Source: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, OAKLAND submitted to
A WESTERN IPM CENTER LED BY CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, AND OREGON
Sponsoring Institution
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Project Status
TERMINATED
Funding Source
OTHER GRANTS
Reporting Frequency
Annual
Accession No.
0230689
Grant No.
2012-51120-20087
Project No.
CA-SW-ADM-7905-OG
Proposal No.
2012-03292
Multistate No.
(N/A)
Program Code
112.D
Project Start Date
Sep 1, 2012
Project End Date
Feb 29, 2016
Grant Year
2013
Project Director
Farrar, J. J.
Recipient Organization
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, OAKLAND
1111 FRANKLIN, 6TH FLOOR
OAKLAND,CA 94607
Performing Department
Independent
Non Technical Summary
The Western Integrated Pest Management Center (WIPMC or the Center) will advance the National Institute of Food and Agriculture?s Global Food Security priority area and the goals of the National Roadmap for Integrated Pest Management in the western United States (Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, and Hawaii and the Pacific Basin Territories). The Center will obtain ongoing stakeholder input about IPM needs and provide a centralized regional platform for addressing critical IPM needs and integrating IPM research, extension, and education in the West. Building on prior success, the WIPMC will continue to facilitate strong partnerships among state and regional scientists, stakeholders, and institutions by offering competitive grants to address identified needs; to support information networks; and to assess and communicate impacts of IPM in the region. Center activities and programs will advance Global Food Security by supporting programs that implement new science and IPM solutions and advance IPM Roadmap goals to improve the benefits of IPM adoption and reduce risks from pests and pest management practices. Signature programs will support a regional infrastructure for climate and weather-based decision support tools, tools to assess crop pest losses and impacts, and invasive species.
Animal Health Component
(N/A)
Research Effort Categories
Basic
(N/A)
Applied
100%
Developmental
(N/A)
Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)Subject of Investigation (SOI)Field of Science (FOS)Percent
2166099303010%
2162410113010%
2162410114010%
2162410207010%
2162410301010%
9022410310010%
9022410303010%
9022420310010%
9025399303010%
9022110303010%
Knowledge Area
902 - Administration of Projects and Programs; 216 - Integrated Pest Management Systems;

Subject Of Investigation
2420 - Noncrop plant research; 5399 - Structures, facilities, and equipment, general/other; 6099 - People and communities, general/other; 2110 - Ornamental trees and shrubs; 2410 - Cross-commodity research--multiple crops;

Field Of Science
3100 - Management; 1130 - Entomology and acarology; 2070 - Meteorology and climatology; 3030 - Information and communication; 3010 - Economics; 1140 - Weed science;
Goals / Objectives
The Center's work will be carried out in the context of two overarching goals: 1) to improve the cost benefit analyses of adopting IPM practices and 2) to reduce the environmental and human health risks associated with managing pests. The work will address five objectives: 1) Establish and maintain information networks that engage Extension IPM programs and other IPM-related programs and expertise operating at the national, state, and local levels (IPM coordinators, PSEP, IR-4, SARE, Regional Water Quality, NRCS, EPA Regional Agricultural Initiative program, eXtension Communities of Practice, etc.); 2) Build partnerships to address challenges and opportunities: Involve stakeholders in identifying needs and priorities for IPM in serving agriculture, food, and natural resource systems and focus resources on addressing the identified priority needs; 3) Evaluate and communicate successes: Support evaluation efforts to document the impacts of IPM implementation throughout the region and communicate positive outcomes to key stakeholders, funding organizations, and policy makers; 4) Manage funding resources effectively; and 5) Develop signature global food security programs. Outputs are anticipated to be published materials, research results, workshops and symposia, collaborations, online databases and products to support IPM decision making.
Project Methods
In carrying out these objectives and advancing these goals, the Center will provide regional leadership and coordination to facilitate integration of sustainable IPM activities across states, purposes, programs, and pest disciplines and among individuals, institutions, and regions. By offering competitive grants, supporting communication networks, obtaining ongoing stakeholder input about IPM needs, fostering collaborations and partnerships, and leading focused signature programs, the Center will provide a centralized regional platform for addressing critical IPM needs and integrating IPM research, extension, and education in the West. This approach also ensures the Center will be responding to food security challenges on a global scale. The leadership and funding opportunities provided by the Center will bring together the institutional and individual expertise needed to successfully address high-priority pest management issues confronting farmers, pest managers, the nonagricultural public, and others in the West.

Progress 09/01/15 to 02/29/16

Outputs
Target Audience:The target audiences include university research and extension personnel, USDA NIFA, IR-4, state and federal regulatory agencies, multi unit housing tenants, pest management professionals, housing management professionals, other urban pest management personnel, professional organizations representing pest management professionals, and registrants (agricultural chemical companies). Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?'Bed bugs: New trends and issues create challenges and opportunities for PMPs.' UC Riverside Urban Pest Management Conference, Riverside, CA. March 2014. Presenter, A.M. Sutherland. 'Managing insecticide resistance within IPM programs for bed bugs.' Alameda County Vector Control Services District's educational program for property managers and tenants, San Leandro, CA. March 2014. Presenter, A.M. Sutherland. 'Bed bugs: how to avoid bringing them home.' Alameda County Healthy Homes Alliance program biologists and community educators, Oakland, CA. Sutherland AM. April 2014. 'Bed bug management in multi-unit residential housing: assessing California's current practices and future needs' at San Francisco IPM Technical Advisory Committee meeting, San Francisco, CA. August 2014. Presenter, A.M. Sutherland. 'Bed bugs: how to avoid bringing them home with you', Target Specialty Products' Fumigation School program, Richmond, CA. November 2014. Presenter, A.M. Sutherland. 'Capturing the ABCs of bed bug management: a survey science showcase', UC Riverside's Urban Pest Management Conference, Riverside, CA. March 2015. Presenter, A.M. Sutherland. 'Bed bug prevention for at-risk home visitors', delivered to community health workers belonging to the Regional Asthma Management and Prevention program, Oakland, CA. April 2015. Presenter, A.M. Sutherland. 'Bed bug BMPs for multi-unit housing', delivered at Target Specialty Products' Fall Workshop, Sacramento, CA. October 2015. Presenter, A.M. Sutherland. 'Capturing the ABCs of bed bug management in California's low-income multi-unit housing situations: a summary of survey responses', delivered at the Entomological Society of America's Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN. November 2015. Presenter, A.M. Sutherland. 'Latest research update', delivered at Target Specialty Products' Bed Bug Symposium, San Jose, CA, March 4, 2014. Presenter, V. Lewis. 'Latest research update,' delivered at Target Specialty Products' Bed Bug Symposium, West Sacramento, CA. March 5, 2014. Presenter, V. Lewis. 'UC update on IPM,' delivered at the PCOC Bay Area District meeting, Oakland, CA. April 24, 2014. Presenter, V. Lewis. 'UCB termite research and update on cockroaches & bed bugs,' delivered at the PCOC Orange County District. July 9, 2015. Presenter, V. Lewis. '3-D distribution of drywood termites and more",' delivered at the PC OC San Diego District. October 13, 2015. Presenter, V. Lewis. 'UC update on bed bug research,' delivered at Target Specialty Products' Seminar. November 4, 2015. Presenter, V. Lewis. 'Turn on the lights: a bed bug research update' delivered at 2016 National Pest Management Association Southwestern Conference Meeting. January 27, 2016, Albuquerque, NM. Presenter, A. Romero 'Don't let the bed bugs bite'; Maricopa Cooperative Extension Office, Phoenix, Arizona. 21 participants/91 CEUs. March 4, 2014. Presenter: D.H. Gouge. 'Don't let the bed bugs bite'. Yuma Cooperative Extension Office, Yuma, Arizona. 29 participants/91 CEUs. April 23, 2014. Presenter: D.H. Gouge. 'Bed bugs - Love at First Bite.' State Vector & Zoonotic Diseases Conference, Arizona Dept. of Health Services. Flagstaff, Arizona. 75 participants/42 CUEs. May 15, 2014. Presenter: D.H. Gouge. 'Pest management in practice; Bed bug IPM'. Integrated Pest Management Workshop for Schools and Institutions, organized by Gila River Indian Community Dept. of Environmental Quality, Wild Horse Pass Hotel and Casino Conference Center, Chandler AZ. 45 participants. July 15, 2014. Presenter: D.H. Gouge. 'Bed Bug Biology and Control. Biology and Control of Vectors and Public Health Pests: The Importance of Integrated Pest Management. Richardson', Texas. 51 participants/2 CEUs. September 16-18, 2014. Presenter: D.H. Gouge. 'Bed Bug Biology and Control. Biology and Control of Vectors and Public Health Pests: The Importance of Integrated Pest Management'. Colorado Environmental Health Association Glendale, Colorado. 51 participants/528 CEUs. November 5-7, 2014. Presenter: D.H. Gouge. 'Bed Bug Management Strategies. Arizona County Directors of Environmental Health Services Association Annual Conference'. Laughlin, Nevada. 56 participants. February 4, 2015. Presenter: D.H. Gouge. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?The Center communicates with IPM programs; IPM research and extension personnel; agricultural producers and consultants, interest groups concerned with pest management and pesticide issues; urban pest management personnel; state and federal regulatory agencies, and registrants (agricultural chemical companies). The general public is an indirect audience when Center projects reach the popular press. The bed bug workgroup has published in several popular press outlets including Pest Control Technology, the El Paso Herald-Post, the UCIPM blog, and the Green Bulletin. These articles reach pest management professionals, housing management professionals, and multiple unit housing authorities. The articles covered the results of surveys of pest management professionals on successful techniques used to treat infestations and possible resistance to insecticides in bed bug populations. The 2014 project to develop a bioeconomic model for weeds in chile pepper production in New Mexico by Brian Schutte was mentioned twice in the popular press in 2016 (Las Cruces Sun News and the Western Farm Press). These news outlets are important for getting the IPM projects in front of end users (producers and consultants) who will implement these tools. The "IPM Impact Assessment Toolkit" was covered in the ANR Report, this report reaches researchers and extension educators throughout California and will highlight the importance of impact assessment and provide tools to conduct basic impact assessment. The IR-4 and Center combined effort to produce the IPM fit document has resulted in the publication of the web page that now contains the documents, a required field in the IR-4 process of request submission, and has aided the development of the reduced risk application document prepared by Crop Life America for registrants. The reduced risk application document should result in more products registered in the reduced risk category. The Center is publishing an article on the impacts of IPM adoption in perennial cropping systems in the West in the Journal of IPM. This will be the first time the journal publishes this type of review article, and publication of this article should help set the standard on impact assessment manuscripts submitted to JIPM in the future. In addition, publication in the scientific literature will make the study searchable through standard search engines (Google Scholar, AGRICOLA, Science Citation Index, and others). What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?This is the final report for this project and no further activities are planned.

