Jacob Basso recently completed his Master of Science degree from the University of Guelph where he specialized in the IPM of greenhouse pests. His research focused on the development of a sterile insect technique system as an alternative strategy for managing an economically important pest in North America, the pepper weevil.

Jacob’s presentation will explain how the sterile insect technique can be included in IPM programs to manage whole populations of insect pests and how it can be effectively applied in a greenhouse setting. Jacob will also present recent research on the development of an SIT system for the pepper weevil, an important pest of both field and greenhouse peppers in North America.