PhD from the Department of Entomology at Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN), and was employed as a professor at the University of Illinois (Urbana, IL) in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences for six years prior to his employment at Kansas State University. His research and extension program involves plant protection/pest management in greenhouses, nurseries, landscapes, turfgrass, conservatories, interiorscapes, Christmas trees, vegetables, fruits, cannabis, hemp, and pollinators. Raymond is the extension specialist in horticultural entomology for the state of Kansas with a major clientele that includes homeowners, master gardeners, and professional and commercial operators. Raymond has published over 90 scientific refereed publications, over 900 trade journals, and over 60 extension publicatications. Dr. Carrie Harmon (Executive Director, National Plant Diagnostic Network @University of Florida) Dr. Carrie Harmon has worked in diagnostics for 20 years and currently leads a research, teaching, and extension program that focuses on disease diagnosis, assay development, and diagnostic training. Her program, the UF-IFAS Plant Diagnostic Center, houses a diagnostic lab that serves as the surge and expert-level resource for her region, and is APHIS-approved to run clearance samples for high-impact plant pathogens. Her laboratory processes over 3,000 samples per year and serves a wide variety of clientele from around the world. Dr. Harmon directs one of five regional center laboratories of the National Plant Diagnostic Network (NPDN) and is the PI and Co-Director of the SE US regional project for NPDN. She has served as the Executive Director of the National Plant Diagnostic Network (NPDN,www.npdn.org). Dr. Harmon teaches online courses in plant disease diagnosis and applied disease management, provides hands-on diagnostic training to traditional students and professionals. Dr. Roberto Lopez (Assistant Professor @Department of Horticulture @Michigan State University) Dr. Roberto Lopez is an assistant professor and controlled environment/floriculture extension specialist with a 45% research, 30% teaching, and 25% extension appointment in the Department of Horticulture at Michigan State University. His research focuses on propagation and production of young and finish plants (floriculture, leafy green, and culinary herb crops) in greenhouses, growth rooms/containers, warehouse-based plant factories, and vertical farms. The primary objective of his research is to determine how light (quantity, quality, and duration), substrate and air temperature, and carbon dioxide in controlled-environment agriculture (CEA) production influences crop timing, rooting, yield, quality, flavor, nutrition, and subsequent performance.

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