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Funding Program:
Integrated Pest Management Competitive Grants Program |
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Project Title:
Brown Stink Bug Management in an Established Cotton IPM Program: A Benefit-Cost Analysis |
Project Directors (PDs):
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Lead State: AZ Lead Organization: University of Arizona |
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Cooperating State(s):
California, Georgia |
| Undesignated Funding: $29,659 |
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Start Date: Mar-02-2015 End Date: Feb-29-2016 |
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Pests Involved: Euschistus servus |
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Site/Commodity: Cotton |
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Area of Emphasis: Desert Southwest: AZ, CA, Tribal Lands |
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Summary:
This Project Initiation request addresses Western IPM Centers priority category #1: addressing an ...emerging pest problem that is disrupting effective IPM programs in agriculture.... The Brown Stink Bug, Euschistus servus, (BSB) has recently emerged as a major pest of Arizona and S.E. California cotton. Chemical control options for BSB are broadly toxic organophosphates and pyrethroids, which have limited efficacy and are disruptive to our existing multi-pest (whitefly and lygus) IPM program, which makes use of fully selective insecticides to maximize conservation biological control. BSB treatments may lead to additional sprays, increased costs, and reduced yield and cotton quality due to other pest resurgences and outbreaks. Given this context, do BSB treatments improve growers economic outcomes? Our objectives, using a multidisciplinary systems approach, are to: 1) Perform benefit-cost analyses using empirical, ecoinformatic, and economic data, 2) Present research & encourage discussion at Extension and industry events, and 3) Collect baseline data on pest managers perceptions of the economic costs and benefits of BSB management options. We will perform a replicated field trial, sampling to track populations of 3 key pests and natural enemy arthropods and deploying control measures according to treatment design. We will mine two existing databases for use in ecoinformatic analysis, including Cotton Pest Losses WIPMC Signature Program. Benefit-cost analyses using experimental, ecoinformatic, and economic data will evaluate the overall impact of BSB management decisions on costs and yields. Audience response surveys at Extension meetings and workshops will establish baseline data on current BSB management practices and economic considerations.
Objectives: 1) Perform benefit-cost analyses using empirical, ecoinformatic, and economic data 2) Present research & encourage discussion at Extension and industry events 3) Collect baseline data on pest managers perceptions of the economic costs and benefits of BSB management options |
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