NE PMC On Target
Internal newsletter of the Northeastern Pest Management Center
vol. 3, no. 7 July 2003
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NE PMC On TargetInternal newsletter of the Northeastern Pest Management Center vol. 3, no. 7 July 2003 |
Northeastern Region
- NE PMC:: Northeastern IPM Center is informed of funding for 4 years
- News from Northeastern States:
- Maryland:
- Dept. of Ag uses biocontrol to manage purple loosestrife
- Future Harvest CASA
- Pesticide Notes
- New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT): Apple crop profile
- New Jersey:
- New Policy for Commercial Applicators Training
- Asian Longhorned Beetle Update with Graphics
- New York: Grape industry funds IPM development
- West Virginia : Two new crop profiles, PMSP meeting
Other Regions
Southern Region
- Arkansas, new crop profiles
- Florida, new on the Pest Alert web site
- Kentucky, new crop profiles
- Oklahoma, new crop profiles
- Texas, new crop profiles
- Virginia, new crop profiles
Western Region: Oregon, Intel Corporation offers Food Alliance certified products to its employees
National organizations, issues, etc.
- EPA:
- Atrazine and amphibians
- Office of Pesticide Programs update
- IPM Institute New resources posted on June 13
- IR-4
- Biopesticide Registered for Control of Aflatoxin in Cotton
- Methyl Bromide Alternatives Tour Brings Understanding
- Soybean Rust: Working group web site
- Wildlife Society: Herbicides and biodiversity symposium
International
- Canada: Legal Action Aims To Block Toronto From Enacting Pesticide Restriction By-Law
- IPMNet News: July issue available
About On Target
Northeastern IPM Center Funded.We recently received word that the USDA plans to fund the Northeastern Integrated Pest Management Center on a 4-year grant starting in September, 2003. Principle investigators on the project are John Ayers of Penn State, Jim VanKirk of Cornell and Mike Hoffmann of Cornell. We expect the new project to have a significant increase in funding compared to funding for the last 3 years. All of this is contingent upon final completion of the contract between USDA and Penn State.
Department of Ag Uses Biocontrol to Manage Purple Loosestrife
An article published June 19 in the Baltimore Sun describes the work of MD Dept. of Ag. staff Dick Bean and Robert Trumbule to release Galerucella beetles for biological control of purple loosestrife, and invasive weed species.
submitted by Sandy Sardanelli, MD IPM Program
Future Harvest-CASA in Maryland
Future Harvest-CASA is a network of farmers, agricultural professionals, landowners and consumers living and working in the Chesapeake region. Future Harvest-CASA promotes profitable, environmentally sound and socially acceptable food and farming
systems that work to sustain communities. Learn more on the website.14 Tips to Increase Restaurant Sales and 20 Tips to Increase Sales at Farmers’ Markets and Roadside Stands are two new fact sheets produced by Future Harvest-CASA.
Pricing, customer relations, signage, advertising and communication strategies
are just some of the topics covered. View an online version of the tip guides, or request a printed version by emailing fhcasa@friendly.ly.netsubmitted by Sandy Sardanelli, MD IPM Program
Contents of Maryland's Pesticide Notes Volume 22, Number 5 (May 2003)
- Poisoning from imported rodenticide
- Researchers link some pesticide exposures to prostate cancer
- More U.S. schools adopt IPM
- EC releases report on pesticide monitoring program
- OPP proposes inerts protections
- GAO urges better oversight of tobacco pesticides
- Cost of pesticide developments
- Herbicide research shortfall
- Availability of MGK Repellent 326 risk assessments
- TRED for 4-Chlorophenoxyacetic Acid
New England crop profiles added this month to the national database: apples
topNew Policy for Commercial Applicators Training: The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Pesticide Control Program has recently released a notice regarding new policy for training and documentation requirements for commercial applicators taking the CORE and Category Certification exams. See NJDEP's website @ http://www.state.nj.us/dep/enforcement/pcp/index.html.
For a full discussion of these changes, see New Jersey Training Requirements and 2003 Course Schedule for NEW Commercial Pesticide Applicators & Operators @ http://www.pestmanagement.rutgers.edu/PAT/training/coreandOTJtraining.htm. This webpage includes 3 major sections:
1. the basic pesticide training course:
- prescribed course content
- current schedule of available PCP-approved courses
2. the 40 hour category on-the-job training;
- competence requirement
- the minimum number of applications required to be completed by category
- options to fulfill the 40 hour on-the-job training requirement when it is unavailable to you (eg., you are starting a new business).
3. what training documentation applicators need to submit with their certification exam application(s)
Asian Longhorned Beetle Update with Graphics courtesy of Carl P. Schulze, Jr. ; Director, Division of Plant Industry, New Jersey Department of Agriculture, a member of Advisory Committee to the New Jersey Information Network for Pesticides & Alternative Strategies.
