IPM Working Groups
IPM Working Groups bring together regional stakeholders around vital issues in the Northeast. These ad hoc committees work on topics specific to an IPM setting or crop—they develop or update priority lists, plan multistate projects, and conduct outreach campaigns across the region. Working group members include researchers, educators, IPM practitioners, agricultural producers and consultants, government personnel, and representatives environmental groups or other nonprofits. Funded through the Center's IPM Partnership Grants Program, these groups represent the views of stakeholders while passing information from the Center to their own organizations and peers.
CURRENT WORKING GROUPS in the northeast
- Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
- Collaborative to Promote IPM in Child Care Facilities
- Hops
- Invasive Species
- Slug Management (Mid-Atlantic High Residue Cropping Systems)
- Red Tomato—Eco Apple
- Pollinators
- Schools
- Small Farms
- Small Fruit
- Sustainable Landscapes (formerly the Community IPM Working Group)
- Tree Fruit
- Vegetables
PAST IPM WORKING GROUPS in the northeast
- Community (funded in 2011 as the Sustainable Landscapes IPM Working Group)
- Evaluation
- Fruit Working Group (ended in 2004)
- Greenhouse and Ornamentals IPM Working Group (ended in 2004)
- Livestock & Field Crops Working Group (ended in 2005)
- New England IPM Collaboration
- Public Health Working Group (later merged with the Community IPM Working Group)
- Tree Fruit Sooty Blotch/Fly Speck Working Group. This group was chaired by Dan Cooley of the University of Massachusetts in 2008 and continued into 2009. Plant pathologists from the Northeast, South, and Midwest met twice to share their knowledge about this disease complex, discuss the need for improved IPM, and share their plans for a proposal. A large grant, funded by the USDA in 2009, resulted from their discussion and collaboration. Read more about their work.