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? Objective 1: Establish and maintain multistate information networks. Nothing additional to report. Objective 2: Develop Signature Global Food Security Programs and foster their sustainability. Nothing to additional to report. Objective 3: Build/expand partnerships and address challenges and opportunities. Through the partnership with the bed bug workgroup, the Center has fostered collaboration with pest management professional organizations including Pest Control Operators of California (pcoc.org), Target Specialty Products, and the National Pest Management Association (www.pestworld.org). In addition, this partnership has fostered collaboration with the following state agencies: Arizona Department of Health Services, Alameda County Vector Control Services, Alameda County Healthy Homes Alliance, and the Colorado Environmental Health Association. Objective 4: Review and evaluate outcomes and impacts of IPM implementation and communicate the successes and value added by IPM programs. Bed bug control requires an IPM approach including prevention and sanitation as key components. One impact of not using an IPM approach is over reliance on chemical controls that inevitably lead to resistance development. The bed bug work group demonstrated bed bug resistance to pyrethroids and neonicotinoids. Objective 5: Manage funding resources effectively. The Center has worked to close all sub accounts, reconciled ledgers, and checked indirect cost calculations to aid with closing the account associated with the award.

Publications

  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Presented. 2014. Sutherland AM. March 2014. Bed bugs: New trends and issues create challenges and opportunities for PMPs. UC Riverside Urban Pest Management Conference, Riverside, CA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Presented. 2014. Sutherland AM. March 2014. Managing insecticide resistance within IPM programs for bed bugs. Alameda County Vector Control Services Districts educational program for property managers and tenants, San Leandro, CA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Presented. 2014. Lewis V. March 2014. Latest research update, delivered at Target Specialty Products Bed Bug Symposium, West Sacramento, CA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Presented. 2014. Lewis V. March 2014. Latest research update, delivered at Target Specialty Products Bed Bug Symposium, San Jose, CA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Presented. 2014. Gouge DH. March 2014. Dont let the bed bugs bite. Maricopa Cooperative Extension Office, Phoenix, Arizona.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Presented. 2014. Sutherland AM. April 2014. Bed bugs: how to avoid bringing them home. Alameda County Healthy Homes Alliance program biologists and community educators, Oakland, CA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Presented. 2014. Lewis V. April 2014. UC update on IPM, delivered at the PCOC Bay Area District meeting, Oakland, CA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Presented. 2014. Gouge DH. April 2014. Dont let the bed bugs bite. Yuma Cooperative Extension Office, Yuma, Arizona.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Presented. 2014. Gouge DH. May 2014. Bed bugs  Love at First Bite. State Vector & Zoonotic Diseases Conference, Arizona Dept. of Health Services. Flagstaff, Arizona.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Presented. 2014. Lewis V. July 2014. UCB termite research and update on cockroaches & bed bugs, delivered at the PCOC Orange County District.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Presented. 2014. Sutherland AM. August 2014. Bed bug management in multi-unit residential housing: assessing Californias current practices and future needs at San Francisco IPM Technical Advisory Committee meeting, San Francisco, CA.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Garcia K. 25 March 2016. Researcher develops model to help chile growers battle weeds. Western Farm Press. Available at: http://southwestfarmpress.com/vegetables/nmsu-researcher-develops-model-help-chile-growers-battle-weeds?NL=WFP-01&Issue=WFP-01_20160331_WFP-01_357&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_4_b&utm_rid=CPG02000000693510&utm_campaign=8978&utm_medium=email&elq2=1024ba1e79a54853b3100442411b2f3b
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Sutherland, A., Choe, D-H., Lewis, V., Young, D., Romero, A., Spafford, H., and Gouge, D., 2015. Survey sheds light on bed bugs in multi-unit housing. Pest Control Technology. September 2015, Bed Bug Supplement, pp. 26-36; www.pctonline.com/article/pct0915-bed-bugs-multi-unit-housing, http://www.pctonline.com/fileuploads/digital-editions/pct/Digital/201509/index.html.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Awaiting Publication Year Published: 2016 Citation: Farrar J, Baur ME, Elliott S. 2016. Adoption of IPM Practices in Grape, Tree Fruit and Nut Production in the Western United States. Journal of IPM. DOI 10.1093/jipm/pmw007.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Warnert, JE. 2015. Bed bug eradication requires tenant cooperation. Pests in the Urban Landscape (UC IPM blog), April 2015: ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=17400.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Sutherland, A.M., 2015. Bed bug management challenges: survey of professional bed bug management in multi-unit housing. The Green Bulletin (UC IPM online newsletter), December 2015: www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PDF/PUBS/greenbulletin.2015.dec.pdf.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: ANR Report, January 2016, Toolkit helps assess IPM impact, describes to the UC ANR professional community the utility of the toolkit for developing evaluation plans. Available at ucanr.edu/anr-report.
  • Type: Other Status: Under Review Year Published: 2016 Citation: 2016. IR-4 IPM Compatibility document becomes an integral piece of the Template for Registrant Use in Preparing a Reduced Risk Rationale Document prepared by Crop Life America.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Garcia K. 30 March 2016. NMSU Researcher: Some Bed Bugs Show Resistance to Neonicotinoid Insecticides. El Paso Herald-Post. Available at: elpasoheraldpost.com/nmsu-researcher-bed-bugs-show-resistance-neonicotinoid-insecticides/.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Garcia K. 13 March 30, 2016. NMSU Researcher helps Chile Growers Fight Weeds. Las Cruces Sun News. Available at: www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/education/nmsu/2016/03/13/nmsu-researcher-helps-chile-growers-fight-weeds/81729706/.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Presented. 2014. Gouge DH. September 2014. Bed Bug Biology and Control. Biology and Control of Vectors and Public Health Pests: The Importance of Integrated Pest Management. Richardson, Texas.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Presented. 2014. Lewis V. October 2014. 3-D distribution of drywood termites and more, delivered at the PC OC San Diego District.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Presented. 2014. Sutherland AM. November 2014. Bed bugs: how to avoid bringing them home with you, Target Specialty Products Fumigation School program, Richmond, CA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Presented. 2014. Lewis V. November 2014. UC update on bed bug research, delivered at Target Specialty Products Seminar.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Presented. 2014. Gouge DH. November 2014. Bed Bug Biology and Control. Biology and Control of Vectors and Public Health Pests: The Importance of Integrated Pest Management. Colorado Environmental Health Association Glendale, Colorado.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Presented. 2015. Gouge DH. February 2015. Bed Bug Management Strategies. Arizona County Directors of Environmental Health Services Association Annual Conference. Laughlin, Nevada. 56 participants.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Presented. 2015. Sutherland AM. March 2015. Capturing the ABCs of bed bug management: a survey science showcase, UC Riversides Urban Pest Management Conference, Riverside, CA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Presented. 2015. Gouge, D, Li, S, Fournier, A, Stock, T, Romero, A, Young, D, Nair, S, Foss, C, Kerzee, R, Stone D, Dunn M, 2015. Quality of life impacts of bed bug infestations. 8th International IPM Symposium, Salt Lake City, Utah, March 23-26, 2015; www.ipmcenters.org/ipmsymposium15/Documents/Posters/151_Li_poster.pdf;
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Presented. 2015. Sutherland AM. April 2015. Bed bug prevention for at-risk home visitors, delivered to community health workers belonging to the Regional Asthma Management and Prevention program, Oakland, CA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Presented. 2015. Gouge DH. July 2015. Pest management in practice; Bed bug IPM. Integrated Pest Management Workshop for Schools and Institutions, organized by Gila River Indian Community Dept. of Environmental Quality, Wild Horse Pass Hotel and Casino Conference Center, Chandler AZ.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Presented. 2015. Sutherland AM. October 2015. Bed bug BMPs for multi-unit housing, delivered at Target Specialty Products Fall Workshop, Sacramento, CA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Presented. 2015. Sutherland AM. November 2015. Capturing the ABCs of bed bug management in Californias low-income multi-unit housing situations: a summary of survey responses, delivered at the Entomological Society of Americas Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Presented. 2016. Romero A. January 2016. Turn on the lights: a bed bug research update delivered at 2016 National Pest Management Association Southwestern Conference Meeting, Albuquerque, NM.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Presented. 2015. Evaluation and Assessment of IPM Programs workshop at the 8th International IPM Symposium in Salt Lake City UT (24 March). The workshop was based on a highly successful self-paced course, "A Toolkit for Assessing IPM Outcomes and Impacts". Following an interactive welcome session using evaluation software, the course instructors, who also helped develop the Toolkit website, led sessions on evaluation methods and reporting. The instructors included Al Fournier, Neil McRoberts, and Deb Young.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Thompson, A.D., 2015. Bed bugs on the rise and nowhere to hide. California Apartment Management. Spring 2015, pp. 11-14; www.nxtbook.com/naylor/CAAQ/CAAQ0115/index.php?startid=23#/10, http://caanet.org/bed-bug-trends-featured-in-caa-magazine/.


