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Funding Program: IPM Partnership Grants

Project Title: New Jersey Crop Profiles: Cucumber, Pumpkin, Blueberry; PMSPs: Honeybees, Blueberry

Project Director (PD): George C. Hamilton [1]

Lead State: NJ Lead Organization: Rutgers University

Undesignated Funding: $18,000

Start Date: Apr-01-2005 End Date: Mar-31-2006

Site/Commodity: cucumbers, pumpkins, blueberry, blueberries

Area of Emphasis: honey bees, honeybees

Summary: Crop profiles for two new and one previously published commodities in New Jersey will be researched and written. Five crop profiles currently under production will be finalized. Procedure II.2: Crop Profiles - Crop profiles for cucumber and pumpkin will be researched and written in 2005. Additionally, the previously published crop profile for blueberry will be reviewed and revised. The crop profiles for green pepper, kale, sweet potato, blueberry, and tomato in New Jersey will be profiled during the NEIPMC no cost grant extension period to June 30, 2005. Attachment 5 provides the schedule for completion of all crop profiles under the New Jersey Information Network for Pesticides & Alternative Strategies (NJinPAS) project for 2004 and 2005. USDA and EPA have determined that production of many fruits, vegetables, and grains eaten by children may depend heavily on pesticides targeted for regulatory action by the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA). NJinPAS has chosen crops to be profiled in accord with the PMSP matrix released by Jonathon Becker of the USEPA (23); see Attachment 8 for a table of the New Jersey crops extracted from the EPA matrix for ease of view. Cucumbers were chosen to be profiled since EPA has classified them as "kids' foods". Further, cucumber, and pumpkins are important commodities in New Jersey. In 2000, 537,000 pounds of cucumbers were produced with a value of $10,525,000. In 2000, 360,000 pounds of pumpkins were produced with a value of $4,032,000. Most insecticides used on cucumbers pests are either organophosphates (OPs) or carbamates (2,3). Several of the fungicides registered for use on cucumbers and pumpkins are carbamates or potential carcinogens (B1's and B2's). Loss of OPs, carbamates, and/or potential carcinogens (B1's and B2's) on these crops would seriously affect production. Because the Food Quality Protection Act will first review OPs and carbamates, it is critical to gather information for crop profiles on these crops. Private pesticide applicators have furnished their current usage records that will be evaluated in each of the six proposed crop profiles (2). Rutgers Cooperative Extension integrated pest management scouts will continue to work with local growers in monitoring pest activity during the growing season; significant issues will be addressed in each crop profile as appropriate. Crop profilers will be provided with the national crop profile guidelines as published by Burr; see http://nepmc.org/rese_profinstr.cfm for information to be collected and discussed. The crop profiles for New Jersey will address major insect pests and plant pathogens. See Attachment 6 for a list of known pests to be evaluated for these commodities. Organophosphate, carbamate, and B1 and B2 carcinogen pesticides used for control of the target pests and weeds for cucumbers and pumpkins are included as Attachment 7. The two new crop profiles proposed for completion under NJinPAS in 2005 will be reviewed by recognized New Jersey experts, including Extension specialists and growers, to insure that the insect, disease, weed, and nematode pest components of the crop profiles are technically accurate. Reviewers will be provided the key required components of crop profiles (www.pestmanagement.rutgers.edu/NJinPAS/CropProfiles.htm). Technical Reviews will be documented in project files. After review, profiles will be revised and transmitted to the Northeastern Integrated Pest Management Center for review and approval. Once approved, Final Crop Profiles will be published by the NJinPAS Project Coordinator on the NJinPAS website on the Crop Profile web page at www.pestmanagement.rutgers.edu/NJinPAS/CropProfiles.htm. Availability of new profiles will be announced to New Jersey stakeholders via the NJinPAS Network listserv and to other states in the mid-Atlantic via the MAINPAS listserv. Objective II.3: Pest Management Strategic Plans - Transition strategies to new pest management systems for certain commodities in the mid-Atlantic region may be needed as pesticides registered for use may no longer be available. Two Pest Management Strategic Plans will be developed within the proposed NJinPAS project duration of one year. Further, New Jersey will participate in the development and evaluation of regional PMSPs. Procedure II.3: Pest Management Strategic Plans - Transition strategies to new pest management systems for certain commodities in the mid-Atlantic region may be needed as pesticides registered for use may no longer be available. Pest Management Strategic Plans for honey bees and blueberry for New Jersey will be developed within the proposed project duration of one year. NJinPAS will also lead in the preparation of a "PMSP for Green Pepper for Delaware, New Jersey, and the Eastern Shore of Maryland". Attachment 5 provides the schedule for completion of all PMSPs under the New Jersey Information Network for Pesticides & Alternative Strategies (NJinPAS) project for 2004 and 2005. PMSP for Honey Bees for New Jersey - The New Jersey Information Network for Pesticide and Alternative Strategies Advisory Committee has designated honey bees for the development of a Pest Management Strategic Plan for New Jersey. At the most recent Advisory Committee meeting in November 2004, the group decided that since an extensive crop profile had been completed for honey bees for New Jersey has just been published that developing a PMSP for honey bees would be a logical next step. EPA Region 2's Audrey Moore volunteered to participate. It was strongly recommended that the Mid-Atlantic Apiary and Extension Consortium become involved. Accordingly, the principal investigator will assemble a Work Group of participants representative of stakeholder interests for honey bee. The participants in the Work Group will include commodity and technical specialists: NJDA State Apiarist Paul Raybold, RCRE Extension Specialist Mike Stanghellini, apiarists, IR-4, researchers, County Agricultural Agents, and other specialists in pest management. The PMSP Work Group will draft an outline for the PMSP. Under NJinPAS, information will be collected for the target commodity; it will include key pests; current pest management practices; reasons why existing alternative practices, including currently registered pesticides, are not being used; and possible new alternative practices or safer pesticides. The impact of these new practices on current IPM programs will also be addressed. A realistic estimate of the time it will take to transition to new practices without greatly affecting the crop production for the commodity will be determined. Pat Hastings, and selected Extension Specialists will finalize the Plan and submit it to the NEIPMC for approval. Once approved, it will be published on the NJinPAS web site on the PMSP web page at www.pestmanagement.rutgers.edu/NJinPAS/PMSP.htm. The Plan will be announced on the NJinPAS Network and MAINPAS listservs so that it is available to local and regional stakeholders. PMSP for Blueberry for New Jersey- Gary Pavlis, Dean Polk, and William Sciarrappa will be the Work Group Leaders for this PMSP. The Strategic Plan will review control measures for major pests, anticipate changes in pesticide registrations and discuss possible alternatives for at risk pesticides. Growers and processors will identify critical priorities in research, extension, and regulation. The existing blueberry crop profile for New Jersey will be used as the starting point for this PMSP. Once finalized the document will be submitted it to the NEIPMC for approval and we will post it to the NJinPAS PMSP web page and announce it to the NJinPAS Network listserv. Objectives: Final Report

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