North Central IPM CenterNorth Central IPM Center

Larry G. Olsen, Co-DirectorLarry G. Olsen, Co-DirectorMichigan State UniversityMichigan State University

Goals and Objectives forWorking Groups

Columbus, OHFebruary 23-24, 2005

NC Vegetable WG Workshop

IntroductionIntroduction

In September 2003, USDA re-funded In September 2003, USDA re-funded the network of four regional the network of four regional Integrated Pest Management Integrated Pest Management Centers to ensure coordination of Centers to ensure coordination of efforts and resources to enhance IPM efforts and resources to enhance IPM development and adoption for development and adoption for production agriculture, natural production agriculture, natural resources, recreational resources, recreational environments, and residential and environments, and residential and public sites. public sites.

A Regional ApproachA Regional Approach

Western

Southern

North Eastern

North Central

Location of IPM Centers

IPM Center MissionIPM Center Mission

To develop, maintain, improve, and expand IPM practices in public and private sectors and to increase access to IPM information, extension programs, and funding opportunities for our stakeholders.

NC IPM Center NC IPM Center GoalsGoals

1. Establish a process for stakeholder identification and prioritization of emerging pest management issues for research, extension and outreach to respond to economic, human health, environmental and safety concerns.

NC IPM Center NC IPM Center GoalsGoals

2. Serve as a focal point for collaborative team building to develop, improve, maintain and expand IPM practices in the North Central Region.

NC IPM Center NC IPM Center GoalsGoals

3. Enhance the ability of the land-grant system and USDA to provide IPM users, researchers, governmental agencies, and the public with the information and knowledge they need to increase IPM adoption and reduce unreasonable adverse environmental effects from pests and the use of pest management practices.

NC IPM Center NC IPM Center GoalsGoals

4. Ensure accountability and leadershipfor proper management and distributionof Center resources.

NC IPM Center Administrative NC IPM Center Administrative StructureStructure

USDA/CSREES

• State Contact Network

• IPM Working Groups (WGs)

• Community• Commodity• Invasive Pests or other PM Issues

• Pesticide Transition

Competitive Funding Grants

* Integrated RFA• State Contacts• Crop Profiles• PMSP• Regional IPM Publications

• Critical Issues Projects

• IPM Work Groups

* Regional IPM Grants

* Pest Management Alternatives

Program

NC IPM Center Communications

•Web site•Publications•Reports•Coordinate response to queries of current IPM practices

North Central Integrated Pest

Management Center

* Advisory Council

* Steering Committee

* Stakeholder involvement

required

NC Steering CommitteeNC Steering Committee

The Steering Committee gathers input The Steering Committee gathers input from stakeholders (including the from stakeholders (including the Advisory Council and Working Groups), Advisory Council and Working Groups), determines broad policy goals and determines broad policy goals and priorities, makes final funding priorities, makes final funding decisions, evaluates annual reports to decisions, evaluates annual reports to determine if suitable progress has been determine if suitable progress has been made for renewal projects, develops an made for renewal projects, develops an evaluation plan for the Center, and evaluation plan for the Center, and provides direction for timely and provides direction for timely and effective IPM Center management. effective IPM Center management.

NC Steering Committee NC Steering Committee Membership 2004-2005Membership 2004-2005

Janet Andersen – EPA, BPPDJanet Andersen – EPA, BPPD

Chuck Curtis – NC 201 IPM ChairChuck Curtis – NC 201 IPM Chair

Randy Higgins – Extension DirectorsRandy Higgins – Extension Directors

Al Jennings – USDA, OPMPAl Jennings – USDA, OPMP

Bill Ravlin - Experiment Station Bill Ravlin - Experiment Station DirectorsDirectors

Ann Sorensen - NGO representativeAnn Sorensen - NGO representative

Wendy Wintersteen – NC 201 IPM Wendy Wintersteen – NC 201 IPM Administrative AdvisorAdministrative Advisor

NC Advisory CouncilNC Advisory Council

The Advisory Council The Advisory Council provides vision and provides vision and guidanceguidance to the Steering Committee and to the Steering Committee and NC IPM Center staff. Members are the NC IPM Center staff. Members are the state IPM Coordinators who are aware of state IPM Coordinators who are aware of stakeholder needs and priorities for pest stakeholder needs and priorities for pest management programs. Advisory Council management programs. Advisory Council members are an important avenue for members are an important avenue for IPM Center outreach, promoting IPM Center outreach, promoting awareness of the IPM Center’s resources awareness of the IPM Center’s resources to their own constituencies and beyond. to their own constituencies and beyond.