Progress 09/01/12 to 02/29/16

Outputs
Target Audience:The target audiences for the Western IPM Center are western state IPM programs; western state IPM research and extension personnel; interest groups concerned with pest management and pesticide issues; agricultural commodity groups and growers; urban pest management personnel; natural lands managers; and EPA, USDA and the Federal Services personnel related to pest management and pesticide regulation. The general public is an indirect audience since the Western IPM Center provides integrated pest management information to western state IPM programs, which then provide the information to the general public. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?From 2012 to 2015, the workshops led by the crop pest loss signature program held 3 lettuce worshops in AZ with 89 participants, 12 cotton workshops in AZ and CA with 75 participants, and 1 melon workshop in AZ with 32 participants. The team associated with the crop pest losses signature program presented at 18 grower/extension meetings, 2 field days, 3 professional society meetings, 1 local college in AZ and CA on topics of conservation of natural enemies, insect management (including white flies, lygus and stink bugs), managing herbicide resistant weeds, pesticide use and risk, and mapping use patterns and resistance. Croping systems included in the talks were in cotton, alfalfa, and lettuce. Continuing education credits were offered for some of the trainings. The combined audience for all of the presentations was 673. Cotton IPM was presented three times in Mexico to 195 participants. The bed bug work group presented 25 times over two years to Target Specialty Products, Pest Control Operators of California, professional conferences (UC Riverside Urban Pest Management Conference, State Vector & Zoonotic Diseases Conference, Entomological Society of America, National Pest Management Association Southwestern Conference, Arizona County Directors of Environmental Health Services Association), Vector Control districts in CA, cooperative extension meetings in CA and AZ, AZ Department of Environmental Quality, and Colorado Environmental Health Association. Attendance was recorded at seven of the 25 presentations, for a total of 328 participants, and credited with continuing education credits (CEUs) at five of the meetings. Kuskokwim River Tribal Watershed Council held two workshops on invasive species Identification and water quality monitoring in Bethel Alaska in the spring of 2013, 35 participants. The Western Region Tribal IPM Work Group held 7 training and needs assessment workshops in AZ, CA, and NV in 2013 & 2014 with 217 participants. The project on Microdochium patch presented research findings at 2 field days and 8 professional organizations in OR, WA, and British Columbia from 2013 to 2015 to an audience of 711. Western Region School IPM program provided training to 27 participants representing five of Utah's largest school districts. Salt Lake City, UT. 9/25/12. Micronutrients and Iris Yellow Spot Virus in Onion was presented to the Onion Associations of Colorado and Utah. 2014. 119 participants The Fourth Annual Biodiversity Working for Farmers Tour was held in Milton-Freewater, Oregon, 6/7/12, 29 farmers, industry personnel, conservationists and researchers attended. Invasive Weed Identification and Control in an Urban Environment, 4-County Weed Management Area, greater Portland, OR, 60 attended. Liberibacter species-Emergent Pathogens presented at the American Phytopathological Society joint meeting of the Pacific and Caribbean Divisions, Tucson AZ, 6/11/13, 100 participants. California Master Gardener Program refers to the urban IPM videos developed by UC IPM in their ongoing training. Hop powdery mildew strains and hop variety resistance research results were presented to the Oregon Hop Commission, Washington Hop Industry, and the Hop Research Council. 370 attendees. InPESTigation. An IPM Curriculum for Elementary School. 2014. Teacher's Workshop at Entomology Society of America annual meeting. Attendance 27. Habitat and Conservation Practices for Beneficial Insects on Idaho Farms Workshop. Nature Conservancy in Hailey, Idaho. 1/16/14. 24 participants Habitat and Conservation Practices for Beneficial Insects on Washington Farms Workshop. Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake, Washington on 2/13/14. 35 participants Flowering Rush Symposium at the Northern Rockies Invasive Plant Council Conference, 2/13/14, in Spokane WA. 90 participants. Supporting IPM in the Western US, Farrar J. UCANR Specialists and Advisors Joint Meeting, Davis CA, 2/25/14. Estimated participation 80 Western IPM Center Coordinates Comments During EPA Registration Reviews, J Farrar. Presentation to Continuing Education Seminar of the Fresno-Madera Chapter of the California Association of Pest Control Advisors, Fresno CA, 5/1/14. 120 participants. The Vineyard team presented "Effective Vineyard Spraying & Drift Management Workshop" at four locations in CA in 2014. Attendance 168. Functional Agriculture Biodiversity, Integrating Agricultural Conservation Practices into Farms, WA and ID Summer Field Courses, 2014. Attendance 40 Wine Grape Pest Management Strategic Plan Workshop. Prosser, WA. 7/2/14. 28 participants. Western IPM Center Grants Program, J Farrar. Presentation at the American Phytopathological Society-Pacific Division Meeting, Bozeman, MT. 7/11/14. 60 attendees. Fournier A. Resources for Understanding Agricultural Pesticide Use Trends in Arizona. 2014 Intertribal Council of Arizona Tribal Pesticide Inspector Training, 8/28/14. Maricopa, AZ. 40 participants. Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Training. Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia. 9/12/14. 35 participants. Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Training. Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia. On 9/26/14. 50 participants Western IPM Center Webinar on Evaluation Planning, Al Fournier, University of Arizona on 11/6/14 and 12/3/14. 26 and 11 participants, respectively. The Nature Conservancy, Western Grasslands Network, Integrating Conservation Practices that Enhance Beneficial Insects Webinar. January 2015. Understanding the Principles of Integrated Pest Management. M Moyer. Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers Annual Meeting. Kennewick, WA. 2/13/15. Attendance 100. Evaluation and Assessment of IPM Programs Professional Development. International IPM Symposium, Salt Lake City UT. 3/27/15. Attendance 40 How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?The Center communicates with western state IPM programs; western state IPM research and extension personnel; interest groups concerned with pest management and pesticide issues; agricultural commodity groups and growers; urban pest management personnel; natural lands managers; and EPA, USDA and the Federal Services personnel related to pest management and pesticide regulation. The general public is an indirect audience since the Western IPM Center provides integrated pest management information to western state IPM programs, which then provide the information to the general public. Center communication occurs through multiple venues, such as oral and poster presentation at meeting, discussions during meeting, conference calls, and distribution of Center publications in electronic and print formats. The Center Staff made oral or poster presentations to California Specialty Crops Council, California Melon Board, Western Disease Conference, California Leafy Greens Research Board, Soilborne Plant Pathogens Annual Meeting, Western Association of Agriculture Experiment Station Directors, Western Region IPM Coordinators (WERA-1017), Pacific Division of the American Phytopathological Society, Fresno-Madera Chapter of the California Association of Pest Control Advisors, the University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources Annual Meeting, and Western Region IR-4 State Liaison Representative / Commodity Liaison Committee regarding Western IPM Center programs and IPM successes. The three Comment Coordinators, Co-Director Ellsworth, and Director participated in monthly conference calls with Western Region IR-4. Given the importance of specialty crops in the Western Region, both the Center and Western Region IR-4 value this regular interaction. The three Western IPM Center Comment Coordinators each have a network of stakeholders with which they communicate regarding federal requests for information on pesticide related issues. The responses to federal requests for information contain specific feedback from multiple stakeholders. Comments are available at westernipm.org/index.cfm/searchable-data-sources/information-request-replies/. The Western IPM Center communicates with communities of interest through our Advisory and Steering committees and by working in partnership with government agencies, private sector organizations, tribes, and academic institutions. Partnerships with these and other groups increase the Center's reach and help to promote wider adoption of sustainable IPM practices. The Center publishes annual reports and monthly electronic newsletters. These publications are distributed through our e-newsletter subscriber list and are freely available on our website (westernipm.org). The Center also publishes one-page fliers focusing on specific aspects of the Western IPM Center program which are distributed electronically and printed versions are distributed at meetings. Information from the newsletters and other sources are interconnected to our blog (http://ipmwest.blogspot.com) and twitter (@IPMWest). The Center published the following press releases: Water Quality Training Material Available, Practical Winery & Vineyard, June 2013 Center speaks for Growers, Perishable News, August 2013 Center speaks for Growers, Ag Alert, August 2013 Center speaks for Growers, Growing Produce, August 2013 Center speaks for Growers, Wines & Vines, August 2013 New IPM Field Guide Vineyards, Good Fruit Grower, Sept 2013 New IPM Field Guide for Vineyards, Growing Produce, Sept. 2013 Grants Available, Western Farm Press, Oct 2013 The Crop Pest Losses and Impact Assessment Signature Program disseminated results via presentations at Cooperative Extension meetings, workshops and field days; online through Vegetable IPM Updates and Field Crop IPM Shorts (ongoing advisories); in Extension publications; through Impact Statements published by the Arizona Pest Management Center and University of Arizona Cooperative Extension; to IPM experts and colleagues at professional meetings via posters and presentations. Three turf industry magazines published articles on alternative control research for Microdochium patch based on presentations at turfgrass extension field days. The bed bug workgroup has published in several popular press outlets including Pest Control Technology, the El Paso Herald-Post, the UCIPM blog, and the Green Bulletin. The Western Farm Press published four articles on Tim Vandervoet's project on biological control of whiteflies in cotton. The 2014 project to develop a bioeconomic model for weeds in chile pepper production in New Mexico by Brian Schutte was mentioned twice in the popular press in 2016 (Las Cruces Sun News and the Western Farm Press). The "IPM Impact Assessment Toolkit" was covered in the ANR Report. The IR-4 and Center combined effort to produce the IPM fit document has resulted in the publication of the web page that now contains the documents, a required field in the IR-4 process of request submission, and has aided the development of the reduced risk application document prepared by Crop Life America for registrants. The reduced risk application document should result in more products registered in the reduced risk category. The Center is publishing an article on the impacts of IPM adoption in perennial cropping systems in the West in the Journal of IPM. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?This is the final report for this project and no further activities are planned.

