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NE PMC On Target

Internal newsletter of the Northeastern Pest Management Center

vol. 3, no. 8 August 2003

In this Issue:

Northeastern Region

Southern Region

Western Region:

National organizations, issues, etc.

International

About On Target

Delaware

The latest Pesticide Briefs Newsletter has been posted: Contents:

VOLUNTARY CANCELLATIONS/AMENDMENTS

OTHER PESTICIDE REGISTRATION ACTIONS

STOP SALES

NATIONAL POLICIES

REPORTS

THE LOCAL SCENE

Susan P. Whitney, Pesticide Coordinator

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Maryland

January 2004 IPM Short Courses and Conferences Monitor http://www.pest.umd.edu/events/events.html for additional event updates.

2004 TURFGRASS IPM SHORT COURSE
Sponsored by the Departments of Entomology, and Natural Resource Sciences and Landscape Architecture, the 2004 Turfgrass IPM Short Course will be held in the Plant Sciences Building at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland January 12-15, 2004.

Who should attend this four-day short course?
· Lawn Care and Landscape professionals
· Municipal and County Grounds professionals
· Public School Grounds professionals

Lecture Topics:
· IPM Principles and Practices
· Program Implementation
· IPM and Pesticide Related Issues
· Monitoring Technology
· Turfgrass Selection
· Soil and Fertility Management Problems
· Diagnosing Non-Pest Related Problems
· Insect diagnostics and management
· Disease diagnostics and management
· Weed diagnostics and management

Laboratory Topics:
· Hands on Turfgrass Species Identification
· Turf Disease Diagnostic Software
· Hands on Turf Weed Identification
· Hands on Turf Insect (pest and beneficial) Identification

Pesticide Recertification Credits: We will be requesting re-certification credits for Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia in the Turfgrass category.

To be added to the mailing list to receive registration materials in September/October 2003, please contact: Ms. Debbie Wilhoit Department of Entomology 4112 Plant Sciences Building University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 Telephone: 301-405-3913 email: dw34@umail.umd.edu

16 TH ANNUAL ADVANCED LANDSCAPE PLANT IPM PHC SHORT COURSE January 5-9, 2004 at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland If you are a commercial arborist, landscape manager, or advanced gardener and want to learn more about the principles and practices of integrated pest management and plant health care, this short course may be for you.

Topics covered include:
· IPM AND PHC Principles and Practices
· Program Implementation
· Monitoring Technology
· Soil Program Diagnosis
· Biological Control
· Biorational Pesticides
· Adult Insect Identification
· Immature Insect Identification
· Disease Management
· Business Aspects of IPM

Laboratory Work will include microscopic examination of key landscape insect pests and beneficials. Each student will receive a general pest collection, scale insect pest collections, plant damage collection and nine publications included in the registration fee.

To be added to the mailing list to receive registration materials in September/October 2004, please contact:
Ms. Debbie Wilhoit
Department of Entomology
4112 Plant Sciences Building
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Telephone: 301-405-3913
email: dw34@umail.umd.edu

26th ANNUAL INTERSTATE PEST MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE The Interstate Pest Management Conference will be held January 28th and 29th, 2004 at the Maritime Institute of Technology in Linthincum, Maryland.
For more than two decades, the annual Interstate Pest Management Conference, held at the Maritime Institute of Technology, Linthicum, Maryland, has enjoyed a national reputation. Specializing in structural IPM outreach to industry, academia, and government, the Conference delivers new biological and technical information from the discipline's frontiers. Each year more than 600 participants choose the Interstate for comprehensive training on new technologies in structural integrated pest management. Recertification credits for Conference attendance are approved by 15 states.
Dr. Nancy L. Breisch, Chair of the Interstate for the past decade, and Dr. Barbara Thorne, Conference Director, both of the Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, design innovative conference programs in conjunction with Federal, state, and local regulatory agencies. Presentations from nationally recognized researchers and industry experts cover a diversity of topics, including insect, rodent, and bird pest management and treatment of sensitive facilities such as hospitals, nursing homes, schools, and restaurants.

The goal of the Interstate is to promote the use of quality integrated pest management, enabling the structural pest control industry to translate new biological information and cutting-edge technology into profitable business operations, thereby increasing public safety and satisfaction while substantially reducing pesticide use in and around structures. Since its inception, the Interstate has showcased the practical means of incorporating integrated pest management techniques into day-to-day business practices.

The upcoming Interstate Pest Management Conference will be held on Wednesday, January 28th and Thursday, January 29th, 2004 at the Maritime Institute of Technology, Linthicum, Maryland. Schedules for the two days are identical; participants generally attend one day's worth of presentations. For program schedules, driving directions and registration information, please check back here soon to obtain the link to the Interstate Pest Management Conference website.

Giant Hogweed found in Maryland State's third "first find" of invasive species this year ANNAPOLIS, MD - (Maryland News Release, July 21, 2001)

The giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) was named May's "Invader of the Month” by the Maryland Invasive Species Council to heighten public awareness about the plant. Because of the publicity the giant hogweed received, residents alerted the Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) to a number of possible infestations. Two of the reports, one in Harford County and another in Baltimore County, were confirmed to be giant hogweed.

