2024 Northeast Integrated Pest Management Research Update Conference

December 10, 2024

Description

This conference hosted by the Northeastern IPM Center (NEIPMC) will feature updates from active projects funded by the NEIPMC’s Partnership Grants Program. In addition, the online conference will have updates from IPM-related projects funded through the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (NESARE) Program and USDA-NIFA’s Applied Research and Development Program (ARDP) and Extension Implementation Program (EIP).

The rapid style conference will feature 5-minute pre-recorded presentations in which the speakers will discuss 1 or 2 highlights from their projects followed by a live Q and A. The purpose of the conference is to increase collaboration and awareness about current IPM-related research and extension in the Northeast in a fun way.

Anyone with an internet connection is invited to watch this exciting event hosted by the Northeastern IPM Center. Below is a list of projects that will be discussed during the 90-minute event. The conference will take place via Zoom and will be recorded for later viewing.

To participate in the conference, please register at this link:
cornell.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qMpwTwZnTcmXdmZIwX6raA

Conference Agenda

December 10, 2024

Time Speaker – “Title of Project” (Funded By) – Affiliation
10:30 a.m. Welcome
10:35 a.m. Flor Acevedo – “Update on the development of action thresholds for managing spotted lanternfly in vineyards” (ARDP) – Penn State
10:40 a.m. Cameron Cedeno – “Resistance among arugula cultivars to Pseudomonas cannabina pv. alisalensis and Xanthomonas campestris” (NESARE) – Penn State–Univ Park
10:45 a.m. Veronica Yurchak – “Creating an ecofriendly pest suppression program in sweet corn” (NESARE) – University of Maryland
10:50 a.m. Leo Kerner – “Using red clover to recruit natural enemies to control pests in cantaloupe” (ARDP) – University of Maryland
10:55 a.m. Q and A Discussion
11:00 a.m. Carlos Quesada – “Evaluation of insect exclusion screens on pests and biocontrol agents in commercial high tunnels” (NEIPMC) – West Virginia University
11:05 a.m. Simon Zebelo – “Empowering small-scaled, limited-resource and other farmers with IPM knowledge” (EIPM) – University of Maryland, Eastern Shore
11:10 a.m. Q and A Discussion
11:15 a.m. Charles Colvin – “Investigating the insecticidal properties of maize flavonoids against fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda)” (ARDP) – Penn State
11:20 a.m. Philip Fanning – “Classical biological control for spotted-wing drosophila in the northeastern United States” (ARDP) – University of Maine
11:25 a.m. Q and A Discussion
11:30 a.m. Patrice Sison – “Identifying grass weed patches in Maine wild blueberry fields using drone aerial images for post-emergent application of herbicides” (NEIPMC) – University of Maine
11:35 a.m. Quinn Loudy – “Flavonoid and benzoxazinoid accumulation in maize: Implications for fall armyworm resistance” (ARDP) – Penn State
11:40 a.m. Q and A Discussion
11:45 a.m. Mike Monzon – “Early American Colonial period (CA. 1680s) funerary archaeoentomology as a tool for observing a local entomofaunal baseline at Historic St. Mary’s City, Maryland, USA” (NESARE) – Purdue University & Rutgers Cooperative Extension
11:50 a.m. Carl Majewski – “Promoting IPM practices for improved perennial forage management in the Northeast (NEIPM) – University of New Hampshire Extension
11:55 a.m. Q and A Discussion
12:00 noon End of conference – Recorded presentations available online (www.NortheastIPM.org)