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? Objective 1: Establish and maintain multistate information networks. The Center commented on 45 proposed regulatory changes, available at westernipm.org/index.cfm/searchable-data-sources/information-request-replies/ The Center published a monthly e-newsletter with over 1,400 subscribers. The Center produced annual reports, press releases, and blog and twitter posts. The Center communicated with western state IPM coordinators via email and the three sub-regional comment coordinators communicated with their networks of stakeholders as needed to gather information for replies to requests for comment. Objective 2: Develop Signature Global Food Security Programs and foster their sustainability. Water Quality The three Water Quality Protection slide sets were released January 2013. As of July 2014, there were 112 downloads from 21 states, the District of Columbia, and British Columbia. The slides were used to train more than 1,400 people to protect water resources from pesticide contamination. Regional Infrastructure for Climate and Weather-based Decision Support Tools This Signature Program established Web-based tools that bring together U.S. weather data and plant pest and disease models to serve many decision support needs in agriculture (http://uspest.org/wea). The system provides daily and hourly weather-driven models serving many IPM, regulatory, and plant biosecurity uses for the full U.S., and specializes in IPM needs for the West. Weather data and forecasts are linked to the models for over 20,000 U.S. and neighboring weather station locations. USPEST.ORG currently has 102+ models, 20,000+ weather stations, 7-day high-resolution forecasts from Fox Weather and the National Weather Service (NWS). In 2013 there were a total of over 151,000 model runs including 45,000+ degree-day model runs, 57,000+ hourly driven models including plant disease risk models, 43,000+ synoptic disease risk map views such as Tomcast DSV, late blight of potato and tomato, fireblight of pome fruits, boxwood blight, and 4,000+ custom degree-day map production runs. This represents a 4.5 fold increase over 5 years. USPEST.ORG continues to produce novel high resolution disease risk maps for diseases in grape, hop, and potato in major growing regions of OR, WA, and CA. USPEST.ORG is now partnered w/APHIS PPQ based in CO and NC to produce new Western Region-focused degree-day and other weather driven mapping products such as "pest event maps" (mapping dates of key pest events including a forecast, rather than degree-days), starting with Gypsy Moth and Spotted Wing Drosophila; these will provide improved decision support for activities such as CAPS and IPM monitoring and management programs. Crop Pest Losses and Impact Assessment Program In 2012, the cotton survey was conducted at five workshops in Arizona and California with 56 participants, yielded 25 responses representing 49% of Arizona cotton acres. Major concerns included brown stinkbug and glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth. Advances to the cotton survey included a new weed section developed to collect baseline data on grower practices related to management of key weed species, and a computer-based version was developed and deployed in beta form. This program successfully captured participant data in a database for post processing. The 2013 lettuce survey represented an estimated 70% of Arizona lettuce acres. In 2013, the cotton survey was conducted at three workshops in Arizona and California with 57 participants, yielded 26 responses representing 48% of Arizona cotton acres. Advances to the cotton survey included questions on glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth, data consistency checks implemented and user interface improved. The workshops also granted continuing education credits (12 in Arizona and 8 in California). The 2014 lettuce survey was conducted at one workshop in Arizona, yielded 21 responses representing 77% of Arizona lettuce acres. In 2014, the cotton survey was conducted at four workshops in Arizona with 27 participants and granted 15.5 Arizona Department of Agriculture CEUs The lettuce survey has been rolled out in the Salinas Valley of California. Combined, the Salinas Valley and Yuma area represent over 90% of the fresh market lettuce in this U.S. A two-page survey for insecticide and herbicide use in alfalfa was developed to gather baseline data. Protocols for Responding to Invasive Species in the West Three subgroups: plant pathogens (zebra chip of potato/vein greening of tomato), insects (Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle), and weeds (flowering rush). Each identified a plan to develop protocols and frameworks for response to invasive species using a model system. The pathogen group drafted a best management guideline for communications and activities in response to invasive species. They identified knowledge gaps and held a symposium at the 2013 Pacific Division APS meeting. The weeds group held a symposium on flowering rush, an aquatic invasive species. The group drafted a white paper (available at westernipm.org/index.cfm/center-projects/signature-programs/invasive-species/flowering-rush/). The insect subgroup held a workshop on April 3, 2015 in Honolulu HI and is developing a collaborative grant proposal. They have published a research paper on the guam biotype available at: http://www.spc.int/lrd/plant-health-publications/doc_download/2374-ph-agalertno51. A vine mealy bug subgroup originally formed as part of the signature program, but obtained funds to form a WERA group on grape invasive pests. Objective 3: Build/expand partnerships and address challenges and opportunities. The Center has developed strong partnerships with WERA 1017, WR IR-4, and Western SARE. Partnerships built through the Center advisory committee include EPA Region 8, Colorado Indian Tribes Farm, California State University Fresno (a Hispanic serving college), Western Plant Diagnostic Network and Certis. Work groups have been instrumental in forming partnerships with underserved populations including native American tribes, low-income housing residents, and the Federated States of Micronesia. Center has fostered collaboration with pest management professional organizations including Pest Control Operators of California (pcoc.org), the National Pest Management Association (www.pestworld.org) and state regulatory agencies including Arizona Department of Health Services, Alameda County Vector Control Services, Alameda County Healthy Homes Alliance, and the Colorado Environmental Health Association. The grants program funded 25 grant proposals, full reports available at projects.ipm.gov. Objective 4: Review and evaluate outcomes and impacts of IPM implementation and communicate the successes and value added by IPM programs. The Center workgroup on IPM adoption and impact assessment produced the online toolkit for assessing IPM outcomes and impacts. The Center signature program Crop Pest Losses and Impact Assessment Program is focused on documenting and evaluating the impacts of IPM adoption. The Center RFA specifically requested Project Directors define evaluation objectives, identify measurement indicators, and determine evaluation methods. The Center published four reports documenting the impacts of IPM in the west (available at http://westernipm.org/index.cfm/about-the-center/publications/special-reports/) The Center regularly communicates with the western state IPM coordinators and participates in the annual WERA 1017 meeting, and participates in monthly conference calls with the WR IR-4 program. Objective 5: Manage funding resources effectively. The Center ensures accountability to stakeholder needs through the advisory and steering Committees and managing a competitive grants program focused on stakeholder priorities.

Publications

  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Mattox, C.M., A.R. Kowalewski, and B.W. McDonald. 2014. Evaluation of winter fertility practices in combination with simulated traffic in order to determine their effects on the suppression of Microdochium patch and turfgrass recovery on annual bluegrass in western Oregon, 2013-2014. Plant Disease Management Report. Report No. 8:T043. pg 1. Publication. http://www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/pub/trial/PDMR/volume8/abstracts/T043.asp
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Mattox, C.M., A.R. Kowalewski, and B.W. McDonald. 2014. Evaluation of fungicide alternatives for the control of Microdochium patch on annual bluegrass in western Oregon, 2013-2014. Plant Disease Management Report. Report No. 8:T042. pg 1.http://www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/pub/trial/PDMR/volume8/abstracts/T042.asp
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Palumbo J.C. 2014. Lettuce Insect Losses and Insecticide Use Summary 2004-2013. Vegetable IPM Update. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. Vol. 5 No. 8 https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/resources/041614%20Lettuce%20Losses_Insecticide%20Usage%20Surveys_%209%20yr%20summary.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Palumbo J.C. 2014. Trends in Insecticide Usage on Arizona Lettuce. Vegetable IPM Update. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. Vol. 5 No. 10
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Palumbo J.C. 2014. Impact of Bagrada Bug Infestations on Desert Cole Crops. Vegetable IPM Update. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. Vol. 5 No. 11 https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/resources/061114%20Bagrada%20Bug%20Survey_2014_Report.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: McCloskey, W.B. 2014. Status of Herbicide Resistant Palmer Amaranth in Arizona. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/resources/Status%20of%20Herbicide%20Resistant%20Palmer%20Amaranth%20in%20Arizona_IPM%20Short%20July%202014.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Palumbo J.C. 2014. Trends in Insecticide Usage on Arizona Lettuce. Vegetable IPM Update. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. Vol. 5 No. 11.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Rousseau, J. 2014. Cross-border meeting discusses #1 BC turf disease. Turf Line News: Turf Research Update. http://wcta-online.com/turfgrass-research/item/809-cross-border-meeting-discusses-#1-bc-turf-disease&Itemid=143
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: 2014. Thomas J. Acibenzolar Use in IPM Programs in the Pacific Northwest. westernipm.org/index.cfm/searchable-data-sources/information-request-replies/.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: 2014. Thomas J. Use of Fenamidone in IPM Programs in the Pacific Northwest. westernipm.org/index.cfm/searchable-data-sources/information-request-replies/.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Anonymous. 2014. Research-Based Integrated Pest Management IPM Programs Impact People Communities and the Economy of Arizona. University of Arizona Arizona Pest Management Center. http://cals.arizona.edu/apmc/docs/APMC%20Impact%20narrativep1-4_4-29-14.pdf (Impact report that uses data from Crop Pest Losses and APMC Pesticide Use Database.)
