New IPM Partnership Projects for 2011

In 2011, the Northeastern IPM Center awarded nearly $460,000 for research and outreach through IPM Partnership Grants, a competitive program supported by funds from USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Almost all of the projects involve multistate collaboration (lead project directors are shown in parentheses):

IPM Issues

• Advancing Public Action and Knowledge on Invasive Species in the Potomac Highlands (A. Cimarolli, The Nature Conservancy, West Virginia)
• Custom Baits to Manage Spotted Wing Drosophila (R. Cowles, Connecticut Ag Experiment Station)
• Development of the Interactive Cranberry Pest Management Tool for IPM (B. Wick., Cape Cod Cranberry Growers)
• Educational and Monitoring Effort on Spotted Wing Drosophila: A New, Economically Important Pest (A. Surcica, Penn State)
• Emerald Ash Borer First Detector Training for New York and the Northeast (M. Whitmore, Cornell)
• Expanding Livestock IPM: Training Opportunities for Northeast U.S. Dairy Producers (J. Waldron, Cornell)
• Implementation, Coordination and Exploration of iMapInvasives Invasive Species Mapping in Vermont and New Hampshire (S. Plumb, The Nature Conservancy, Vermont)
• Increasing IPM in Privately Owned Affordable Multifamily Housing (J. Malone, National Center for Healthy Housing)
• Manejo Sano de Controlar las Plagas en su Hogar: How-to IPM Instruction for Low-literate Latinos (M. O’Leary, Baltimore City Health Dept.)
• Northeast Region Bugwood Node to Collect and Catalog Images for Use as Reference Tools by Diagnosticians and Identifiers (K. Snover-Clift, Cornell)
• Spotted Wing Drosophila in New England: Rapid Response Training and Coordination (G. Koehler, Univ. of Maine)

Publications

• Fungicide Resistant Management Guidelines for Mid-Atlantic Vegetable Growers (C. Wyenandt, Rutgers)
• Native Pollinators of Eastern Apple Orchards and How to Conserve Them (J. Losey, Cornell)
• Promoting Region-Wide Bee and Wasp Conservancy through IPM-Based Publication (A. Surcica, Penn State)

Working Groups

• Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Working Group (T. Leskey, USDA-ARS)
• Collaborative to Promote IPM in Child Care Facilities (C. Westinghouse, Informed Green Solutions)
• Hops IPM Working Group (T. Weigle, Cornell)
• Mid-Atlantic High Residue Cropping Systems IPM Working Group on Slug Management (J. Whalen, Univ. of Delaware)
• Region-Wide Pollinator IPM Working Group (A. Surcica, Penn State)
• School IPM Working Group (K. Murray, Maine Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources)
• Small Fruit IPM Working Group and Pest Issues Tour (A. Hazelrigg, Univ. of Vermont)
• Sustainable Landscape IPM Working Group (M. Malinoski, Univ. of Maryland)
• Three Tiers of Growth and Development for IPM Produce (M. Rozyne, Red Tomato)
• Tree Fruit IPM Working Group (A. Agnello, Cornell)
• Vegetable IPM Working Group (C. Wyenandt, Rutgers)