"While we are never happy to find new invasive species in the state, it is important that we know if they are present and where they are located so that we can manage them," says Secretary of Agriculture, Lewis R. Riley. "The public responded enthusiastically to recent publicity on the giant hogweed and helped our staff find the plant.

"Earlier this year, the Maryland Department of Agriculture and USDA entered into a cooperative program to survey for and eradicate any giant hogweed found in Maryland. "If not for the general public's concern and attention to several recent articles and meetings, we would be looking for a needle in a haystack," says Don Robbins, administrator of MDA's Noxious Weed Program. "Both locations where we identified giant hogweed have been treated to eradicate the plants and will be monitored over the next several years to control any regrowth.

Giant hogweed, which had already been found in Pennsylvania and Washington, DC, is on the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Federal Noxious Weed List because of human health implications and crowding out of other desirable plants. Giant hogweed exudes a clear, watery sap that causes the skin to become photosensitive to ultraviolet radiation. Contact with the sap can result in severe burns, blisters and dermatitis, possibly leading to future complications, namely skin cancer. It is illegal to sell or move giant hogweed plants or seeds across state lines.

The giant hogweed is the third of three new "first finds" -- officially called state records -- of species new to Maryland located by MDA's Plant Protection and Weed Management staff in 2003. The first was Pryeria sinica, a caterpillar that defoliates the popular landscaping shrub, euonymus, in the spring before becoming a moth. A Glen Burnie homeowner brought a jar of the caterpillars to MDA for identification in May. Entomologist Gaye Williams identified the species, which was first found in the United States in Virginia in 2001.

On June 30, MDA field staff found beech scale in Garrett County, Maryland for the first time. This forest pest was introduced to North America in Nova Scotia from Europe more than a century ago. Since then, it has moved slowly through 10 states in the northeast United States. In 1981, an infestation was found in West Virginia. The scale insect causes disease and eventually death in beech trees.

"Two of the three state records were found because of public attentiveness," says Dr. William F. Gimpel, Jr., Administrator of MDA’s Plant Protection and Weed Management Section. "A new public awareness campaign run by the Maryland Invasive Species Council also has helped raise the visibility of unwanted species. We need the eyes of Maryland residents to help identify invasive species before they get out of hand.

"For more information about the giant hogweed or other invasive species, contact MDA at 410- 841-5920 or log on to www.mdinvasivesp.org

# # #Photos are available of all three invasive species, but there are no on-site filming availabilities.

For information about beech scale, go to the Maryland Department of Agriculture's website.

For information about Pryeria sinica, go to the Maryland Invasive Species Council's website.

all items submitted by Sandy Sardanelli, MD IPM Program

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Massachusetts: UMass 2004 Winter Turf School announced

The University of Massachusetts Winter School for Turf Managers is now accepting applications for the 2004 session. This seven-week course provides students with the concepts essential to professional maintenance of high quality turf. Winter School 2004 classes will run from January 5 through February 20, 2004. The deadline for application is September 15, 2003.

UMass Winter School for Turf Managers is intended especially for professionals who want to expand their skills and advance in their career, but cannot schedule a two or four year program. Winter School is most appropriate for men and women associated with the management of golf courses, athletic fields, parks, industrial grounds, municipal and private grounds, fine lawns, and other fine quality turf situations. Winter School classes are taught by University of Massachusetts faculty and staff as well as renowned turf industry professionals.

More on the Turfnet.com

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New Jersey

NJinPAS web site changes: The NJinPAS Listserv Archive webpage has a new look! This page is an archive of all of the postings to any of the open NJinPAS listservs since the Network's inception in October 2001. You may choose to view postings by date, title, listserv posted, or by topic.

We have added drop-down boxes for each of these views! Now you can refine your selection further to look at the postings by year, name of the listserv posted, and pre-defined topics. The defined topics are: Administration, Alerts, Crop Profiles, EPA Pesticide Actions, EPA Reports/ Releases, IPM, Mosquito, News, NJ Pesticide Applicators, NJ Section 18s, NJ Section 24Cs, PMSPs, School IPM, Tolerances, Training, Voluntary Cancellations, Websites, and Worker Protection Standard.

Better yet, you can do a word search of the titles and topics. So, you can look for a specific pesticide, crop, or agency, for example.

Enroll online in any of the 9 NJinPAS listservs @ http://www.pestmanagement.rutgers.edu/NJinPAS/listservs.htm.

submitted by Pat Hastings, NJinPAS

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New York: TracApple Record-Keeping and Reporting Software

TracApple is an easy to use software program that apple growers can use to record their yearly spray history and automatically generate required processor spray reporting forms. The program is being offered to apple growers at no charge. TracApple can complete the required spray forms for Motts, AgriLink, Ultimate Juice, Beechnut, and the generic Processor Spray Form.

