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Funding Program:
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Project Title:
Holding a Working Group Meeting for Setting Objectives for Wireworm IPM in the Mid-Atlantic States |
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Lead State: NJ Lead Organization: Rutgers University |
| Undesignated Funding: $3,000 |
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Start Date: Mar-01-2007 End Date: Jul-01-2007 |
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Pests Involved: wireworms, wire worms |
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Summary:
Wireworms are difficult pests to manage because: 1) they are capable of feeding on a wide range of host crops; 2) often there is more than one species or variant in the same field; 3) they are soil insects with the inherent problems of estimating populations, observing behavior and feeding habits; 4) they have a poorly understood biology (larvae and adults) including conditions that provoke severe crop loss; 5) the Melanotus communis species is actually a species complex with incomplete taxonomy that may reflect different behaviors; 6) all wireworms tend to be lumped together regarding their damage and control; and 7) they have multi-year life cycles.
The current, most practical and consistent recommendation that can be made to growers for reducing wireworm injury is to avoid planting susceptible crops in fields known to be infested. Acknowledging the lack of effective wireworm pest management recommendations, two informal conferences on wireworms have been held; Harrisburg, PA, 2003, and Charlottesville, VA, 2006. These conferences were open forums discussing wireworm management problems and included representatives of private industry and university and extension personnel. Encouraged by these conferences we are now attempting to develop a coordinated approach to improving IPM recommendations for wireworm management in the Northeast and the Mid-Atlantic States. Objectives: We are proposing holding a meeting of key research and extension personnel and farmers, in the disciplines of vegetable entomology, field crops entomology, insect taxonomy, and horticulture, to develop research and extension objectives to 1) increase our knowledge of wireworm biology, and 2) improve our pest management recommendations for wireworms. We need to learn how to prevent economically severe wireworm crop injury to help keep our growers in business. Represented states and institutions will include Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Dakota State University. Proposal Final Report |
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