Opportunities, Experiences, and Strategies to Connect Integrated Pest Management to U.S. Department of Agriculture Conservation Programs

Michael J. Brewer; Edwin G. Rajotte; Jonathan R. Kaplan; Peter B. Goodell; David J. Biddinger; Joy N. Landis; Robert M. Nowierski; Benjamin F. Smallwood; Mark E. Whalon

doi:10.1093/ae/55.3.140

Opportunities, Experiences, and Strategies to Connect Integrated Pest Management to U.S. Department of Agriculture Conservation Programs

American Entomologist ◽

10.1093/ae/55.3.140 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 55 (3) ◽

pp. 140-146 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Michael J. Brewer ◽

Edwin G. Rajotte ◽

Jonathan R. Kaplan ◽

Peter B. Goodell ◽

David J. Biddinger ◽

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Keyword(s):

Integrated Pest Management ◽

Pest Management ◽

Department Of Agriculture ◽

Conservation Programs ◽

Agriculture Conservation

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Assessing Impact of Coordinated Comprehensive Regional Extension Publications: A Case Study of the Southern Nursery Integrated Pest Management Working Group

HortTechnology ◽

10.21273/horttech03753-17 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 27 (6) ◽

pp. 765-771

Author(s):

Matthew R. Chappell ◽

Sarah A. White ◽

Amy F. Fulcher ◽

Anthony V. LeBude ◽

Gary W. Knox ◽

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Keyword(s):

Integrated Pest Management ◽

Pest Management ◽

Working Group ◽

Production Volume ◽

Department Of Agriculture ◽

Extension Educators ◽

Printed Books ◽

Nursery Production ◽

Print Books

In 2014, the Southern Nursery Integrated Pest Management (SNIPM) Working Group published both print and electronic versions of IPM for Shrubs in Southeastern U.S. Nursery Production: Volume I. Five hundred print books (of 3000 copies) were distributed to commercial ornamental growers and extension educators in return for their participation in a follow-up survey. The survey was administered to determine the value of book contents, savings that growers realized from using the book, perceived value of the book had users been asked to pay for it, and demographic information. The survey response rate was 46.2%, with respondents from 18 states. Of 243 respondents, 194 (79.8%) had used the book. Entomology information was most used and most useful, followed by plant pathology, weed science, and cultural information. Collective savings attributed to book use totaled $408,832/year for the 194 nurseries that used the book. Applying the use rate (79.8%) identified in this survey, this represents $5.62 million in savings per year for the 3000 printed books, of which 2394 are estimated to have been used. Savings varied by the type and size of operation. Larger operations had greater savings per year. Container growers saved $44.15/acre and field growers $28.37/acre. The price that growers were willing to pay for the book also varied by operation type and size. Extension educators and growers were willing to pay an average of $41.20, with an additional $0.063/acre for container growers and $0.126/acre for field growers. Return on investment for the U.S. Department of Agriculture grant funding for the project was $187.60 per dollar of funding. This survey demonstrates that collaborative efforts can produce high-value deliverables with significant regional and/or national impact.

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Epa's Response to Resistance Management and Herbicide-Tolerant Crop Issues

Weed Technology ◽

10.1017/s0890037x00035983 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 657-661 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Diana M. Horne

Keyword(s):

Integrated Pest Management ◽

Pest Management ◽

Environmental Protection Agency ◽

Resistance Management ◽

Pesticide Resistance ◽

Department Of Agriculture ◽

Public And Private ◽

Management Forum ◽

Collaborative Program ◽

The U.S

The regulation of transgenic plants is at the very early stages of dialog between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Herbicide resistance is discussed in the broader terms of resistance management and of the cooperative efforts underway involving governments, industry, academia, and the environmental community on an international level. A new body, the International Organization for Resistant Pest Management (IOPRM) was formed to implement pesticide resistance management programs worldwide. The research base for integrated pest management programs which form the context for pesticide resistance management programs is in need of expansion. Public and private efforts to expand this base converge in an ambitious collaborative program between the U.S. EPA and USDA entitled the National Integrated Pest Management Forum. Finally, the potential role of EPA in the regulation of resistance management is discussed.

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Forage and habitat for pollinators in the northern Great Plains—Implications for U.S. Department of Agriculture conservation programs

Open-File Report ◽

10.3133/ofr20201037 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Clint R. V. Otto ◽

Autumn Smart ◽

Robert S. Cornman ◽

Michael Simanonok ◽

Deborah D. Iwanowicz

Keyword(s):

Great Plains ◽

Northern Great Plains ◽

Department Of Agriculture ◽

Conservation Programs ◽

Agriculture Conservation

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Electron investigations of rhabdovirus-like particles in mexican bean beetles and crickets

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100082753 ◽

1978 ◽

Vol 36 (2) ◽

pp. 378-379

Author(s):

J. R. Adams ◽

G. J Tompkins ◽

A. M. Heimpel ◽

E. Dougherty

Keyword(s):

Biological Control ◽

Integrated Pest Management ◽

Pest Management ◽

Developmental Stages ◽

Management Program ◽

Acheta Domesticus ◽

Epilachna Varivestis ◽

House Cricket ◽

Similar Morphology ◽

Bean Beetle

As part of a continual search for potential pathogens of insects for use in biological control or on an integrated pest management program, two bacilliform virus-like particles (VLP) of similar morphology have been found in the Mexican bean beetle Epilachna varivestis Mulsant and the house cricket, Acheta domesticus (L. ).Tissues of diseased larvae and adults of E. varivestis and all developmental stages of A. domesticus were fixed according to procedures previously described. While the bean beetles displayed no external symptoms, the diseased crickets displayed a twitching and shaking of the metathoracic legs and a lowered rate of activity.Examinations of larvae and adult Mexican bean beetles collected in the field in 1976 and 1977 in Maryland and field collected specimens brought into the lab in the fall and reared through several generations revealed that specimens from each collection contained vesicles in the cytoplasm of the midgut filled with hundreds of these VLP's which were enveloped and measured approximately 16-25 nm x 55-110 nm, the shorter VLP's generally having the greater width (Fig. 1).

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