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Spotlight
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Maryland’s IPM Program is based at the University
of Maryland’s (UMD) College Park Campus and coordinated by personnel
in the Entomology Department. The program’s efforts fall into three
research-oriented focus areas: Agricultural IPM, Green Industries IPM,
and Community IPM. Sandra Sardanelli, the program’s coordinator,
reports a recently renovated MD IPM
web site that operates as a gateway to information on each of the
program’s focus areas, houses annual program reports, and also links
to related sites in the state, region, and nation.
The program’s Agricultural IPM projects are designed
in response to stakeholder needs, focusing on sustainable practices and
alternative management strategies. Dr. Galen Dively recently led a project
that used on-farm studies to evaluate several alternative strategies in
order to provide a knowledge base and educational support for continued
expansion of organic crop production in Maryland. Results will have a
major impact on the sustainability of organic production. This project,
which started as a partnership between UMD and the state’s Department
of Agriculture, is a forerunner of a larger, long-term project called
Pest-Net. A highlight of the program’s web site, Pest-Net is a variety
of reports and weekly updates on pest activity in the mid-Atlantic region
that help conventional and organic growers track pest populations.
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UMD
entomologists Rob Ahern (left), Mike Raupp, and Ada Szczepaniec specialize
in IPM for landscape plants. Photo by Paula Shrewsbury.
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The Green Industries portion of the program develops and implements
projects for professionals involved with the production and maintenance of ornamental
plants and turf grasses. Last year, IPM extension specialist Michael Raupp published
four articles that reached approximately 34,000 readers with information to
help landscape managers recognize key pests and manage them effectively and
in environmentally responsible ways. These publications have also helped to
support Maryland’s School IPM effort, led by Paula Shrewsbury. IPM programs
are mandatory for all public schools in Maryland, and the program has prepared
manuals to assist school administrators, maintenance supervisors, and technicians.
(Click here for more
about the program’s available publications.)
The Community IPM program, led by Barbara Thorne, focuses on
subterranean termites and carpenter ants in urban environments. The program
hosts the annual Interstate Pest Control Conference, which last year related
the latest biological management techniques to more than 600 pest control operators,
managers, regulators, and industry personnel in 17 states.
The impact of Maryland’s IPM approach is enhanced through
allied programs, particularly by the networking efforts of the UMD Agriculture
Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension laboratories and facilities. The
Home and Garden Information Center promotes IPM adoption and provides education
outreach information to a wide variety of stakeholders through its web
site and phone hotline (800-342-2507). Other allied efforts include the
Master Gardener programs, radio and television spots, and publications and Internet
listings on pest biology and management. The Master
Gardener program is particularly active, and will host a regional conference
in Baltimore this October.
Contents
of this issue:
National
IPM Roadmap Unveiled
Spotlight
on Maryland IPM
Your
Gardening Questions Answered by Experts
Expanded
Funding and New Plans for the NE PMC
From
the NE PMC Coordinator
Northeastern
Groups Make Headway on IPM Strategic Planning
Call
to Action for the Center
Highlights
from the Northeastern States
List
of State IPM Coordinators
New
York Publishes IPM Guidelines on the Web
For
more information on IPM in the Northeast or for printed copies of this newsletter,
contact Jim VanKirk (315.787.2378; jrv1@cornell.edu)
or information specialist Liz Thomas (315.787.2626; egt3@cornell.edu),
NYS IPM Program Office, NYSAES, 630 W. North Street, Geneva, NY 14456. Writing
and design by Elizabeth Myers (315-251-0713; ebm24@cornell.edu).
Links:
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Contents for Northeast IPM News, July 2002
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.