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Press Release, Researchers Find a Better Way to Control Microdochium Patch on Putting Greens, March 27, 2014, westernipm.org/index.cfm/about-the-center/publications/press-releases1/
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: 2014. The Western Front e-newsletter, January, westernipm.org/index.cfm/about-the-center/publications/
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: 2014. Thomas J. Imazalil in IPM Programs in the Pacific Northwest. westernipm.org/index.cfm/searchable-data-sources/information-request-replies/.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: 2014. Thomas J. Quinoxyfen in IPM Programs in the Pacific Northwest. westernipm.org/index.cfm/searchable-data-sources/information-request-replies/.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: 2014. Thomas J. Use of Thiabendazole in IPM Programs in the Pacific Northwest. westernipm.org/index.cfm/searchable-data-sources/information-request-replies/.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: 2014. Thomas J. Use of Thiophanate-methyl in IPM Programs in the Pacific Northwest. westernipm.org/index.cfm/searchable-data-sources/information-request-replies/.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: 2014. The Western Front e-newsletter, February, westernipm.org/index.cfm/about-the-center/publications/
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: 2014. The Western Front e-newsletter, March, westernipm.org/index.cfm/about-the-center/publications/
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: 2014. The Western Front e-newsletter, April, westernipm.org/index.cfm/about-the-center/publications/
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: 2014. The Western Front e-newsletter, May, westernipm.org/index.cfm/about-the-center/publications/
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: 2014. The Western Front e-newsletter, Spring Grants Issue, westernipm.org/index.cfm/about-the-center/publications/
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: 2014. The Western Front e-newsletter, June, westernipm.org/index.cfm/about-the-center/publications/
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: 2014. The Western Front e-newsletter, Summer Supplement, westernipm.org/index.cfm/about-the-center/publications/
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: 2014. The Western Front e-newsletter, July, westernipm.org/index.cfm/about-the-center/publications/
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: 2014. The Western Front e-newsletter, August, westernipm.org/index.cfm/about-the-center/publications/
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: 2014. The Western Front e-newsletter, September, westernipm.org/index.cfm/about-the-center/publications/
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: 2014. The Western Front e-newsletter, October, westernipm.org/index.cfm/about-the-center/publications/
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: 2014. The Western Front e-newsletter, November, westernipm.org/index.cfm/about-the-center/publications/
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: 2014. The Western Front e-newsletter, December, westernipm.org/index.cfm/about-the-center/publications/
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: 2014. About, Western IPM Center one-page flier.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: 2014. Funding, Western IPM Center one-page flier.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: 2014. Impacts, Western IPM Center one-page flier.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Emergency Response Plan for Pohnpei State. 2014. http://westernipm.org/index.cfm/center-projects/recent-projects/emergency-response-plan-on-coconut-rhinoceros-beetle-pohnpei/
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Flowering Rush White Paper, 2015. http://westernipm.org/index.cfm/center-projects/signature-programs/invasive-species/flowering-rush/
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: 2015. Farrar J. Chlorpyrifos use data 2009-2012, westernipm.org/index.cfm/searchable-data-sources/information-request-replies/.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: 2015. Farrar JJ, Baur ME, Elliott SE. Adoption and Impacts of Integrated Pest Management in Agriculture in the Western United States, 66 pages, westernipm.org/index.cfm/about-the-center/publications/special-reports/adoption-and-impact-of-ipm-in-western-agriculture/
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: 2014. Partners, Western IPM Center one-page flier.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: 2014. Center Annual Report, westernipm.org/index.cfm/about-the-center/publications/
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: . Western IPM Center Begins Second Decade of Grantmaking with $300,000 in New Grants - October 1, 2014. http://westernipm.org/index.cfm/about-the-center/publications/press-releases1/
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Cooperation Helps Western IPM Center Promote Sustainable Pest Management - September 2, 2014. http://westernipm.org/index.cfm/about-the-center/publications/press-releases1/
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: 2014. Kawate M, Tarutani C. Tolerance Crop Grouping Comment. westernipm.org/index.cfm/searchable-data-sources/information-request-replies/.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: 2014. Ellsworth P, Brown L, Fournier A, Dixon W. Dicrotophos Use in Arizona. westernipm.org/index.cfm/searchable-data-sources/information-request-replies/.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Sutherland, A.M., 2015. Bed bug management challenges: survey of professional bed bug management in multi-unit housing. The Green Bulletin (UC IPM online newsletter), December 2015: www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PDF/PUBS/greenbulletin.2015.dec.pdf.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Warnert, JE. 2015. Bed bug eradication requires tenant cooperation. Pests in the Urban Landscape (UC IPM blog), April 2015: ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=17400.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: 2015. The Western Front e-newsletter, February, westernipm.org/index.cfm/about-the-center/publications/
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: About, Western IPM Center, January 2015, http://westernipm.org/index.cfm/about-the-center/publications/fliers1/about-flier-jan-2015/
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Funding, Western IPM Center, January 2015, http://westernipm.org/index.cfm/about-the-center/publications/fliers1/funding-flier-jan-2015/
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: 2013. 4-County CWMA. Weed Management in Urban Areas Fact Sheets for Archangel, Blackberry, Celandine, Clematis, Garlic Mustard, Giant Hogweed, Ivy, Pokeweed, Spurge Laurel, and Water Primrose. http://4countycwma.org/urban-weed-control/
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Garcia K. 25 March 2016. Researcher develops model to help chile growers battle weeds. Western Farm Press. Available at: http://southwestfarmpress.com/vegetables/nmsu-researcher-develops-model-help-chile-growers-battle-weeds?NL=WFP-01&Issue=WFP-01_20160331_WFP-01_357&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_4_b&utm_rid=CPG02000000693510&utm_campaign=8978&utm_medium=email&elq2=1024ba1e79a54853b3100442411b2f3b.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: ANR Report, January 2016, Toolkit helps assess IPM impact, describes to the UC ANR professional community the utility of the toolkit for developing evaluation plans. Available at ucanr.edu/anr-report.
  • Type: Other Status: Under Review Year Published: 2016 Citation: 2016. IR-4 IPM Compatibility document becomes an integral piece of the Template for Registrant Use in Preparing a Reduced Risk Rationale Document prepared by Crop Life America.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Garcia K. 30 March 2016. NMSU Researcher: Some Bed Bugs Show Resistance to Neonicotinoid Insecticides. El Paso Herald-Post. Available at: elpasoheraldpost.com/nmsu-researcher-bed-bugs-show-resistance-neonicotinoid-insecticides/.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Garcia K. 13 March 30, 2016. NMSU Researcher helps Chile Growers Fight Weeds. Las Cruces Sun News. Available at: www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/education/nmsu/2016/03/13/nmsu-researcher-helps-chile-growers-fight-weeds/81729706/.
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: 2015. Toolkit for Assessing IPM Outcomes and Impacts. Available at ipmimpact.ucanr.edu.
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Parkinson H, Mangold J, Menalled F. 2013. Weed Seedling Identification Guide for Montana and the Northern Great Plains. Available at: www.westernipm.org/index.cfm/ipm-in-the-west/agriculture/montana-develops-weed-seedling-guide-for-the-northern-great-plains/.
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: 2013. Western Region School IPM Workgroup maintained and hosted by Arizona Pest Management Center at http://cals.arizona.edu/apmc/westernschoolIPM.html
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: 2014. Western IPM Center new website, http://westernipm.org
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: 2015. Western Region Tribal IPM Workgroup website. http://westernipm.org/index.cfm/center-projects/project-websites/tribal-work-group/
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Naranjo S.E., P.C. Ellsworth, G.B. Frisvold. 2015. Economic Value of Biological Control in Integrated Pest Management of Managed Plant Systems. Annual Review of Entomology. Vol. 60 No. 32, 132. doi: 10.1146/annurev-ento-010814-021005 http://dx.doi.org//10.1146/annurev-ento-010814-021005
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: 2015. The Western Front e-newsletter, January, westernipm.org/index.cfm/about-the-center/publications/
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: . Palumbo J.C. 2014. Lettuce Insect Losses and Insecticide Use Summary 2004-2013. Vegetable IPM Update. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. Vol. 5 No. 8 https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/resources/041614%20Lettuce%20Losses_Insecticide%20Usage%20Surveys_%209%20yr%20summary.pdf
  • Type: Book Chapters Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: 2014. Philips CR, Kuhar TP, Hoffmann MP, Zalom FG, Hallberg R. Herbert DA, Gonzales C, Elliott S. 2014. Integrated Pest Management. In: Encyclopedia of Life Science. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester. DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0003248.pub2. Available at: www.els.net/WileyCDA/.
  • Type: Books Status: Published Year Published: 2012 Citation: Umeda, K. 2012. Pest Management Strategic Plan for Turfgrass in the Low Desert Regions of Arizona, Southern California, and Southern Nevada-Southern Utah. http://www.ipmcenters.org/pmsp/pdf/AZ-CA-NV-UTdesertturfgrassPMSP.pdf,
  • Type: Books Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Schwartz, H. 2013. Pest Management Strategic Plan for Dry Bulb Storage Onions in the United States. http://www.ipmcenters.org/pmsp/pdf/USonionPMSP.pdf.
  • Type: Books Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Royer, T.A. 2013. Pest Management Strategic Plan for Winter Wheat in the Southern Great Plains. http://www.ipmcenters.org/pmsp/pdf/CO-KS-OK-TXWinterWheatPMSP.pdf.