Those familiar with working on a spreadsheet will find it easy to use TracApple, since it is written in Microsoft Excel, a popular spreadsheet program. Very simply, the user “fills in the blanks.” There are two primary data entry “sheets”, much like a sheet of paper. One sheet asks for basic grower information, such as name and address. The other sheet allows the user to enter their spray information, such as the spray date and chemical used. From the data entered on these sheets the program is able to complete the required processor forms automatically.

Other benefits: TracApple has “drop down” lists for pesticides and pests that you can select from. This saves time and prevents typing errors. When you select a pesticide Trade Name from the list the program automatically fills in the EPA registration number on the form. The software also has Farm and Harvest Data sheets that automatically generate drop-down lists specific to your farm operation.

For a copy, Write: · Phone, Fax, E-mail:

NYS Integrated Pest Management Program
Cornell University, NYS Agric Expt Station
630 West North Street
Geneva, NY 14456-0462

PH: (315) 787-2430
Fax: (315) 787-2360
E-mail: jec3@cornell.edu

Julie Carroll, NY IPM Program

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Pennsylvania

Pestwatch: a northeastern regional view over space and time of dynamic information useful for managing insects or diseases.
Data providers create the human infrastructure powering this network. Insect population information includes field-collected measurements of catches from pheromone or black-light traps, or modeled estimates of when certain life stages are present based on temperature-accumulations. Plant disease information includes estimates of when weather conditions support the developmant of pathogens to cause disease. More about Pestwatch, or look for interactive maps on sweet corn.

Shelby Fleischer, Penn State University

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National

Southern Region:

Arkansas

Arkansas crop profiles Arkansas snap bean and watermelon crop profiles have been added to the national crop profile database.

Florida:

Recent items on the Florida Pest Alert Site:
Tom Fasulo, et. al., University of Florida
Pest Alert
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Oklahoma

New crop profile: The Oklahoma pasture/rangeland crop profile has been added to the national crop profile database.
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Texas

La Vega ISD is the first recipient of the new ‘IPM Pride Award’ given by the Southwest Technical Resource Center for IPM in Schools. More

Revised crop profile: The revised Texas sugarcane crop profile has been added to the national crop profile database.

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Western Region

Hawaii

New crop profile: The Hawaii Banana Crop Profile has been added to the national crop profile database.

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National: National organizations, issues, etc.

EPA

Office of Pesticide Programs News on the OPP Website :

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IPM Institute:

Additions to the website (as of 8/5/03):

Tom Green, et. al., IPM Institute

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IR-4 - News on the IR-4 site as of 8/05/03

IR-4 Program

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Office of Pest Management Policy (OPMP)

Wilfred Burr's Newest News, July 30, 2003 edition.

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USDA Pest Management Centers

New Crop Profiles: Additions last month to the crop profile database  

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US Congress

House Rejects USDA Plan On Foreign Pest Program: The proposal would have forced states to pay a larger share of emergency programs meant to eradicate alien pest infestations. More at PCT Online

submitted by Lynn Braband, NY IPM Program

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International

IPMNet News:

The Consortium for International Crop Protection produces and provides IPMnet NEWS as a free, electronic, global, IPM Information resource. IPMnet News is issued monthly via email (subscribe by sending the message "subscribe" to: IPMnet@bcc.orst.edu and include your e-mail address). The August 2003 issue is now available online, and past issues are archived.

In the August issue:

I. IPM News:

II. IPM Medley:

III. IPM Research/Technical Papers:

IV. U.S. Regional Pest Management Centers:- Weed Science Site Offers Multiple Choices

V. IPMnet CALENDAR Update

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Who gets this:

Access to this page is not restricted. E-mail Jim or Liz to offer submissions or suggest changes.

Contact us:

Jim VanKirk, Coordinator 315-787-2378 jrv1@cornell.edu

John Ayers, Director 814-865-7776 (voice) email

Liz Thomas, Information Specialist 315-787-2626 egt3@cornell.edu

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Organization of the NEPMC On Target

NEPMC On Target is "new and improved" version of the for NEPMC Insider.

A web page with the address http://nepmc.org/insider/current.html always holds the most recent issue.

Archived issues can be found either by going to http://nepmc.org/insider/index.html OR at a url in the form "http://nepmc.org/insider/archive/yyyy/mmmyyyy.html", where "mmm" is 3 letter abbreviation for the month and "yyyy" is four digit year designation. For example, to find the August 2002 issue, go to http://nepmc.org/insider/archive/2002/aug2002.html . The "current" issue is archived immediately - it appears not only as "current" but also in the archives as "archive/yyyy/mmmyyyy.html"

As of the January, 2003 issue we are now numbering issues using volume (2001=1, 2002=2, etc.) and number (Jan=1, Feb=2, etc.) We may retroactively renumber previous issues using this system.

A list of links to all issues can be found at http://neipmc.org/news_ontargetarchiveindex.cfm

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This page developed and managed by Jim VanKirk, NE PMC Coordinator and Liz Thomas, Informaton Specialist

The Northeastern Integrated Pest Management Center fosters the development and adoption of IPM, a science-based approach to managing pests in ways that generate economic, environmental, and human health benefits. We work in partnership with stakeholders from agricultural, urban, and rural settings to identify and address regional priorities for research, education, and outreach.