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IR-4: Interregional Research Project No. 4 Minor Crop Pest Management: A National Agricultural Program To Clear Pest Control Agents For Minor Uses. IR-4 and minor crop pest control options…. What does it mean?. IR-4. IR-4 is a leader in the registration of reduced - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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IR-4:Interregional Research
Project No. 4Minor Crop Pest Management:
A National Agricultural Program To Clear Pest Control Agents For Minor Uses
http://www.cook.rutgers.edu/~ir4
IR-4
USDAARS
USDACSREES
SAES EPA
AGRICHEMICALSINDUSTRY
Consumers
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• IR-4’s goal: to provide growers with safe, effective and economical tools to control pests on minor crops.
• Minor crops are high value crops such asfruits, vegetables, nursery and greenhouseplants – but low acreage compared to corn, wheat, soybeans and cotton.
• Minor crops are: worth $40 billion, produced in all states and make up 40% of the total value of U.S. crops.
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IR-4 Program Overview
State Agricultural Experiment Stations (SAES) & Land Grant Universities
IR-4Management Committee
USDACooperative State
Research, Education & Extension Service
(CSREES)
USDAAgricultural Research
Service(ARS)
ARS Liaisons;Labs and
FieldStations
IR-4 Headquarters,
New Jersey
Commodity Liaisons
IR-4 State Liaisons
IR-4 RegionalOffices: California Florida Michigan New York
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IR-4 conducts field research and residue analyses to register
pesticides and biopesticides on minor crops.
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ARS Field Research Centers Puerto Rico =
IR-4 HQ
IR-4 Regional Labs
State Satellite Labs State Field Research Centers ARS Labs Hawaii =
Lab and Field Research Sites in The United States
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Partners in the IR-4 procedure leading to
registration:
• Growers• Processors
• Commodity Groups•Land Grant Universities
• Environmental Protection Agency• U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Implementation of the:
A new standard of food safety based on a reasonable certainty that no harm will result from exposure to pesticides in food, water, and from household and garden uses.
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Before FQPA , exposure from each pesticide was considered independently for each food crop.
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Risk Cup
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Risk Cup = maximum allowed exposure considered acceptable by the Environmental Protection Agency
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After FQPA, exposure from all pesticides with the same mode of action is combined not only forfood, but also water and household uses – with a safety factor added for kids when needed.
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Risk cup fills faster, and gets smaller to increase the safety factor for infants and children.
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Because of
Some key pesticides used on important minor crops such as fruits and vegetables are certain to be lost or curtailed.
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Does this mean…
*used with permission of Jack Pittman Jptoonist@aol.com & www.ruben.org/jackpittman/
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3. A Pesticide Clearance Request (PCR) is submitted to IR-4 if a newpesticide or biopesticide control measure is desired……
Submit in writing or electronically….
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4. The PCR’s are prioritized and IR-4 goes to work….
….setting up field trials and residue analyses across the U.S.
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EPA’s approval leads to registration for a new pest control product on a minor crop or crop grouping.
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• 7000+ ornamental registrations
• 100+ biopesticide registrations
IR-4 successes since 1963:
• 5000+ food use registrations
IR-4 develops 40% of all the registrations approved by EPA.
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IR-4 is a successful partnership providing integrated pest management options for growers of minor crops.
Can IR-4 be of service to you?
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For more information on IR-4, Contact:
The IR-4 web site at: http://www.cook.rutgers.edu/~ir4
IR-4 Headquarters at: 732/932-9575 (phone) 732/932-8481 (fax)
Each state has an IR-4 state liaison. Contact the Regional Center nearest you for the name.
New York 315-787-2308 Florida 352-392-2399 Michigan 517-353-9497 California 530-752-7633
Prepared by Sandy Perry, IR-4 National Outreach Specialist, 517-432-5999 (perrys@msue.msu.edu). 3/00
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