Working GroupsWorking Groups

Five Working Groups were funded Five Working Groups were funded in a competitive process to be the in a competitive process to be the basis for many of the Center’s core basis for many of the Center’s core functions. These multi-state, multi-functions. These multi-state, multi-disciplinary, self selected teams disciplinary, self selected teams are comprised of stakeholders, are comprised of stakeholders, researchers, extension specialists, researchers, extension specialists, and government agencies.and government agencies.

Working GroupsWorking Groups

People have shared vision, are given People have shared vision, are given responsibilities, authority and responsibilities, authority and resources to meet goals.resources to meet goals.

Begin with mission statement, and Begin with mission statement, and develop goals and programs to meet develop goals and programs to meet that mission.that mission.

Modeled after self-directed work Modeled after self-directed work teams in industry.teams in industry.

Working Groups Will:Working Groups Will:

Identify and prioritize regional IPM issues for Identify and prioritize regional IPM issues for commodities or specific issues,commodities or specific issues,

Address the goals of the National IPM Roadmap,Address the goals of the National IPM Roadmap, Be provided up to $30,000 to meet and complete Be provided up to $30,000 to meet and complete

their purposes based on a competitive proposal,their purposes based on a competitive proposal, Conduct programs and develop materials,Conduct programs and develop materials, Develop IPM Practice list for use by NRCS Develop IPM Practice list for use by NRCS

programs,programs, Compile a set of IPM definitions and conduct Compile a set of IPM definitions and conduct

surveys to determine level of adoption,surveys to determine level of adoption, Incorporate economic benefits into their Incorporate economic benefits into their

implementation programs.implementation programs.

http://northeastipm.org/ipm_searchform.cfm

Working Group Challenges:Working Group Challenges:

• How to get stakeholders involved?How to get stakeholders involved?

• Focusing your effortsFocusing your efforts

• Leveraging/obtaining funds from the Leveraging/obtaining funds from the IPM Center and other placesIPM Center and other places

• Gathering vegetable IPM informationGathering vegetable IPM information

IPM Implementation IPM Implementation GrantsGrants

Priorities determined by Steering Committee, Priorities determined by Steering Committee, Advisory Committee, State Contacts, Working Advisory Committee, State Contacts, Working Groups and stakeholders.Groups and stakeholders.

RFP written by Directors and Steering RFP written by Directors and Steering Committee. Committee.

Proposals will be peer reviewed.Proposals will be peer reviewed. Directors and Steering Committee make final Directors and Steering Committee make final

funding decisions.funding decisions. RFP was issued in late summer 2004.RFP was issued in late summer 2004. In 2004-05 $350,000 was available.In 2004-05 $350,000 was available.

Products of the Products of the NC IPM CenterNC IPM Center

Crop ProfilesCrop Profiles

Crop Profiles are descriptions of Crop Profiles are descriptions of crop production and pest crop production and pest management recommendations management recommendations compiled by state specialists and compiled by state specialists and commodity groups. There are over commodity groups. There are over 600 crop profiles completed (146 600 crop profiles completed (146 for NC region) and available on the for NC region) and available on the IPM center website.IPM center website.

http://www.ncipmc.org

Vegetable Crop ProfilesVegetable Crop Profiles

http://www.ncipmc.org

Asparagus - MI Horseradish - ILBeans / Snap - MI, MN, OH Onion / green - OH, WIBroccoli - MI, MN Parsley - OHBrussels Sprouts - MI Peas - MN, WICabbage - MI, MN, OH, WI Pepper / sweet - OHCantaloupes - IN Pumpkins - IL, MN, OHCarrots - MN, OH, WI Radish - OHCauliflower - MI, MN Squash - MN, OHCelery - MI Tomatoes - IN, MI, OHCorn (Sweet) - IL, MN, OH, WI Tomatoes - IN, MI, OHCucurbits - IL Watermelon - MO Cucumbers / Fresh - MI, OH Cucumbers / Processing - MI, OH