1. Annotated Categorization of ALB Hosts; Revised October 29, 2001; Alan Sawyer; USDA-APHIS-PPQ, Otis Plant Protection Laboratory: http://www.pestmanagement.rutgers.edu/NJinPAS/postings/ALBhosts.htm
2. Magnifiable map of quarantine, treatment, and tree removal zones for Jersey City and Hoboken infestation: http://www.pestmanagement.rutgers.edu/NJinPAS/postings/AlbTreatment.pdf
3. Tree Direct Trunk Injection Photo- drilling: http://www.pestmanagement.rutgers.edu/NJinPAS/postings/treeinjection1.pdf
4. Tree Direct Trunk Injection Photo- Mauget capsules of imidacloprid in place: http://www.pestmanagement.rutgers.edu/NJinPAS/postings/treeinjection2.pdf
5. Figure 1- Soil Injections: Circular Application Pattern of Injection Holes: http://www.pestmanagement.rutgers.edu/NJinPAS/postings/fig1soil.pdf
submitted by Pat Hastings, NJinPAS
topGrape industry funds IPM development: New York's Fruit IPM Coordinator Juliet Carroll has has been awarded $6500 from the NY Wine and Grape Foundation and 4 grape processors: National Grape Cooperative (Welch's), Cliffstar Corp., Growers Cooperative, and Canandaigua Wine Co. to develop TracGrape software.
Mike Hoffmann, NY IPM Program
Crop profiles added this month to the national database: apple (revision) and potatoes .
A PMSP workshop to develop the MidAtlantic apple pest management strategic plan held June 17 and 18 was attended by growers, consultants, researchers, extension staff, processors and a representative of US Apple. Five states were represented.
Jack Baniecki, MAINPAS West Virginia
Arkansas crop profiles added this month to the national database: Arkansas blackberry, blueberry, grape, pecan, strawberry
Recent items on the Florida Pest Alert Site:
- 07/03/03 - New Featured Creatures - whitefringed beetles
- 07/03/03 - Mosquito control - timed spray systems
- 07/02/03 - New Featured Creatures - Florida harvester ant
- 07/01/03 - UF/IFAS Bug Tutorials reduced to $15 for a CD-ROM with two tutorials
- 07/01/03 - New Featured Creatures - red flour beetle
- 07/01/03 - Florida DoH Arbovirus Summary - June 17-23, 2003 - Arbovirus Summary Archives
- 06/27/03 - Florida Operation CleanSweep for Pesticides
- 06/27/03 - New Featured Creatures - Euthochtha galeator, a leaf-footed bug
- 06/20/03 - Non-armored scale insects on bromeliads
- 06/19/03 - New Featured Creatures - tropical orb weaver spider
- 06/19/03 - Suspected Mexican fruit fly larvae found in Pinellas County identified as Anastrepha ludens (Loew) - Division on Plant Industry Web site on the find - see Featured Creatures Mexican fruit fly article
- 06/17/03 - New Featured Creatures - mango fruit fly
- 06/16/03 - New Featured Creatures - an Asian hackberry aphid
- 06/13/03 - New Featured Creatures - Mexican redrump tarantula
- 06/13/03 - New gel bait available for fire ant control
- 06/13/03 - Latest update on 2002 occurrence of southern wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum (race 1) on geraniums in Florida
- 06/11/03 - New CEU/Training Maxforce bait Label Tutorial now available
- 06/11/03 - New Featured Creatures - Pharaoh ant
- 06/10/03 - Monkey Pox - an alert from the State Veterinarian of Florida
- 06/09/03 - Lobate lac scale is killing south Florida "dooryard" Melaleuca trees and other plants
Kentucky crop profiles added this month to the national database: melons (cantaloupes and muskmelons), tobaccotop
Oklahoma crop profiles added this month to the national database: watermelonstop
Texas crop profiles added this month to the national database: carrots, honey bee ,peaches, sweetpotatoestop
Virginia crop profiles added this month to the national database: bell peppertop
topIntel Corporation offers Food Alliance certified products to its employees Beginning today, Intel employees at all seven Hillsboro, Ore. locations will be able to choose Food Alliance certified products on their lunch break, thanks to a unique relationship between Intel, Bon Appétit, and Food Alliance.
