❧ Publications:

• Gates M. contributing author 2024, Biotic Stress and Integrated Pest Management from The Cannabis Genome: Genetics, Genomics, and Breeding. Taylor & Francis Group.
• Gates M. contributing author 2024, Overview of Integrated Pest Management in Organic Farming from Recent Advances in Organic Farming. CABI.
• Gates M. 2022, Six Common Cannabis Pests: Identification, Treatment, Ecological Context from High Times
• Gates M. 2022, Vital Vectors: The Role of Aphids in Plant Virus Movement from GrowDoc
• Gates M. 2022, Springtime Primer: Cannabis Pests to Know in 2022 from SKUNK Magazine
• Gates M. contributing author 2021, Chapter: Integrated Pest Management against Arthropod Pests of Cannabis sativa in the United States of America from Biopesticides in Organic Farming: Recent Advances. Taylor & Francis Group.
• Gates M. contributing author 2021, Chapter: Viral diseases of Hemp (Cannabis sativa) from Viral diseases of field and Horticultural crops. Elsevier. 
• Gates M. 2021, The Everswarm: Current and Future Cannabis Biosecurity from SKUNK Magazine

• Gates M. contributing author 2019, Marijuana Garden Saver: A field guide to identifying and correcting cannabis problems (Revised). Quick American Publishing. 
• Gates M. 2018, Cannabidiol May Interfere with Anticoagulant Warfarin and Other Drugs from 1000 Watts Magazine 
• Gates M. 2018, We Are Legion, For We Are Many: The Many Voices Inside All of Us Called the Microbiome from 1000 Watts Magazine 
• Gates M. 2017, Macropod--In the Limelight of Green Research, from Terpenes and Testing Magazine 

• Gates M. 2017, Synthase Syntax: The Molecular Grammar of Plants and its Genetic Basis in Terpene Biosynthesis from Terpenes and Testing Magazine 

❧ Selected Symposia

• Oral Presentation, The Everswarm: Beyond Biodiversity for Holistic IPM, Living Soil Summit, Pahrump, Nevada, USA, 2024
• Oral Presentation, Major Cannabis Pest Primer, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hawaii, USA, 2023
• Oral Presentation, Identifying Arthropods in Cultivation - Pest, Biocontrol, and other Natural Forces, Department of Plant Pathology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan, 2021
• Oral Presentation, Recent Advancements in Biological Control of Plant Pathogens: A Way Forward to Sustainable Agriculture, Office of Research Innovation & Commercialization (ORIC) Government College Women University Sialkot, 2021
• Oral Presentation, My Yucai Conference, 鱼菜常见作物综合虫害管理, (Common Aquaponics Integrated Pest Management), 2020 
• Oral Presentation, Virtual Aquaponic Cannabis Conference, Advanced Integrated Pest Management Techniques in Aquaponics, 2020 
• Oral Presentation (Keynote Speaker), San Diego Cannabis Job Fair and Business Mixer, Cannabis Pests/Pathogens and Their Management, 2020
• Oral Presentation, California Rare Fruit Growers Association San Diego Chapter 2019, Advanced IPM Strategy for Southern California, 2019
• Oral Presentation, Cannafarm Con 2019, Integrated Pest Management Techniques 
• Oral Presentation, CBD Expo 2019, Five Fundamentals of Integrated Pest Management 
• Panelist Speaker, Terpenes and Testing World Conference 2018, “Biopesticides in Cannabis Cultivation” 
• Oral Presentation, California Rare Fruit Growers Association San Diego Chapter 2017, Five Fundamentals of Integrated Pest Management
• Television Broadcast Interview, Nippon Television Network Corporation (日本テレビ放送網株式会社 ) 2018, What is the Status of Cannabis Ban Areas? (大麻解禁地域の現状は ?) (Instagram Post)

The Living Soil Podcast

• Episode 13 - Tyler and Matthew

Crop Talk Media - Crop Care Convos

• 98. #CropCareConvos - Fighting a Spotted Lanternfly Invasion with a Parasitic Wasp w/ Mark Hoddle, f. Matthew Gates

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• 96. #CropCareConvos - Screening Pest Populations for Insecticide Resistance Using a Molecular Test Kit w/ Scott Ferguson, f. Matthew Gates

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• 22. #CropTalkConvos - Zap Crop Pests with a Multi-Tier Approach to Pest Management w/ Matthew Gates

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Curious About Cannabis

• BTS #80 | Leveraging AI for Sustainable Agriculture and Education with Matthew Gates
• BTS #71 | Insects and Cannabis with Matthew Gates of Zenthanol Consulting
• BTS #68 | Unraveling the Mysteries of Integrated Pest Management with Matthew Gates

Cannter Chat Podcast

• Episode 33 - Cannter Chat with World Class IPM Specialist, Matthew Gates, aka Synchangel!!

Speaker, San Diego Cannabis and Hemp Job Fair 2019
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Green Carpet Growing

• Green Carpet Growing - "Age of Weed + Psychedelics with Marc Eden"

❧ Featured Zenthanol Presentations

Future Cannabis Project:

• What (and Why) is a Pest | Zenthanol IPM Series
• Rice Root Aphid IPM | Zenthanol Presentation
• Cannabis Aphids | Zenthanol IPM Series
• Western Flower Thrips | Zenthanol IPM Series

• Two-Spotted Spider Mite | Zenthanol IPM Series
• Fungus Gnats  | Zenthanol IPM Series
• Budworm | Zenthanol IPM Series
• Powdery Mildew | Zenthanol IPM Series
• Botrytis/Budrot | Zenthanol IPM Series
• Integrated Pest Management for Cannabis Cultivation

• IPM - Integrated Pest Management
• Cannabis Microbiome
• Indica and Sativa - Are they accurate or misleading labels
• Home Grow Show - Episode 06
• Clonal drift, Somatic Mutations, Genetic Mosaicism, Oh My!
• Pests, Pathogens and Viroids Oh My
• IPM mailbag
• Living Soil Conversations - With Special Guest Matthew Gates
• The Bryan & Marco Show - Matthew Gates ( Zenthanol / Synchangel)
• Cannabis Aphid Pest Primer

• The Dank Hour - Spring Pest Prevention - A Bug Brained Panel
• The Dank Hour - Fall Pest Control with Claude R. and Matthew
• The Dank Hour S3 Understanding Bugs in the Garden W/ Matthew Gates
• Future Cannabis Project Presents: Matthew Gates - A Cannabis Conversation
• Cannabis Pests Across the US
• Bugs in my Garden Matthew Gates- Zenthanol Consulting TDH
  

Mr. Grow It:

• Top 10 Garden Pests & How To Combat Them! (Garden Talk #48)

Autoflower Podcast:

• Ep 71: Dealing with Aphids & Chatting About Brix with Matthew Gates from Zenthanol Consulting

Growcast:

• 🦠Hop Latent Viroid, Tobacco Mosaic Virus, and More, with Matthew Gates
• 🐛 Bud Worms, Botrytis, Mildew and More, with Matthew Gates
• 🐞Symbiotic, Mutualistic, and Parasitic Plant Relationships, Brix, Pest Resistance, and More
• 🕷️Microscopic Mites, PESTAPALOOZA, and Predator Insects, with Matthew Gates
• 🐞TOP THREE Beneficials, Predatory Insects, and Companion Planting, with Matthew Gates
• 🦠Biological Pest Controls, Insect Killing Fungi, and More IPM Discussions with Matthew Gates
• 🚫 TOP FIVE MISTAKES in Pest Management, with Matthew Gates