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Funding Program:
Integrated Pest Management Competitive Grants Program |
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Project Title:
Working Group: Critical Research and Extension Needs for Alfalfa Weevil and Forage Insect Pests in the Western Region |
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Lead State: MT Lead Organization: Montana State University |
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Cooperating State(s):
Arizona, California, Colorado, North Dakota, Nebraska, Utah, Wyoming |
| Undesignated Funding: $10,000 |
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Start Date: Mar-01-2019 End Date: Feb-29-2020 |
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Summary:
This working group proposal will support a collaboration between at least eight states (AZ, CA, MT, NE, ND, OR, UT and WY) whose purpose is to organize and facilitate research and extension efforts to deal with critical emerging issues in alfalfa weevil and forage insect pest management in the western region. Alfalfa and alfalfa mixes account for more that half of all forage crop production in the US. In 2015 a total of 17.8 million acres of alfalfa was harvested nationally producing 59.0 million tons of hay valued at about 20 billion dollars (United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service, https://www.nass.usda.gov/). Alfalfa weevil management has remained static for several decades, but now producers and agriculturalists have observed increasing damage and poor control in the Western US Region. There is unanimous agreement among extension specialists from AZ, CA, MT, NE, ND, OR, UT and WY that the status of this pest has increased and research-based management recommendations need to be updated.
The objective of this working group is to provide a framework for collaborative research and extension to maximize science-based management recommendations relevant to production systems and local climate conditions across the western region. Outputs from this group meeting will include published abstracts summarizing each member’s area of expertise and current research and extension activities, collaborative research grant proposals, an updated and regionally relevant alfalfa weevil management guide and two Entomology Society of America symposia. Objectives: Objective: To provide a framework for collaborative research and extension to maximize science-based management recommendations relevant to production systems across the western region. The primary purpose of this proposal is to provide travel funding to facilitate working group meetings. one meeting is proposed in 2019 that corresponds with Pacific Branch of the Entomology Society of America meeting. |
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