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Funding Program:
Enhancement Grants - State Contacts/IPM Documents |
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Project Title:
Multi-State Crop Profile and Pest Management Strategic Plan for Nursery Crops |
Project Directors (PDs):
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Lead State: KY Lead Organization: University of Kentucky |
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Cooperating State(s):
Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee |
| Undesignated Funding: $18,744 |
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Start Date: Mar-01-2009 End Date: Feb-28-2010 |
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No-Cost Extension Date: Feb-28-2011 |
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Pests Involved: borers, mites, scale, weeds, root, stem, and folia |
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Site/Commodity: Nursery Crops |
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Area of Emphasis: deciduous woody ornamental plants |
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Summary:
Summary:
The objective of this project is to develop a multi-state Crop Profile and Pest Management Strategic Plan for nursery crops, specifically, woody, ornamental trees and shrubs. Extension professionals from Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, representing Entomology, Horticulture, and Plant Pathology are collaborating on a multi-state nursery crops project that includes the development of a Crop Profile and a Pest Management Strategic Plan (CP/PMSP). The Green Industry is one of the fastest growing segments of U.S. agriculture. The ornamental field and container nursery production industry composes a significant portion of the Green Industry. In the most recent U.S. Census of Agriculture (1997), the nursery industry is ranked 5-6th in sales values for these five states, thus representing a significant portion of the states total agriculture economy. Growers in these five states represent nearly one billion dollars in farm gate values annually. Additionally nurseries in these southeastern states employ thousands workers. Nursery crops are distinctive from traditional row crops and have their own unique challenges that make development of CP/PMSP imperative to identifying impediments and contributors to adopting IPM strategies and determining the research and educational needs of stakeholders. Some relevant characteristics of nursery crops include: 1. Nursery crops are perennial crops that require special consideration for pest management. 2. Nursery crop production is very labor intensive. Workers often handle plant parts which may contain spray residue and long re-entry intervals create labor and production challenges. 3. Nursery crop production is polyculture, especially when compared with traditional agronomic crops. 4. Nursery crops production is a very high cost form of agriculture. Trees (liners) may cost from $7.00-$25.00 each and may be grown for up to five years before sale. 5. Some pests of nursery crops are lethal and can cause serious economic losses if not controlled, i.e., flatheaded apple tree borer, root and crown rot diseases, granulate ambrosia beetle. 6. Non-lethal damage due to insect feeding and foliar diseases often results in total crop loss due to unmarketability of crops. 7. There is no equivalent to the processing market for nursery crops. 8. Consumers of nursery crops have very high quality standards and will not buy unhealthy or damaged plants. Many nurseries use large quantities of pesticides to manage pests (insect, weeds and disease) and market challenges. Nurseries in the southern U.S. adopt and practice certain IPM techniques at greater rates than other parts of the U.S. A multi-state CP/PMSP would provide a broad exchange of information and elicit information regarding differences in the perceptions and misconceptions about IPM, IPM adoption levels, frequency and use patterns of IPM techniques and the specific role of the Cooperative Extension Service and industry associations in IPM adoption. Impediments, as well as aids, to IPM adoption can also be compared and assessed across participating states. Nursery crop profiles have been previously completed on a very limited basis in the past and have never been conducted for multi-state areas. This IPM Documents project would increase substantially the knowledge-base for this growing segment of agriculture. In addition, the development of a multi-state CP/PMSP would identify current stakeholder priorities for research and outreach and identify critical pest management issues in a cost-effective manner and would eliminate duplication of effort. Finally, the development of CP/PMSP would form the foundation for future collaborative projects by this multi-state, cross-discipline group. Objectives: 1. Develop a crop profile (CP) and pest management strategic plan (PMSP) for deciduous woody ornamental production in five southeastern region states (GA, KY, NC, SC, TN). |
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Final Report: |
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Impacts The impact of this grant is that a fledging group of nursery crop Extension workers and researchers formed a cohesive group with a common mission, the Southern Nursery IPM Working Group (SNIPM). Financial support from the Documents grant served as a catalyst for this group. The initial funding has had a multiplier effect by stimulating multi-state Extension publications and spin-off research projects that resulted from closer association of the SNIPM Working Group members and greater awareness of individual expertise. Grant dollars awarded to the SNIPM Working Group for direct expenses were $14,995. To date, the SNIPM Working Group has a resource to output productivity ratio of 833:1; for every $833 grant dollars awarded an output was generated. Comparisons with other resource to output productivity ratios indicate that the SNIPM Working Group is a prolific and resource-efficient working group. |
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Outcomes This Documents grant lead to enhanced collaboration among the co-PIs. The CO-PIs were awarded a second grant from the SRIPM Center, a working group grant. This grant was used to write a book on Nursery Crops IPM and submit a 9.2 million SCRI grant. Many of the CO-PIs have since collaborated in small groups on grant proposals. Outcomes for nursery growers include increased knowledge due to information exchange among growers at the focus group meeting and increased resources (articles, publications, etc.). |
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Outputs Nursery stakeholders participated in a 2-day needs assessment in Mills River, NC and shared concerns, issues, and priorities for nursery crop production in the southeast. As a result of that meeting a 5 state, 153 page crop profile was developed. The crop profile provides identification, lifecycle, management and control options for the major arthropods, disease, and weeds of nursery crops in the southeastern US. The co-PIs updated the crop profile in 2011. Also as a result of that meeting, a 5 state pest management strategic plan was developed. The 200+ page document is a comprehensive manifesto representing the views of stakeholders such as nursery employees and owners, Extension workers, and researchers on Extension, research and regulatory priorities and pest priorities for arthropods, diseases, and weeds. The pest management strategic plan was updated in 2011. Information gleaned at the needs assessment meeting and information from a follow-up technology survey (not funded by SRIPM Center) was used to publish a refereed journal article on current and future nursery crop production issues. Fulcher, A., W.E. Klingeman, J.-H. Chong, A. LeBude, G.R. Armel, M. Chappell, S. Frank, F. Hale, J. Neal, S. White, J. Williams-Woodward, K. Ivors, C. Adkins, A. Senesac, and A. Windham. 2012. Stakeholder vision of future direction and strategies for southeastern U.S. nursery pest research and Extension programming. Journal of Integrated Pest Management. 3(2):D1-D8(8). http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/IPM11030. The CO-PIs also initiated a 5 state survey of pest management practices. The results of the survey were published in Pest Management Science in 2012 and presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Horticultural Science in 2011. LeBude, A., S. White, A. Fulcher, S. Frank, W. Klingeman, J.-H. Chong, M. Chappell, A. Windham, K. Braman, F. Hale, W. Dunwell, J. Williams-Woodward, K. Ivors, C. Adkins, and J. Neal. 2012. Assessing the Integrated Pest Management Practices of Southeastern U.S. Ornamental Nursery Operations. Pest Management Science. 68:12781288. DOI 10.1002/ps.3295. LeBude, A., S. White, S. Frank, J.-H. Chong, M. Chappell, K. Braman, A. Windham, K. Ivors, F. Hale, W. Klingeman, J. Neal, W. Dunwell, J. Williams-Woodward, C. Adkins, and A. Fulcher (presenter). Assessing Integrated Pest Management Practices of Southeast US Nursery Operations. American Society for Horticultural Science annual conference, September 27, 2011, Waikoloa, HI. Additional outputs affiliated with this grant include: six state association newsletter articles two popular press articles developed a website one regional presentation two abstracts These are archived at: http://wiki.bugwood.org/SNIPM |
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