Educator Information

Train the Trainer Workshops – Overview  

The FRAME Extension team is developing a webinar series that aims at training growers, crop consultants, and  Extension and Education Professionals to delivery a regionally-focused workshop on how to design disease management programs that focus on best disease management principles and fungicide stewardship. 

While in-person and virtual offerings will be advertised  using different grape organizational email listservs and groups (e.g., LinkedIn –Viticulture and Enology Extension Professionals, LinkedIn – FRAME, National Grape Research Alliance), you can also email Rebecca Schmidt and request to be included in a direct email. 

Workshop Themes:

Module 1 – Overview of Major Grape Foliar and Fruit Diseases in the USA (Eastern and Western Versions)

The intent is for individuals leaving the webinar to understand current major disease challenges in their region of the USA, the environmental factors affecting disease incidence and severity, and disease management. Following the session, individuals will have the knowledge and resources to independently conduct training or educational sessions for individuals within their organization (vineyard managers), clients (crop consultants), grape industry professionals (extension professionals) or others (interns, field scouts, etc.)

• Join the waitlist for this webinar
• Are you an Extension Professional or Crop Consultant interested in hosting this workshop in your region? Reach out to Rebecca Schmidt for more information.

Module 1 Workshop Handouts and Resources:

• Influence of Environmental Conditions on Grape Foliar and Fruit Disease and Their Management
• Fungicide Resistance Management in Vineyards
• Vineyard Disease Management – A Checklist
• Group Work Handout – Opportunities, Resources, and Challenges in Your Region

Module 2 – Introduction to Fungicide Resistance and Its Management  (1.5 hrs)

The intent is for individuals to learn the basic principles of fungicide resistance: how it develops, how to assess and detect it, and how to prevent and mitigate its impacts. Following the session, individuals will have the knowledge and resources to independently conduct training or educational sessions for individuals within their organization (vineyard managers), clients (crop consultants), grape industry professionals (extension professionals) or others (interns, field scouts, etc.

• Join the waitlist for this webinar to be contacted when webinar registration opens.

Module 2 Workshop Handouts and Resources:

• Fungicide Resistance Management in Vineyards
• Vineyard Disease Management – A Checklist
• Dispersion: A Spore’s Journey in Vineyards
• Fungicide Resistance Monitoring and Management in US Vineyards – CAPCA Article

Module 3 – Advanced Fungicide Resistance Monitoring and Management  (1.5 hrs)

The intent is for individuals to learn advanced concepts in fungicide resistance of foliar and fruit pathogens of grapevine, including resistance status for major pathogens, product and rotation options, host and environmental factors that influence product efficacy. Following the session, individuals will have the knowledge and resources to independently conduct training or educational sessions for individuals within their organization (vineyard managers), clients (crop consultants), grape industry professionals (extension professionals) or others (interns, field scouts, etc.)

Module 3 Workshop Handouts and Resources:

Workshop information to be posted in late 2026 / early 2027

Modules 4 + 5 – Descriptions coming late 2026.

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Hosting a Vineyard Sprayer Calibration Workshop? 

The FRAME Extension team has a limited number of Spray Coverage Assessment Kits, for single row, multi-row, and backpack sprayers, available in English and Spanish. These kits are meant to be included in workshops that have an educational component related to sprayer calibration and optimization. They include water sensitive paper, a graphic card demonstrating how to place the paper in the vine canopy, gloves, and clips to place the water sensitive paper into the vine canopy. 

To see if your workshop would be an appropriate venue for these kits, and to determine kit availability, please email Michelle Moyer.  Priority for kits are those workshops that are available to the general grape grower community in the area, and for workshops held in the United States.