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Funding Program:
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Project Title:
West Virginia Information Network for Pesticides and Alternative Strategies (2007-2008) |
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Lead State: WV Lead Organization: West Virginia University |
| Undesignated Funding: $15,000 |
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Start Date: Apr-01-2007 End Date: Mar-31-2008 |
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Summary:
Stakeholders in agriculture need to be kept abreast of current trends in pest management. It is important for their livelihood. Pest management strategies are in need of changing due to restrictions and replacement of long term used chemical pesticides. Stakeholders may also need to express comments dealing with maintenance of pesticides important for managing certain pests. Alternative methods are moving to the forefront. In West Virginia, crops requiring pest management are apples, peaches, small fruit, tomatoes, potatoes, sweet corn, and alfalfa and field corn used for feeding livestock. For instance, new chemistries with activity against the current insect problems on fruit tree are desperately needed. Disease resistance has developed with mainstay fungicides used on fruit (i.e., fire blight resistance is a continual threat). Currently, there are no effective alternatives and no alternatives to build a resistance management strategy.
The West Virginia State Network Project as a component of the Mid-Atlantic Information Network for Pesticides and Alternatives Strategies has provided reliable information dealing with IPM programming, including pesticide usage, linking to stakeholders and West Virginia researchers and maintaining contact with northeast partner universities with State Network Projects, the agricultural industries, and the West Virginia and federal regulatory agencies. The purpose of the Mid-Atlantic Information Network for Pesticides and Alternatives Strategies is to promote informed regulatory decisions on registered pesticides used on commodities grown in states of the Mid-Atlantic region. Emphasis is placed on decisions related to the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA). The WV State Network Project will continue to contribute to informed pesticide decision-making through maintenance of an advisory committee, coordination and communication with allied programs within the state and the region, and maintenance of linkages with federal partners and state clientele. Pesticide and pest management information is communicated throughout the state through meetings, direct contact, mail, e-mail, print, newsletter, and website information. Objectives: 1. To adeptly answer EPA and USDA queries about pesticides and other pest management methods in the grower community 2. Maintain an active advisory committee. Conduct an IPM workshop. 3. To update, on a monthly basis, a website with helpful, current information and links. 4. To distribute and document NE IPM Center-related information, such as release of RFAs, meeting dates, and regional IPM publications of importance in a timely fashion to all appropriate contacts. To collaborate with researchers in the northeast to carry out IPM implementation in West Virginia. 5. Attend an annual meeting facilitated by the Northeastern IPM Center. 6. To help process, when necessary, subcontracts between the Northeastern IPM Center and other entities of the SNP leader's institution to minimize total indirect costs. Proposal Final Report 2008 |
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