  • Type: Books Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Michelle Moyer and Sally ONeal editors, 2014. Field Guide for Integrated Pest Management in Pacific Northwest Vineyards: Pocket Version. Pacific Northwest Extension Publication, 160 pages, https://pubs.wsu.edu/ItemDetail.aspx?ReturnTo=0&ProductID=15683.
  • Type: Books Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Pest Management Strategic Plan for Pears in Oregon and Washington, Katie Murray and Joe DeFrancesco, 2014, http://www.ipmcenters.org/pmsp/pdf/OR-WAPear2014.pdf.
  • Type: Books Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Moyer, Michelle and Sally O'Neal (2014). Pest Management Strategic Plan for Washington State Wine Grape Production. 76 pages. http://www.ipmcenters.org/pmsp/pdf/WA_WineGrape_PMSP_2014.pdf Report.
  • Type: Books Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Nair S., D.H. Gouge, M. Rust, S. Li, U.K. Schuch, A.J. Fournier, D.M. Kopec, K. Umeda, P.B. Baker, L.M. Brown, N. Duggal. 2015. Handbook on pests of community environments in the desert southwest United States. http://cals.arizona.edu/apmc/Handbook.html.
  • Type: Books Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Pest Management Strategic Plan for US Hops. 2015. Report. NIFA support acknowledged. Published.www.ipmcenters.org/pmsp/pdf/OR-WA-ID-hops-PMSP2015.pdf.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2012 Citation: Ellsworth, P.C., L.M. Brown, A. Fournier, and W. Dixon. 2012. Measuring Up! Involving Stakeholders in Assessment of an Industrys IPM Revolution. University of Arizona, Department of Entomology & Arizona Pest Management Center. Poster presented at: 7th International IPM Symposium, Memphis, TN, March 27-29, 2012. 3rd International Lygus Symposium, Scottsdale, AZ, October 28-31, 2012. http://ag.arizona.edu/crops/presentations/2012/EllsworthMemphisPoster.pdf.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2012 Citation: Schlub, R.L., Schlub, K.A., Alvarez, A.M., Aime, M.C., Cannon, P.G., and Persad, A. 2012. Integrated Perspective on tree decline of ironwood (Casuarina equisetifolia) on Guam. In: Brown, J., Comp. 2013 Proceedings of the 60th Annual Western International Forest Disease Work Conference; 2012 October 8-12, Lake Tahoe, CA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Ellsworth, P.C., L.M. Brown, A. Fournier, and W. Dixon. 2012. Measuring Up! Involving Stakeholders in Assessment of an Industrys IPM Revolution. University of Arizona, Department of Entomology & Arizona Pest Management Center. Poster presented at: Cotton Beltwide Conferences, San Antonio, TX, Jan 5-7, 2013. http://ag.arizona.edu/crops/presentations/2012/EllsworthMemphisPoster.pdf.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Sutherland AM. March 2014. Managing insecticide resistance within IPM programs for bed bugs. Alameda County Vector Control Services Districts educational program for property managers and tenants, San Leandro, CA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Farrar, J., Thomas, C., and Elliott, S. 2013. Supporting Integrated Pest Management in the Western U.S. Poster presented at: University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Statewide Meeting, Ontario, CA, April 9-11, 2013 American Phytopathological Society Pacific Division Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ, June 17-19, 2013 http://www.wrpmc.ucdavis.edu/Western_IPM_Center_Poster.pdf.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: McCloskey, W.B. February 2014. Glyphosate and Pyrithiobac Resistant Palmer Amaranth in Arizona. 2014 Joint Meeting Weed Science Society of America and Canadian Weed Science Society, Vancouver, British Columbia. February 03, 2014.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Sutherland AM. March 2014. Bed bugs: New trends and issues create challenges and opportunities for PMPs. UC Riverside Urban Pest Management Conference, Riverside, CA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Lewis V. March 2014. Latest research update, delivered at Target Specialty Products Bed Bug Symposium, West Sacramento, CA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Lewis V. March 2014. Latest research update, delivered at Target Specialty Products Bed Bug Symposium, San Jose, CA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Gouge DH. March 2014. Dont let the bed bugs bite. Maricopa Cooperative Extension Office, Phoenix, Arizona.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Brown, L.M., T. Vandervoet, P.C. Ellsworth, and S.E. Naranjo. Facilitating Adoption of Conservation Biological Control in Cotton IPM. University of Arizona, Arizona Pest Management Center. Presented at the Pacific Branch Entomological Society of America Meeting, Tucson, AZ. April 6-9, 2014.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Brown L.M., T. Vandervoet, P.C. Ellsworth, S.E. Naranjo, A.J. Fournier. April 2014. Facilitating Adoption of Conservation Biological Control in Cotton IPM. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. Entomology Society of America Pacific Branch Meeting, Tucson, AZ. April 07, 2014.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Fournier A.J., W.A. Dixon II, P.C. Ellsworth, J.C. Palumbo, J. Peterson, G. Christian, D. Hall. 2014. IPM Trends: Two Decades of Arizona Pesticide Use Data. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. Entomology Society of America Pacific Branch Meeting, Tucson, AZ. April 08, 2014.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Ellsworth P.C., A.J. Fournier. 2014. Gaming the Landscape: Cultural Control, Farmer Learning & Group Adoption. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. Entomology Society of America Pacific Branch Meeting, Tucson, AZ. April 08, 2014.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Guzy M., W.A. Dixon II, A.J. Fournier, P. Jepson, P.C. Ellsworth. 2014. Historical Pesticide Use and Risk in AZ Lettuce. Integrated Plant Protection Center Oregon State University. Entomology Society of America Pacific Branch Meeting, Tucson, AZ. April 08, 2014.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Sutherland AM. April 2014. Bed bugs: how to avoid bringing them home. Alameda County Healthy Homes Alliance program biologists and community educators, Oakland, CA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Gouge DH. May 2014. Bed bugs  Love at First Bite. State Vector & Zoonotic Diseases Conference, Arizona Dept. of Health Services. Flagstaff, Arizona.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Lewis V. July 2014. UCB termite research and update on cockroaches & bed bugs, delivered at the PCOC Orange County District. NIFA support acknowledged. Presented. 2014. Vandervoet, T. P.C. Ellsworth and S. Naranjo. 2014. Integrating Natural Enemies into the Management of Whiteflies in Cotton. Tribal Pesticide Inspectors Workshop. Maricopa, AZ. August 29, 2014.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Sutherland AM. August 2014. Bed bug management in multi-unit residential housing: assessing Californias current practices and future needs at San Francisco IPM Technical Advisory Committee meeting, San Francisco, CA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Gouge DH. September 2014. Bed Bug Biology and Control. Biology and Control of Vectors and Public Health Pests: The Importance of Integrated Pest Management. Richardson, Texas.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Lewis V. October 2014. 3-D distribution of drywood termites and more, delivered at the PC OC San Diego District.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Western IPM Center Update. Jim Farrar. November 12, 2014. California Specialty Crops Council Quarterly Meeting. Oral Presentation. Presented.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Vandervoet, T. P.C. Ellsworth and S. Naranjo. 2014. An Extension program incorporating biological control into decision-making for management of Sweetpotato Whitefly in cotton. Entomological Society of Americas 62nd Annual Meeting. Portland, OR. November 17, 2014.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Gouge DH. November 2014. Bed Bug Biology and Control. Biology and Control of Vectors and Public Health Pests: The Importance of Integrated Pest Management. Colorado Environmental Health Association Glendale, Colorado.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Naranjo S.E., P.C. Ellsworth, G.B. Frisvold. 2014. The Economics of Conservation Biological Control. Entomology 2014: Entomology Society of America 62nd Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, November 18, 2014.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Sutherland AM. November 2014. Bed bugs: how to avoid bringing them home with you, Target Specialty Products Fumigation School program, Richmond, CA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Lewis V. November 2014. UC update on bed bug research, delivered at Target Specialty Products Seminar.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Lewis V. April 2014. UC update on IPM, delivered at the PCOC Bay Area District meeting, Oakland, CA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Gouge DH. April 2014. Dont let the bed bugs bite. Yuma Cooperative Extension Office, Yuma, Arizona.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Mattox. C., A. Kowalewski, B. McDonald. 2014. Managing Microdochium Patch Using Non Traditional Fungicides. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Meeting. 119-3.https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2014am/webprogram/Paper86298.html.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Western IPM Center Update. Jim Farrar. January 6, 2015. California Melon Research Board Annual Symposium.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Farrar JJ. Should IPM Priorities be Based on Pesticide Use Data? Western Disease Conference, Portland, OR. January 14-15, 2015.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Gouge DH. February 2015. Bed Bug Management Strategies. Arizona County Directors of Environmental Health Services Association Annual Conference. Laughlin, Nevada. 56 participants.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Disruption of pear psylla with a sprayable sex attractant. David Horton. Northwest Pear Research Review in Hood River, OR. February 2015.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Gouge, D, Li, S, Fournier, A, Stock, T, Romero, A, Young, D, Nair, S, Foss, C, Kerzee, R, Stone D, Dunn M, 2015. Quality of life impacts of bed bug infestations. 8th International IPM Symposium, Salt Lake City, Utah, March 23-26, 2015; www.ipmcenters.org/ipmsymposium15/Documents/Posters/151_Li_poster.pdf.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Hirnyck RE, ONeal SD, Farrar JJ, Sisco R. March 24-26, 2015. Western Region IR-4: Promoting specialty crops, practicing IPM, promoting global trade.. International IPM Symposium, Salt Lake City UT. March 24-26, 2015. http://www.ipmcenters.org/IPMSymposium15/Documents/Posters/045_Hirnyck.pdf.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Sutherland AM. April 2015. Bed bug prevention for at-risk home visitors, delivered to community health workers belonging to the Regional Asthma Management and Prevention program, Oakland, CA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Farrar JJ. Western IPM Center CPPM Funding Update. March 23, 2015. WERA-1017 Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Sutherland AM. March 2015. Capturing the ABCs of bed bug management: a survey science showcase, UC Riversides Urban Pest Management Conference, Riverside, CA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Gouge DH. July 2015. Pest management in practice; Bed bug IPM. Integrated Pest Management Workshop for Schools and Institutions, organized by Gila River Indian Community Dept. of Environmental Quality, Wild Horse Pass Hotel and Casino Conference Center, Chandler AZ.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Disruption of pear psylla with a sprayable sex attractant. David Horton. Psylla Summit, Yakima, WA. Sept. 2015.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Sutherland AM. October 2015. Bed bug BMPs for multi-unit housing, delivered at Target Specialty Products Fall Workshop, Sacramento, CA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Sutherland AM. November 2015. Capturing the ABCs of bed bug management in Californias low-income multi-unit housing situations: a summary of survey responses, delivered at the Entomological Society of Americas Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Romero A. January 2016. Turn on the lights: a bed bug research update delivered at 2016 National Pest Management Association Southwestern Conference Meeting, Albuquerque, NM.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Reed D.A., J.C. Palumbo, T.M. Perring, C. May. 2013. Bagrada hilaris Burmeister, a new stink bug attacking cole crops in the southwestern United States. Journal of Integrated Pest Management. Vol. 4 No. 3, C1C7. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/IPM13007 (includes data collected in Lettuce Pest Losses workshop). http://jipm.oxfordjournals.org/content/4/3/C1
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: 2015. Evaluation and Assessment of IPM Programs workshop at the 8th International IPM Symposium in Salt Lake City UT (24 March). The workshop was based on a highly successful self-paced course, "A Toolkit for Assessing IPM Outcomes and Impacts". Following an interactive welcome session using evaluation software, the course instructors, who also helped develop the Toolkit website, led sessions on evaluation methods and reporting. The instructors included Al Fournier, Neil McRoberts, and Deb Young.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2012 Citation: Quarles, W. 2012 Directory of Least-Toxic Pest Control Products. The IPM Practitioner. Nov/Dec 2012.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Ayin, C.M., Schlub, R.L. and Alvarez, A.M., 2013. Role of bacteria associated with decline of ironwood trees (Casuarina equisetifolia) in Guam. Phytopathology. 193:S2.10 (Abstract for Annual Meeting of American Phytopathological Austin , TX).
