What if the next generation of crop protection could be designed with precision at the molecular level? At the 2026 Ontario Pest Management Conference, Wayne Barton, Development & Tech Services Consultant with GreenLight Biosciences Inc., will explore one of the emerging technologies that could help shape the future of the IPM toolbox: RNA interference (RNAi). RNAi uses targeted delivery of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) to interfere with specific biological processes in pests.

What does the future of pest management look like when some of the tools that once defined production have been replaced, restricted, refined, or paired with data in ways that have changed the toolbox? Before looking ahead, it helps to look back. At the 2026 Ontario Pest Management Conference, Josh Mosiondz, Provincial Minor Use Coordinator with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Agribusiness, will kick off our plenary speaker series with a look at how pesticide use

We extend our congratulations to the impressive achievements of our students at the 2025 Ontario Pest Management Conference (OPMC). This year’s Student Competition brought forth innovative research and engaging presentations from both undergraduate and graduate students, highlighting the future of pest management. We are excited to unveil the winners of this year’s competition, which included categories for Graduate Oral, Graduate Poster, and Undergraduate Poster presentation

Join us at the 2024 OPMC to hear how researchers are exploring the possibilities of AI and robotics to control weeds.

Join us at the 2024 OPMC to hear how AI and smart learning can be used to monitor insects in agriculture and ecology.

Join us at the 2024 OPMC to hear how conservation dogs can help in invasive species management.

Plenary speaker and student competition presentations from the 2023 Ontario Pest Management Conference are now available. Thanks again to...

Another year, another successful Ontario Pest Management Conference! Congratulations to all graduate and undergraduate students that...

Join us at the Ontario Pest Management Conference on November 7th as we look at Invasion: Facing the Plague of New Pests with a great...

Announcement of graduate and undergraduate student oral and poster competition winners. Link to presentations and posters included.

Shining the spotlight on the third of the stellar plenary speaker line-up at the upcoming 2022 Ontario Pest Management Conference

Shining the spotlight on the second of the stellar plenary speaker line-up at the upcoming 2022 Ontario Pest Management Conference

Shining the spotlight on the first of the stellar plenary speaker line-up at the upcoming 2022 Ontario Pest Management Conference