Pest Management Pest Management Strategic Plans Strategic Plans

Pest Management Strategic Plans are Pest Management Strategic Plans are commodity-based documents that take a commodity-based documents that take a pest-by-pest approach to identifying current pest-by-pest approach to identifying current pest management practices (chemical and pest management practices (chemical and non-chemical). Each PMSP, developed by a non-chemical). Each PMSP, developed by a coalition of scientists, crop consultants, coalition of scientists, crop consultants, industry representatives, commodity industry representatives, commodity organizations, growers and others, focuses organizations, growers and others, focuses on production in a state or region, on production in a state or region, addressing needs and identifying priorities addressing needs and identifying priorities for research, regulatory activity, and for research, regulatory activity, and education/training programs.education/training programs.

Pest Management Pest Management Strategic Plans Strategic Plans

Asparagus March 2000 MI Peppers Sept. 2003 OH (Bell & Non-Bell)Cabbage Nov. 2002 MN,

WICarrot March 2000 MICelery Jan. 2002 MI Legumes (Edible) April 2003 NCROnions Jan. 2005 MISweet Corn Sept 2003 NCR

Pest AlertsPest Alerts

Pest Alerts, both regional and Pest Alerts, both regional and national, provide timely and national, provide timely and accurate information on emerging accurate information on emerging pests thus allowing states to pests thus allowing states to develop management programs.develop management programs.

• West Nile virusWest Nile virus• Multicolored AsianMulticolored Asian Lady BeetleLady Beetle• Sudden oak deathSudden oak death

• Soybean aphidSoybean aphid• Soybean rustSoybean rust• Ralstonia Ralstonia solanacearumsolanacearum

Crop TimelinesCrop Timelines

Crop Timelines provide current Crop Timelines provide current information on crop phenology, pest information on crop phenology, pest occurrence, and human activities in occurrence, and human activities in the crop. Crop timelines are also the crop. Crop timelines are also part of crop profiles and PMSPs.part of crop profiles and PMSPs.

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PlantingEmergence = VEFirst Leaf = V1-V5Second-nth Leaf = V5-V12Tasseling = VTSilking = R1Milk - Dent = R3-R5Maturity = RbHarvest

Corn Rootworm Soil application AdultsFlea BeetleArmy WormsEuropean Corn BorerJ apanese BeetleCorn Earworm

Leaft SpotRust

IsolationPest ScoutingIrrigationRogueingPhytosanitary InspectionDetasselingCertification of Detasseling

Target Insect Pests

Target Diseases

Re-entry Activities

0-1"1-30"

30-70"

48-72"

36-72"

OctoberApril May J une J uly

36-72"48-72"

48-72"

EventAugust September

Crop Stage (Crop Height)0"

Crop, Pest and Activity Timeline

WebsiteWebsite

Our website houses all of our Our website houses all of our publications, links to partners, and publications, links to partners, and databases of pest management databases of pest management information.information.

http://www.ncipmc.org

ContactContact Larry G. Olsen, Center Co-DirectorLarry G. Olsen, Center Co-Director

B18 Food Safety & Toxicology Bldg.B18 Food Safety & Toxicology Bldg.Michigan State University Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824East Lansing, MI 48824517/355-3459 Fax: 517/353-4995517/355-3459 Fax: 517/353-4995olsenl@msu.eduolsenl@msu.edu

Michael E. Gray, Center Co-DirectorMichael E. Gray, Center Co-DirectorS-320 Turner HallS-320 Turner Hall1102 S. Goodwin Avenue1102 S. Goodwin AvenueUniversity of Illinois University of Illinois Urbana, IL 61801Urbana, IL 61801217/333-6652 Fax: 217/244-2129217/333-6652 Fax: 217/244-2129megray@uiuc.edumegray@uiuc.edu