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Schlub, R.L., Ryo, K., Alvarez, A.M. 2013. Casuarina equisetifolia decline in Guam linked to colonization of woody tissues by bacteria. Phytopathology. 193:S2.128 (Abstract for Annual Meeting of American Phytopathological Austin , TX).
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Anonymous. July 28, 2014. "Focus on Cotton" Webcasts Address Sticky Cotton Cures. Featuring description of and link to webcast by P.C. Ellsworth. Western Farm Press. http://westernfarmpress.com/cotton/focus-cotton-webcasts-address-sticky-cotton-cures
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Mattox, C., A. Kowalewski, B. McDonald. 2015. Fungicide Alternative Management Practices for Microdochium Patch. Golf Course Management. 83(3):99. Publication. http://gcmdigital.gcsaa.org/i/467557/110
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Asiimwe, P., L.M. Brown, T. Vandervoet, P.C. Ellsworth, S.E. Naranjo. Aug 1, 2014. C. Blake (ed.). Big-eyed Bugs have Large Appetite for Pests. Western Farm Press. http://westernfarmpress.com/cotton/big-eyed-bugs-have-large-appetite-pests
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Brown, L.M., A.M. Mostafa, T. Vandervoet, A.J. Fournier, P.C. Ellsworth, S.E. Naranjo. Aug 4, 2014. C. Blake (ed.). IPM Short: Minute Pirate Bug Good Predator in Cotton. Western Farm Press. http://westernfarmpress.com/cotton/ipm-short-minute-pirate-bug-good-predator-cotton
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Carson, T. 2014. Not so pretty in pink. Golf Course Management. 82(2):32 http://gcmdigital.gcsaa.org/i/255121/3
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Mattox, C., A. Kowalewski and B. McDonald. 2014. Effects of Dew Removal on the Incidence of Microdochium Patch. Golf Course Management. 9(14):86-89. https://www.gcsaa.org/gcm-magazine/2014/september/effects-of-dew-removal-on-the-incidence-of-microdochium-patch
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Mattox, C., A. Kowalewski and McDonald. 2014. Research Update: Effects of Alternatives to Traditional Fungicides and Winter Fertilization Practices on Microdochium Patch. Western Canada Turf Association (Online). http://wcta-online.com/turfgrass-research/item/965-research-update-effects-of-alternatives-to-traditional-fungicides-and-winter-fertilization-practices-on-microdochium-patch
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Mattox, C., A. Kowalewski, B. McDonald. 2014. Alternative control methods of microdochium patch-interim research update. Turf Line News. 235: 50 and 52. http://wcta-online.com/turfgrass-research/item/818-alternative-control-methods-of-microdochium-patch-interim-research-update.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Vandervoet, T., P.C. Ellsworth, L.M. Brown, S.E. Naranjo. Aug 27, 2014. C. Blake (ed.). Accurate Whitefly Natural Enemy Counts in Arizona Cotton. Western Farm Press. http://westernfarmpress.com/cotton/accurate-whitefly-natural-enemy-counts-ariz-cotton
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Wolfenbarger, S. N., Eck, E. B., and Gent, D. H. 2014. Characterization of resistance to powdery mildew in the hop cultivars Newport and Comet. Online. Plant Health Progress. doi:10.1094/PHP-BR-13-0129.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Wolfenbarger, S. N., Eck, E. B., Ocamb, C. M., Nelson, M. E., Grove, G. G., and Gent, D. H. 2014. Powdery mildew outbreaks caused by Podosphaera macularis on hop cultivars possessing the resistance gene R6 in the Pacific Northwestern U.S. Plant Disease 98:852. Disease Note.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Batuman, O., A.J. Campbell, D.E. Ullman, R.L. Gilbertson, N. McRoberts, and L. Coop. 2015. Using a degree day insect development model to guide strategic management of western flower thrips and tomato spotted wilt virus (family Bunyaviridae, genus Tospovirus) on processing tomato in the central valley of California. Acta Horticulturae 1069:309-314.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Accepted Year Published: 2015 Citation: Burrows, M, Thomas, C., McRoberts, N, Bostock, R. Coop, L., Stack, J. 2015. Coordination of diagnostic efforts in the Great Plains: wheat virus survey and modeling of disease onset. Plant Disease.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Grevstad, F.S. and L. Coop. 2015. The consequences of photoperiodism for organisms in new climates. Ecological Applications 25: 1506-1517. DOI: 10.1890/14-2071.1
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Awaiting Publication Year Published: 2016 Citation: Farrar JJ, Baur ME, Elliott SE. 2016. Adoption of IPM Practices in Grape, Tree Fruit and Nut Production in the Western United States. Journal of IPM. DOI 10.1093/jipm/pmw007.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Pfender, W., L. Coop, S. Seguin, M. Mellbye, G. Gingrich, and T. Silberstein. 2015. Evaluation of the ryegrass stem rust model STEMRUST_G and its implementation as a decision aid. Phytopathology 105: 35-44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1094 / PHYTO-06-14-0156-R.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Sutherland, A., Choe, D-H., Lewis, V., Young, D., Romero, A., Spafford, H., and Gouge, D., 2015. Survey sheds light on bed bugs in multi-unit housing. Pest Control Technology. September 2015, Bed Bug Supplement, pp. 26-36; www.pctonline.com/article/pct0915-bed-bugs-multi-unit-housing, http://www.pctonline.com/fileuploads/digital-editions/pct/Digital/201509/index.html
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Thompson, A.D., 2015. Bed bugs on the rise and nowhere to hide. California Apartment Management. Spring 2015, pp. 11-14; www.nxtbook.com/naylor/CAAQ/CAAQ0115/index.php?startid=23#/10, http://caanet.org/bed-bug-trends-featured-in-caa-magazine/.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2012 Citation: Published. 2012. Palumbo, J.C. 2012. Impact of the Bagrada Bug on Desert Cole Crops from 2010 - 2011: A Survey of PCA and Growers. Vegetable IPM Update Vol. 3, No. 11. 6pp. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. http://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/resourcefile/resource/marcop/053012%20Bagrada%20Bug%20Survey_2012_Report.pdf.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2012 Citation: Palumbo, J.C. 2012. Insecticide Use on Arizona Head Lettuce. Vegetable IPM Update Vol. 3, No. 10. 4pp. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. http://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/resourcefile/resource/marcop/2012_Lettuce%20Crop%20Losses%20Summary%20Data%20051612.pdf.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2012 Citation: 2012. Annual Report of the Western IPM Center, westernipm.org/index.cfm/about-the-center/publications/.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Ellsworth P. C. 2013. Cotton IPM: A Quiet Revolution Reduces Costs, Losses and Risks for Arizonas Cotton Growers. University of Arizona College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 2013 Impact Report. http://cals.arizona.edu/apmc/docs/CottonIPM-2013_impacts.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Ellsworth P. 2013. Sulfoxaflor Impacts on Arizona Agriculture. Response to EPA Docket # EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0889. University of Arizona, Arizona Pest Management Center. http://ag.arizona.edu/apmc/docs/Sulfoxaflor_APMC_2-12-13.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Kawate M, Tarutani C.. 2013. Comments in Response to Request to Establish Tolerance for Residues of 1,3-Dichloropropene in Pineapple. westernipm.org/index.cfm/searchable-data-sources/information-request-replies/.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Palumbo, J.C. 2013. Impact of the Bagrada Bug on Desert Cole Crops from 2010 - 2012: A Survey of PCA and Growers. Vegetable IPM Update Vol. 4, No. 10. 8pp. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/resourcefile/resource/marcop/052913%20Bagrada%20Bug%20Survey_2013_Report.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Press Release, Western IPM Center Speaks for Growers during Pesticide Reviews, August 12, 2013.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Press Release, Western IPM Center Makes Grants Available for IPM Projects, October 14, 2013.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: 2013. Annual Report of the Western IPM Center, westernipm.org/index.cfm/about-the-center/publications/.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: 2013. The Western Front, Newsletter of the Western Integrated Pest Management Center, February, westernipm.org/index.cfm/about-the-center/publications/.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: 2013. The Western Front, Newsletter of the Western Integrated Pest Management Center, Summer, westernipm.org/index.cfm/about-the-center/publications/.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: 2013. The Western Front, Newsletter of the Western Integrated Pest Management Center, October, westernipm.org/index.cfm/about-the-center/publications/.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: 2013. About, Western IPM Center one-page flier.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: 2013. Funding, Western IPM Center one-page flier.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: 2013. Impacts, Western IPM Center one-page flier.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: 2013. Partners, Western IPM Center one-page flier.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: 2014. Farrar J. Malathion Use in Large-Scale Ornamental Nursery Production. westernipm.org/index.cfm/searchable-data-sources/information-request-replies/.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: 2014. Farrar J. Response to Request for Public Comment on Proposed Stipulated Injunction Involving Five Pesticides and Pacific Salmonid Species Listed as Threatened or Endangered Under the Endangered Species Act. westernipm.org/index.cfm/searchable-data-sources/information-request-replies/.