from June 23 Food Alliance press release
Atrazine & Amphibians The new EPA report "White Paper on Potential Developmental Effects of Atrazine on Amphibians" is available as a PDF file. Email Allen Salzberg, Publisher/Editor of HerpDigestOffice of Pesticide Programs New on the OPP Website :
- 07/03/03 Comprehensive review of widely-used insecticide carbaryl completed - Press Announcement
- 06/30/03
- EPA halts sale of unregistered "SARS" pesticide product - Press Announcement
- EPA to Request Comment on Certified Professional Contract Researcher Program - OPP Update
- 06/26/03 EPA registers microbial fungicide aspergillus flavus AF36 for use on cotton - OPP Update
- 06/19/03
- Fenthion Voluntary Cancellation Requested - OPP Update
- Launches Health Care Providers Pesticide Initiative at National Forum - OPP Update
- EPA Public Involvement Policy Issued - Press Announcement
- 06/17/03 Voluntary Cancellation Proposed for Diazinon Uses - OPP Update
- 06/13/03
- FY 2002 Annual Report Now Available - OPP Update
- An EPA first: agency approves biological pesticides for use in emergency exemptions - OPP Update
- 06/12/03
- EPA to Conduct Methyl Bromide Outreach Workshops - OPP Update
- Risk Management Comments Requested for MGK Repellent 326 - OPP Update
- Farmworker Fairs Target Pesticide Exposure - OPP Update
Additions to the website (all listed here were added June 13):
- President's Task Force's Inventory of Federal School Environmental Health Activities lists all federal agencies' school environmental health programs.
- Wisconsin Department of Ag., Trade and Consumer Protection has Frequently Asked Questions About School IPM Pesticide Use on Public School Grounds available online.
- The Tippecanoe School Corporation in Indiana approved a plan to enhance their existing IPM program in the next school year.
- The US EPA has created an online or downloadable guide to identifying potential hazards in schools.
- Wisconsin provides a link to the statutes governing pesticide use at public schools.
- Working with Pest Management Professionals for Effective Implementation of IPM in Schools poster analyzes a school IPM survey recently conducted of pest control professionals.
- The Lebanon School Corporation in Indiana currently working to shift to a full IPM program during the next school year.
- An IPM curriculum was implemented at Emerson Elementary School in Michigan, and a school IPM program was started in a Saginaw High School in the spring.
- National legislation that would require schools to implement Integrated Pest Management programs introduced.
- Integrated Fly Management program, an on-farm educational event scheduled for July 23rd, 2003 in Albion, Maine. an on-farm educational event scheduled for July 23rd, 2003 in Albion, Maine.
Tom Green, et. al., IPM Institute
topBiopesticide Registered for Control of Aflatoxin in Cotton
06/27/03 IR-4 announced today that the EPA has approved the use of Aspergillus flavus AF36 in Arizona and Texas to control Aflatoxin in cottonseed.
Methyl Bromide Alternatives Tour Brings Understanding
06/16/03 On May 28, growers, university researchers, and chemical company representatives met in Bradenton, Florida for the purpose of visiting IR-4 Methyl Bromide Alternative (MBA) tomato research plots at two research sites...
Methyl bromide CUE workshop A one-day workshop to complete the methyl bromide critical use exemption applications for Southeastern strawberries, strawberry nurseries, peppers, tomatoes and curcurbits (cucumbers, squash and cantaloupes) for 2006 is set for Wednesday, July 9, 2003 in Raleigh, North Carolina. The workshop will be held in Room 121 Kilgore Hall from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. We hope to complete Worksheets 1, 2, 4 and 5 at this workshop. This will give us about a month to complete Worksheet 3 for the research studies supporting the CUE applications. It is essential that we have University scientist, grower and industry participation in this workshop! For more info, contact Wilfred Burr, OPMP WBURR@ars.usda.govWilfred Burr's Newest News, June 19, 2003 edition.
Soybean rust can be a devastating disease of soybeans. See the web page of the Working Group of State and Federal Scientists for details and developments.
topNew Crop Profiles: Additions last month to the crop profile database ·
- Arkansas blackberry, blueberry, grape, pecan, strawberry ·
- Kentucky melons (cantaloupes and muskmelons), tobacco ·
- Oklahoma watermelons ·
- Texas carrots, honey bee ,peaches, sweetpotatoes ·
- Virginia Bell Pepper ·
- West Virginia apple (revision), potatoes
Symposium on Herbicide-Biodiversity Relationships: Herbicides are widely used in forest management throughout the world to control vegetation competition. Herbicides potentially affect biodiversity in several ways, including indirectly via changes in plant community structure and composition. These and other issues related to forestry herbicides will be discussed on the afternoon of September 10, 2003 at a Symposium titled, "Relationships between Herbicides and Forest Biodiversity." The Symposium, which is being offered as part of The Wildlife Society's 10th annual conference in Burlington, VT, will offer invited presentations by some of the foremost experts on forest/herbicide relationships in the U.S. and CanadaŠ.Registration information, a schedule of presentations, and other information about the TWS Conference and Herbicide Symposium may be viewed at http://www.wildlife.org/. For more information, you may also contact Dr. Miller or Dr. Wigley.
submitted by Lynn Braband, NY IPM Program
topLegal Action Aims To Block Toronto From Enacting Pesticide Restriction By-Law: The Urban Pest Management Council of Canada (UPMC) announced that an application has been filed with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice asking the court to strike down the City of Toronto's by-law restricting the use of pesticides by Toronto residents. UPMC is the urban division of CropLife Canada, which represents the manufacturers and distributors of pest control products. full story
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topJim 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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