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Funding Program:
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Project Title:
Further Develop a Collaborative Multi-State Extension Resource for Field Crops Extension
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Project Director (PD):
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Lead State: IA Lead Organization: Iowa State University |
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Cooperating State(s):
Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Nebraska, Wisconsin |
| Undesignated Funding: $20,000 |
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Start Date: Mar-01-2017 End Date: Feb-28-2018 |
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Pests Involved: multiple |
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Site/Commodity: field crops |
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Area of Emphasis: Extension |
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Summary:
A new organization called the Crop Protection Network (CPN) was created to serve as infrastructure for field crop Extension outputs from a diverse set of collaborators in the North Central Region and beyond. The CPN consists of a regional network of land-grant universities in the United States, and closely related organizations in Canada. To date, our group has primarily involved plant pathologists and focused on field crop disease outputs. Because successful crop protection and production involves so much more than disease management, we would like to involve scientists from other disciplines such as entomology, weed science, and agronomy, as well as more scientists and Extension specialists in plant pathology. Outputs from the CPN thus far include 24 publications in the form of Extension bulletins and scouting guides on a variety of crop protection-related topics. The focus of this Working Group proposal is to expand the CPN by recruiting scientists from other disciplines and engage with scientific societies, IPM centers and regulatory entities to discuss partnerships. Expansion of the CPN will provide a “stage” where knowledge sharing or collaboration in extension efforts can be introduced, considered, or facilitated, and then be leveraged across multiple crop-growing regions. This project has a direct benefit to the North Central region by providing current and timely Extension material to aid in the identification and management of existing and emerging problems, and provides information on issues lacking Extension information.
Objectives: Objective 1: Increase participation by Extension specialists, administrative units, and industry in the Crop Protection Network Objective 2: Engage scientific societies, IPM Centers, and regulatory entities in discussions to partner on CPN outputs with the goal of having outputs certified for continuing education credits (CEC), such as Certified Crop Advisor (CCA) credits, etc. |
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