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Funding Program: Working Groups

Project Title: Pulse Crop Working Group

Project Director (PD): Julie Pasche [1]

Lead State: ND Lead Organization: North Dakota State University

Undesignated Funding: $19,576

Start Date: Mar-01-2015 End Date: Feb-29-2016

Site/Commodity: Pulse crops

Area of Emphasis: Pulse crop diseases

Summary: Major pulse crops grown in the North Central US include field pea, lentil and chickpea. Production of these crops, in particular field pea, is rapidly expanding. Pulse crops are produced in the NCUS states of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska but are grown on limited acres compared to crops such as soybean and corn. Pulse crop production is limited by many biotic disorders, but there are few breeders, researchers and extension professionals working on pulse crops and virtually no researchers or extension professionals in the North Central region with pulse crop as a sole responsibility. The Pulse Crop Working Group (PCWG) has been very successful at bringing pulse researchers, extension professionals and breeders together to help growers and other stakeholders advance pulse production in the North Central region through collaborative research and extension efforts. The United Nations has declared 2016 the International Year of Pulses (IYOP) to raise awareness of pulse crops. It is the view of the PCWG that the IYOP will accelerate the growth of pulse crop production due to increased demands for these products. The resultant increase in pulse acres will be met with increasing production challenges. To help meet these challenges, the PCWG is proposing to hold the first meeting solely dedicated to planning PCWG activities in 2015. A focused effort towards solving grower challenges is crucial in sustaining and advancing pulse production in the North Central region. In association with this objective, the PCWG will continue to hold conference calls and update members via the Wiggio site. The meeting typically held in association with the American Phytopathological Association will be held again this year as it has in past years. Additional objectives of this proposal include the development of a PCWG mission statement, the production of field-durable disease diagnostic cards and continued enhancement of communication with stakeholders. The outcomes expected from this proposal include bringing many of the pulse researchers from the US and Canada together to update research and plan future group activities to increase collaborative efforts on pulse related grant proposals and publications in the North Central region and subsequently increase collaborative research and extension efforts on pulse crop IPM. The development of the mission statement will provide a focus for the PCWG moving forward to improve planning of group activities/outputs and eventually increase the success of funded proposals and the production of IPM materials for pulse diseases. Additional outcomes include providing growers with a user-friendly disease diagnostic guide that is field-durable and will enable them to perform preliminary in-field pulse crop disease identifications and increase grower knowledge of important pulse crop diseases. These diagnostic cards and other IPM materials produced by the PCWG will be disseminated to stakeholder members of the PCWG will leverage the resources of the group for extension activities. The PI of the PCWG will also continue to support the mission of the NC IPM center by attending the annual stakeholder meeting and participating in other center activities when warranted. Objectives: 1. Hold two Pulse Crop Working Group meetings, conduct conference calls as necessary, and share documents and communicate via Wiggio 2. Develop a mission statement for the PCWG 3. Produce field-grade pea disease diagnostic cards 4. Enhanced communication with stakeholders

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