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Funding Program:
Regional IPM Grants (S-RIPM) |
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Project Title:
Bed Bug Impact, Early Detection Practices and Integrated Pest Management in Multifamily Housing |
Project Directors (PDs):
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Lead State: TN Lead Organization: University of Tennessee |
| Extension Funding: $39,380 |
| Research Funding: $131,567 |
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Start Date: Sep-01-2013 End Date: Aug-31-2016 |
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Summary:
The overall project goal is to increase IPM adoption and improve management, especially of bed bugs, in multifamily housing. Bed bugs cause physical, mental and economic issues and their numbers are surging. They are exceptional hitchhikers and pose a significant management challenge in multifamily housing. We propose research objectives to (1) assess bed bug management in multifamily housing in several southern states to determine management needs and costs; (2) determine number and placement of bed bug monitoring devices for detection at low infestation levels; (3) use conducted heat to improve visual inspections; and (4) determine whether distribution of bed bugs within sites is due to single or multiple introductions, and quantify dispersal. For the Extension objectives we propose to (1) incorporate results of research objectives to develop new management media (publications, videos, online training and webinar) and (2) increase IPM adoption in multifamily housing by implementing IPM at three sites. The project addresses the IPM Road Maps focus area of residential and public areas and its future directions for IPM programming; and the Southern Extension and Research Activities (SERA) 003 IPM critical and emerging issue of bed bug management. Early detection of small bed bug populations will allow nonchemical controls to be used; will increase the likelihood of success regardless of the control method chosen; and provide economic savings to the housing industry.
Objectives: 1. Assess, through surveys, bed bug management in multifamily housing in multiple southern states to determine pest management needs and costs of this pest. 2. Determine number and area of bed bug monitoring devices needed to detect bed bugs at low infestation levels. 3. Use conducted heat (through a surface substrate) to increase effectiveness of visual inspections and determine its control potential when evaluated in (a) the laboratory under field simulations and (b) in the field. 4. Determine whether distribution of bed bugs within demonstration sites (Extension objective 2) is due to single or multiple introductions (a), and quantify the mechanisms of dispersal across time and space (b) using a combination of population genetics and spatial analyses. Extension 1. Incorporate results of research objectives (1-4) to develop or improve existing written and other bed bug management media. We will develop guidelines for bed bug monitoring in multifamily housing for early detection of bed bugs at low population levels; video and online training for bed bug monitoring, and three publications. 2. Use the awareness created and knowledge gained about bed bug management to increase IPM adoption in multifamily housing. We will demonstrate IPM in three structures in Tennessee. |
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