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General IPM Priorities for the Northeast - 2004
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The following list is ranked with the highest priority at the top.
- Community IPM outreach materials for homeowners, retailers of homeowner
pest management products, and 'multipliers' (eg. libraries, teachers).
- Assess, develop, and distribute new or improved pest monitoring systems
- Contribute to support for Community IPM staff in every state.
- Landscape and turf - research and develop outreach for low-input strategies
including a pocket field guide for pest management.
- Improve or develop new or alternative weed management options for agricultural
and nursery settings including basic weed identification information.
- Provide research for and outreach on alternative control technology for
nursery pests including insects, diseases, weeds, vertebrate and soil pests.
- Respond to pest management needs and priorities identified by stakeholder
input to Regional IPM Centers (http://northeastipm.org/regu_regional.cfm).
- Apples - research on bio-control and bait traps for insect control.
- Assess the effectiveness of electronic-based communications to IPM users
(growers, practitioners).
- Brown marmorated stink bug - address alternative controls.
- Greenhouses and nurseries - risks associated with pesticide use: ventilation,
mixing/loading/storing pesticides, WPS training for workers, study health
issues.
- Home lawn and landscape - information on weed identification and management
for residential areas.
- Increase efforts to improve and maintain soil health to minimize soil borne
disease.
- Development of a region wide IPM Labeling/Identification program for both
agricultural crops and community IPM settings.
- Develop a regional infrastructure (e.g. people) to support the implementation
of biological control techniques including conservation and augmentation in
both Community and Agricultural IPM settings.
- Address management tactics and strategies for emerging issues such as soybean
rust and brown marmorated stink bug
These priorities were derived from a November 2004 poll of the Northeastern
IPM Center's advisory
council, state network
project leaders, IPM
working group leaders, and state IPM
Coordinators and other NEREAP
members.
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