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Funding Program: Integrated Pest Management Competitive Grants Program

Project Title: Updating the Pest (and Pollinator) Management Strategic Plan for Western U.S. Alfalfa Seed Production

Project Directors (PDs): Shane Johnson [1] Sally O'Neal [2] Doug Walsh [3]

Lead State: WA Lead Organization: Northwest Alfalfa Seed Growers Association

Cooperating State(s): California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming

Undesignated Funding: $14,963

Start Date: Mar-01-2017 End Date: Mar-01-2018

Pests Involved: Lygus, others

Site/Commodity: Alfalfa grown for seed

Area of Emphasis: Integrating pest management and pollinator protection

Summary: The U.S. alfalfa seed industry produced a PMSP in 2005. Many changes have occurred in the ensuing decade. A group of industry stakeholders has agreed to assemble in January 2017 to function as a workgroup for a revised PMSP, pending funding. The Northwest Alfalfa Seed Growers Association has partnered with research entomologist Doug Walsh and Senior Communication Specialist Sally O'Neal from Washington State University, both of whom are very familiar with the alfalfa seed industry and the PMSP process, to coordinate and produce this PMSP. Workgroup participants would include growers and pest management specialists from approximately seven western states, those that lead the nation in the production of alfalfa seed. We would not address clover seed in the proposed revision, as pest considerations are too disparate for the two crops. A new emphasis in this PMSP would be integrating POLLINATOR management, as alfalfa seed has unique needs in this regard and the balance between pest management and pollinator safety is extremely critical. The sole objective of this project would be the production of a Pest (and Pollinator) Management Strategic Plan for alfalfa grown for seed in the western U.S. We seek partial support for the time and expense involved in holding a PMSP workshop and producing a PMSP document. Potential participants have expressed keen enthusiasm for participating in this project. Objectives: The sole objective of this proposal is to obtain support to conduct a PMSP (“PPMSP,” Pest and Pollinator Management Strategic Plan) workshop and produce a revised and updated Pest (and Pollinator) Management Strategic Plan for Western U.S. Alfalfa Seed Production.

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