| For 2020 and newer grants, please go to https://grants.ipmcenters.org/ |
|---|
|
|
| Home Current RFAs PD User Guide Projects Login |
|
Funded Project |
|
Funding Program:
Enhancement Grants - State Contacts/IPM Documents |
|
Project Title:
IPM Documents for Texas |
Project Director (PD):
|
|
Lead State: TX Lead Organization: |
| Undesignated Funding: $12,483 |
|
Start Date: Mar-01-2010 End Date: Feb-28-2011 |
|
Site/Commodity: onion |
|
Summary:
The objective of this proposal is to develop a Pest Management Strategic Plan for Onions in Texas for the Southern Region IPM Center. The Texas IPM State Contact has produced 23 Crop Profiles and six Pest Management Strategic Plans in the last ten years. IPM documents are important tools for federal and state agencies as well as commodity organizations concerned with priorities in IPM. In 2005, the TSC completed the Texas Cotton PMSP and is available for use by regulatory agencies and others in need of information on priorities in cotton production from the nations leading cotton producing state. In 2008, the TCS completed a crop profile for sorghum for grain and a PMSP for spinach. The need for an onion PMSP for Texas has been identified as High Priority by the Texas IPM State Contact. Furthermore, the development of an onion PMSP is supported by the Texas Vegetable Association. In 2007, Texas ranked 2nd in the nation in onion production and the development of this PMSP would allow the onion industry in Texas to document and communicate its priorities for pest management of this important crop.
Objectives: To develop a PMSP for onion production in Texas. The Project Director will coordinate and oversee the development of this PMSP by working closely with onion growers, commodity groups as well as TAMU Extension and research specialists. |
|
Final Report: |
|
Results This projecct reulted in the completion of a Pest Management Strategic Plan for onion production in Texas. As a leading onion-producing state, Texas relies upon pest management tools to efficiently produce onion crops. |
|
Impacts The development of the Texas Onion Pest Mangement Strategic Plan will improve the implementation of IPM practices in Texas onion production. Onion growers will benefit from availability of improved pest management tools that will translate into increased economic returns. |
|
Outcomes Through the development of the PMSP, onion growers were able to become familiar with alternate control strategies and an improvement in communication between grower groups. |
|
Output AS a result of this project, a stakeholder-based PMSP workshop was conducted in Weslaco, TX in November 2010. The workshop allowed university experts, consultants, and growers to interact and discuss IPM issues facing the Texas onion industry. The workshop resulted in the PMSP being completed in 2011 and submitted the the SRIPM Center. |
| Report Appendices |
| Close Window |
|
Southern IPM Center North Carolina State University 1730 Varsity Drive, Suite 110 Raleigh, NC 27606 p. 919.513.1432 f. 919.513.1114 |
 |
Developed by the Center for IPM © Copyright CIPM 2004-2025 |
|