scholarly journals Advancing Integrated Pest Management Adoption and Achieving Extension Impact: A Working Group Success Story

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 759-764 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Fulcher ◽  
Anthony LeBude ◽  
Sarah A. White ◽  
Matthew R. Chappell ◽  
S. Christopher Marble ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Pest Management ◽  
Pest Management ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Faculty Collaboration ◽  
Nursery Production ◽  
Device Applications ◽  
Common Goals ◽  
Group Success ◽  
American Society ◽  
Bridge Technology

Extension and research professionals in the southeastern United States formed the Southern Nursery Integrated Pest Management working group (SNIPM) to foster collaboration and leverage resources, thereby enhancing extension programming, increasing opportunity, and expanding the delivery of specialized expertise to nursery crop growers across a region. Building a productive and lasting working group requires attracting a group of research and extension faculty with complementary expertise, listening to stakeholders, and translating stakeholder needs into grant priorities to help solve problems, all hallmarks of effective teamwork principles. SNIPM has now grown to include 10 U.S. states and 11 institutions and has been awarded seven grants totaling $190,994 since 2009. A striking benefit of working group membership was observed over time: synergy. Greater awareness of individual expertise among SNIPM members, each of whom were focused on different aspects of the nursery production system stimulated multistate extension publications, electronic books (eBooks), mobile device applications (apps), popular press articles, and spin-off research projects when separate foci were combined and directed toward complex challenges. Deliverables achieved from this faculty collaboration include nine peer-reviewed publications, four manuals and books and 23 book chapters, and a combined total of 11 abstracts, conference proceedings and extension publications. To date, the return on investment for SNIPM is one deliverable produced to every $2265.89 in grant funding. SNIPM has also been honored with multiple American Society for Horticultural Science publication awards as well as the Southern Region Integrated Pest Management Center Bright Idea Award for the quality and originality of their project outputs. Continuing to work together toward common goals that bridge technology and serve the nursery industry while supporting each individual member’s program will be crucial to the long-term success of this working group.

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

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 765-771
Author(s):  
Matthew R. Chappell ◽  
Sarah A. White ◽  
Amy F. Fulcher ◽  
Anthony V. LeBude ◽  
Gary W. Knox ◽  
...  
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.

scholarly journals Experiential Nursery Integrated Pest Management Workshop Series to Enhance Grower Practice Adoption

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 772-781 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony LeBude ◽  
Amy Fulcher ◽  
Jean-Jacque Dubois ◽  
S. Kris Braman ◽  
Matthew Chappell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Pest Management ◽  
Pest Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Plant Diseases ◽  
Record Keeping ◽  
Practice Adoption ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Nursery Production ◽  
Management Workshop

Three, 2-day hands-on experiential learning workshops were presented in three southeastern United States cities in June 2014, by the Southern Nursery Integrated Pest Management (SNIPM) working group. Attendees were provided 4 hours of instruction including hands-on demonstrations in horticultural management, arthropods, plant diseases, and weeds. Participants completed initial surveys for gains in knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as their intentions to adopt various integrated pest management (IPM) practices after the workshop. After 3 years, participants were again surveyed to determine practice adoption. Respondents changed their IPM practice behavior because of attending the workshops. Those returning the survey set aside more time to scout deliberately for pests, plant diseases, and weeds; used a standardized sampling plan when scouting; and adopted more sanitation practices to prevent plant disease. Fewer horticultural management practices were adopted than respondents originally intended. Future emphasis should be placed on using monitoring techniques to estimate pest emergence, for example, traps and pheromone lures, as well as plant phenology and record keeping. However, more work is needed to highlight both the immediate and long-term economic benefits of IPM practice adoption in southeastern U.S. nursery production.

scholarly journals Factors Influencing Adoption of Integrated Pest Management in Northeast Greenhouse and Nursery Production

2013 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 310-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Li ◽  
Miguel I. Gómez ◽  
Bradley J. Rickard ◽  
Margaret Skinner
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Pest Management ◽  
Pest Management ◽  
Discrete Choice ◽  
Choice Models ◽  
Discrete Choice Models ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
Nursery Production

We collected surveys from 94 greenhouse and nursery growers in three northeastern states to examine factors influencing integrated pest management (IPM] adoption. We constructed three alternative dependent variables describing the extent of IPM adoption and employed discrete choice models to identify factors that affect adoption. We find that operations with more full-time workers are more likely to adopt IPM. Additionally, greenhouse/nursery growers that rank pests as a serious problem are likely to use a wider array of IPM practices. The reliability of IPM practices is critical for adoption. Our analysis highlights differences between self-reported and objective IPM adoption measures.

scholarly journals Introduction: Advancing Technology Adoption and Achieving Extension Impact: A Working Group Success Story

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 757-758
Author(s):  
S. Christopher Marble ◽  
Todd P. West
Keyword(s):  
Technology Adoption ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Annual Conference ◽  
Collaborative Teams ◽  
Success Story ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Group Success ◽  
American Society ◽  
New Education

Multistate collaborations enable extension professionals to reach their audience across a region with similar production challenges. The objective of this article is to introduce the three proceeding manuscripts delivered at the American Society of Horticultural Sciences annual conference in Atlanta, GA, as part of a workshop entitled “Advancing Technology Adoption and Achieving Extension Impact: A Working Group Success Story.” Topics discussed in the following manuscripts include the development of a multistate working group and the advantages associated with participation, development and impact of book or electronic book publications, and survey results from more traditional hands-on workshops. The goal of this workshop was to provide guidance to others who wish to establish multistate, multidisciplinary collaborative teams as well as use new education formats.

scholarly journals Integrated Pest Management as European standard – is it possible?

2011 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Lisa Nilsen
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Integrated Pest Management ◽  
Pest Management ◽  
Pest Control ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Technical Committee ◽  
Cultural Property ◽  
European Standard ◽  
European Committee ◽  
Group 4

As part of the work within the European Committee for Standardization (CEN), standards for conservation of cultural property are being developed in CEN/TC (Technical Committee) 346, Conservation of Cultural Property. In Working Group 4 Environment, a draft is being prepared to create a proposal for standardised Integrated Pest Management. The author of this paper welcomes delegates to the Meeting on Cultural Heritage Pests in Piacenza to contribute to the discussion regarding standardised methods for pest control in the cultural heritage sector.

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

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).

MDS-Patienten mit stabiler Erkrankung profitieren von kontinuierlicher Azacitidin- Therapie

2010 ◽  
Vol 01 (04) ◽  
pp. 161-162
Author(s):  
Günter Springer
Keyword(s):  
Working Group ◽  
International Working Group ◽  
American Society

Patienten mit Myelodysplastischem Syndrom (MDS) und Krankheitsstabilisierung (SD) als erstes Ansprechen haben unter kontinuierlicher Behandlung mit Azacitidin (Vida-za®) gute Aussichten, noch ein Ansprechen gemäß Kriterien der International Working Group (IWG) und dadurch einen Überlebensvorteil zu erreichen. Zu diesem Ergebnis kam eine auf dem Kongress der American Society of Oncology (ASCO) vorgestellte Analyse der Zulassungsstudie AZA-001.

Prospects for Integrated Pest Management of Brown Marmorated Stink Bug in Washington Tree Fruits

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth H. Beers ◽  
Adrian Marshall ◽  
Jim Hepler ◽  
Josh Milnes
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Pest Management ◽  
Pest Management ◽  
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug ◽  
Stink Bug ◽  
Tree Fruits
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