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Funding Program:
Integrated Pest Management Competitive Grants Program |
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Project Title:
IPM Practices Evaluation for Landscape Trees and Shrubs |
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Lead State: AK Lead Organization: University of Alaska Fairbanks |
| Undesignated Funding: $15,000 |
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Start Date: Mar-01-2016 End Date: Feb-28-2017 |
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Summary:
This proposal is for an IPM Planning Document-IPM Practices Evaluation grant. The proposed project seeks to query landscape and tree care professionals about knowledge and application of IPM practices for landscape trees and shrubs. This will be accomplished through a comprehensive survey to determine baseline understanding of IPM practices, pests that are most often controlled using IPM practices, and willingness to adopt IPM practices both on the part of the professional and their assessment of their clients interest in IPM. Additionally, we seek to determine emerging pest issues that may not be addressed in current IPM recommendations. In Alaska, there is often very little distance between urban settings and natural areas. With over 120 million acres of forested land, ornamental urban trees play an important role in detecting and monitoring for invasive and emerging pests before they become established in natural areas. Having sound IPM plans for trees and shrubs in ornamental settings benefits our natural areas through increased awareness of pest issues and an increased ability to respond to pest detections.
Objectives: This project seeks to: 1. Query professional landscape and tree care specialists about their tree care practices, including understanding, use of, and success with IPM; tree removal and herbicide use; and common pests of landscape trees. 2. Determine knowledge, use, and acceptance of IPM practices for landscape trees and shrubs. 3. Determine gaps in knowledge regarding IPM practices for landscape trees and shrubs. 4. Determine gaps in research for IPM practices for landscape trees and shrubs. 5. Identify emerging pest problems and determine baseline knowledge of potential invasive pests of landscape trees and shrubs. |
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