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Funding Program:
IPM Partnership Grants |
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Project Title:
Spotted Wing Drosophila Working Group to Identify and Prioritize Research and Extension Needs |
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Lead State: NY Lead Organization: Cornell University |
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Cooperating State(s):
New Jersey |
| Undesignated Funding: $9,982 |
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Start Date: Apr-01-2013 End Date: Aug-31-2014 |
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Pests Involved: Drosophila suzkii |
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Area of Emphasis: pest management |
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Summary:
The invasive species spotted wing drosophila (SWD) Drosophila suzukii has exploded onto the scene in all states in the Northeast Region, causing significant injury to fruit crops. The 2012 growing season proved to be worse than 2011. The 2012 SWD Working Group meeting held in Geneva, NY in November successfully brought together stakeholder groups to develop over 70 research, regulatory, extension, and education priorities for the region. At closing of the meeting, the Working Group voted to continue meeting yearly, preferably twice per year to address the priority needs to manage this serious pest. Unlike many other fruit flies, SWD has the capacity to lay eggs into intact and marketable fruit. Berries, particularly fall raspberries and blueberries, are especially vulnerable and suffered severe losses in 2012, not to mention the increased costs associated with increased monitoring and sorting of fruit and insecticide sprays. In addition, SWD has been reported from many other crops and wild plants. In response to this new threat, some growers have resorted to twice-weekly insecticide applications. SWD is here to stay and could increase in its prevalence as has happened in other regions such as Michigan and Oregon in 2012, creating significant IPM challenges for fruit growers in the Northeast. Overall IPM programs for affected fruit crops clearly require restructuring and specific IPM guidelines must be targeted against SWD. The principal objectives of the proposed IPM working group, therefore, will be to 1) update, refine and prioritize the research, regulatory, education and extension needs for SWD in the Northeast for vulnerable crops, and 2) enhance communication between research, extension, industry and regulatory personnel.
Objectives: Objective 1. Update, refine, and prioritize the research, regulatory, education and extension needs for SWD in the Northeast for vulnerable crops. Objective 2. Enhance communication between research, extension, industry and regulatory personnel. |
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Outcomes Fifty-four people attended the 2013 SWD Working Group meeting, from 13 states and four Canadian provinces, over half of which are extension educators or consultants who will serve as multipliers of the information presented during the working group meeting. (Number of people, 54, included in (iii) Training below.) The web site housed by NE IPM Center for the SWD working group meetings (http://www.northeastipm.org/working-groups/spotted-wing-drosophila/) has received 2,296 page views from November 2012 to October 28, 2014. In addition, a SWD info page we put together by staff at the NE IPM Center based on informational resources associated with the SWD working group meetings received an additional 1,654 page views during the same time period. (http://www.northeastipm.org/swd). 1. Two-day meeting held at Bridgeton, NJ involving greater than 50 participants (see list of participants in appendix 1), including growers, university researchers, extension educators, government regulators, students, and industry representatives from the Northeastern IPM region to discuss current situation with spotted wing drosophila, obtain updates on ongoing research in the Northeast, obtain an overview of pesticide regulatory issues associated with SWD and update and modify research, extension, education and regulatory priorities (see agenda in appendix 2 and list of speakers and titles with links to power point slides at http://www.northeastipm.org/working-groups/spotted-wing-drosophila/program-content/2013-presentations-and-reports/). 2. Obtain research and extension updates from other regions. Specifically we had an in person presentation from Dr. Hannah Burrack, NC State, representing the Southeastern Region and Dr. Rufus Isaacs, Michigan State University, representing the North Central Region. 3. Coordinate research objectives for the coming field season in 2014, including plans for developing research grants to other institution such as USDA SCRI and USDA AFRI. 4. Update our list of research, extension, education and regulatory priorities to guide future efforts for spotted wing drosophila in the Northeast (see www.northeastipm.org/neipm/assets/File/Priorities/Priorities-SWDIPMWG-2013.pdf and appendix 3). 5. Develop plans to continue the spotted wing drosophila working group for 2014-1015 year to revise priorities and enhance communication. |
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Impacts 1. Established and enhanced communication among researchers, extension educators, growers, government regulators and other industry representatives about spotted wing drosophila in the Northeast and other regions of the USA. 2. Obtained greater knowledge of research results from other regions (Southeast region and North Central region) on the biology and management of spotted wing drosophila. 3. Obtained greater general awareness of the scope of the problems for small fruit growers in the Northeast and greater knowledge of management options, including cultural and chemical control methods. 4. Became better prepared for managing spotted wing drosophila for 2014. 5. Improved coordination of future research and extension activities in the Northeast, Southeast, and North central IPM regions. 6. Obtained greater availability of insecticides for managing spotted wing drosophila in the Northeast. 7. Established a framework for continuing the SWD Working Group for 2014-2015. |
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