UCR Fumigation School 2026
October 14, 2026
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Program
7:15 AM REGISTRATION CHECK-IN & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
7:45 AM INTRODUCTION
8:00 AM THE BIOLOGY OF TERMITES
Dong-Hwan Choe, Ph.D., Cooperative Extension Specialist & Professor, University of California, Riverside
8:45 AM PHYSICAL PROPERTIES & MODE OF ACTION OF STRUCTURAL FUMIGANTS
Michael Rust, Ph.D, Distinguished Professor of Graduate Division, University of California, Riverside
9:30 AM COMMON INSPECTION PROBLEMS
Tom Ineichen, Inspector, California Structural Pest Control Board
10:15 AM FUMIGATION SITE DEMONSTRATION
- STATION 1: TARP CONDITION & CAP DEMONSTRATION
Dave Wadleigh, President, Mega Fume, Inc.
- STATION 2: INTERIOR PREP & BAGGING
Terry Singleton, President, Trapper Jacks, Inc., and Termite Terry Pest Control, Inc.
- STATION 3: EXTERIOR PREP & CHALLENGES
Ed Hernandez, Western United States Director of Training, Ensystex Inc.
- STATION 4: SECONDARY LOCKS
Randy Martinez, Agricultural Inspector III, Los Angeles County Agricultural Weights & Measures
- STATION 5: CLEARING & MONITORING
Luis Gonzalez, Technical Representative, Ensystex Inc.
12:00 PM LUNCH
12:45 PM AG COMMISSIONER’S PANEL
LOS ANGELES, ORANGE, RIVERSIDE, SAN BERNARDINO & SAN DIEGO COUNTIES
Moderator: Donna Browne, V.P. Sales, Agri-Turf Distributing
1:30 PM CALIFORNIA REGULATORY UPDATES
Kathy Boyle, Chief Policy Liaison, Structural Pest Control Board
2:00 PM DOSAGE CALCULATIONS
Michael Borys, Director of Zythor Stewardship - Eastern United States, Ensystex, Inc.
2:30 PM MEASURING A STRUCTURE
Ed Hernandez, Western United States Director of Training, Ensystex
3:00 PM HOW TO AVOID FUMIGATION PROBLEMS
Dave Wadleigh, President, Mega Fume
3:30 PM EXAM
4:00 PM ADJOURN