  • Type: Other Status: Awaiting Publication Year Published: 2014 Citation: 2014. Farrar J. Pyraclostrobin Use in California and the Pacific Northwest. westernipm.org/index.cfm/searchable-data-sources/information-request-replies/.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: 2014. Farrar J. Zoxamide Use in California and the Pacific Northwest. westernipm.org/index.cfm/searchable-data-sources/information-request-replies/.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: 2014. Farrar J. Terrazole Use in California and the Pacific Northwest. westernipm.org/index.cfm/searchable-data-sources/information-request-replies/.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: 2014. Farrar J. Crop Harvest and Soil Preparation Time Comment. westernipm.org/index.cfm/searchable-data-sources/information-request-replies/.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: 2014. Farrar J. Pollinator Health Task Force Comment. westernipm.org/index.cfm/searchable-data-sources/information-request-replies/.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Fournier A.J., P.C. Ellsworth, W.A. Dixon II. 2014. Acibenzolar Use in the Desert Southwest. University of Arizona, Arizona Pest Management Center. http://ag.arizona.edu/apmc/docs/Acibenzolar.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Asiimwe, P., L.M. Brown, T. Vandervoet, P.C. Ellsworth, and S. Naranjo. rev. 2014. Giee-AH-kor-is, Big-eyed Bugs Have Big Appetite for Pests. Field Crop IPM Shorts, Cooperative Extension, University of Arizona, Tucson. http://cals.arizona.edu/crops/cotton/files/GeocorisRatio.pdf.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Fournier A.J., P.C. Ellsworth, W.A. Dixon II. 2014. Quinoxyfen Use in the Desert Southwest. University of Arizona, Arizona Pest Management Center. http://ag.arizona.edu/apmc/docs/Qunoxyfen.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Fournier A.J., P.C. Ellsworth, W.A. Dixon II. 2014. Imazalil Use in Arizona. University of Arizona, Arizona Pest Management Center. http://ag.arizona.edu/apmc/docs/Imazalil.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Brown, L.M., A. Mostafa, T. Vandervoet, A. Fournier, P.C. Ellsworth, S.E. Naranjo. 2014. Minute Bug with Enormous Impacts on Insect Pests. Field Crop IPM Shorts, Cooperative Extension, University of Arizona, Tucson. http://cals.arizona.edu/crops/cotton/files/OriusRatio.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Ellsworth, P.C., T. Vandervoet, A. Mostafa, L.M. Brown, S.E. Naranjo. rev. 2014. Soft-bodied Collops likes Soft Bodies. Field Crop IPM Shorts, Cooperative Extension, University of Arizona, Tucson. http://cals.arizona.edu/crops/cotton/files/CollopsRatio.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Mostafa, A., L.M. Brown, T. Vandervoet, P.C. Ellsworth, V. Barlow, S.E. Naranjo. rev. 2014. Untangling the Web& Spiders in Arizona Fields! Field Crop IPM Shorts, Cooperative Extension, University of Arizona, Tucson. http://cals.arizona.edu/crops/cotton/files/CrabRatio.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Vandervoet, T., P.C. Ellsworth, S.E. Naranjo, A. Fournier, L.M. Brown. 2014. Save Money the Easy Way with Bio-control. Field Crop IPM Shorts, Cooperative Extension, University of Arizona, Tucson. http://cals.arizona.edu/crops/cotton/files/BiocontrolAndSave.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: 2014. Ellsworth P.C. Whitefly Management & Prevention of Excess Sugars in Cotton. Webinar. Plant Management Network. http://www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/edcenter/seminars/cotton/whiteflymanagement/
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: 2014. Farrar. J. Use of Cyromazine on Onion Seed. westernipm.org/index.cfm/searchable-data-sources/information-request-replies/.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: 2014. Fournier A.J., P.C. Ellsworth, W.A. Dixon II. 2014. Fenamidone Use in the Desert Southwest. University of Arizona, Arizona Pest Management Center. http://ag.arizona.edu/apmc/docs/Fenamidone_Use_in_Desert_Southwest.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Fournier A.J., P.C. Ellsworth, W.A. Dixon II. 2014. Thiophanate-methyl Use in the Desert Southwest. University of Arizona, Arizona Pest Management Center. http://ag.arizona.edu/apmc/docs/Thiophanate_methyl_Use_in_Desert_Southwest.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Fournier A.J. 2014. Worker Protection Safety Standards Survey with Comments. westernipm.org/index.cfm/searchable-data-sources/information-request-replies/.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Fournier A.J., P.C. Ellsworth, W.A. Dixon II. 2014. Pyraclostrobin Use in the Desert Southwest. University of Arizona, Arizona Pest Management Center. westernipm.org/index.cfm/searchable-data-sources/information-request-replies/.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Kawate M, Tarutani C.. 2013. Worker Protection Safety Standards in the American-affiliated Pacific Islands. westernipm.org/index.cfm/searchable-data-sources/information-request-replies/.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Kawate M, Tarutani C. 2014. Acibenzolar Use in Hawaii and the Pacific Islands. westernipm.org/index.cfm/searchable-data-sources/information-request-replies/.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Kawate M, Tarutani C.. 2014. Pyraclostrobin Use in Hawaii. westernipm.org/index.cfm/searchable-data-sources/information-request-replies/.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Kawate M, Tarutani C.. 2014. Terrazole Use in Hawaii. westernipm.org/index.cfm/searchable-data-sources/information-request-replies/.


Progress 09/01/14 to 08/31/15

Outputs
Target Audience:The target audiences for the Western IPM Center are western state IPM programs; western state IPM research and extension personnel; interest groups concerned with pest management and pesticide issues; agricultural commodity groups and growers; urban pest management personnel; natural lands managers; and EPA, USDA, Federal Services and western state agency personnel related to pest management and pesticide regulation. The general public is an indirect audience since the Western IPM Center provides integrated pest management information to western state IPM programs, which then provide the information to the general public. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Functional Agriculture Biodiversity, Integrating Agricultural Conservation Practices into Farms, Washington Summer Field Course, June 26, 2014. Cloud View Farm, Royal City, WA. Attendance 20 Functional Agriculture Biodiversity, Integrating Agricultural Conservation Practices into Farms, Idaho Summer Field Course, July 2, 2014. Silver Springs Ranch, Bellevue ID. Attendance 20 The Nature Conservancy, Western Grasslands Network, Integrating Conservation Practices that Enhance Beneficial Insects Webinar. January 2015. https://nethope.webex.com/nethope/lsr.php?RCID=5c4e1ba0b05045578975c29ce79f24a5 Kowalewski, A. 2015. Alternative Control Methods for Microdochium nivale. Western Canada Turf Association Meeting. Victoria, BC. March 11, 2015. Attendees 75. McDonald, B., C. Mattox. 2014. NTA Local Chapter Meeting. Chambers Bay Golf Course Golf and Country Club University Place, WA October 7, 2014. Presented on "The Past and Future of Microdochium Patch. Attendees 80. Kowalewski, A., B. McDonald, C. Mattox, B. Daviscourt. 2014. OSU Turf Field Day. Oregon State University, Lewis-Brown Farm. Corvallis, OR. September 29, 2014. Attendees 130. Mattox, C. 2014. BCGSA Local Chapter Meeting. Capilano Golf and Country Club Vancouver, BC July 7, 2014. Presented on "Alternative Methods for Controlling Microdochium Patch". Attendees 40. Mattox, C. Management of Microdochium Patch on Poa annua Putting Greens. May 22, 2014. OGCSA Annual Meeting. Portland, OR. Attendees 30. Mattox, C. 2014. WWGCSA Winter Chapter Meeting. Sahalee Country Club Sammamish, WA. January 23, 2014. Presented on "Alternative Methods for Controlling Microdochium Patch". Attendees 50. InPESTigation. An IPM Curriculum for Elementary School. 2014. Teacher's Workshop at Entomology Society of America annual meeting. Attendance 27. Western Region Tribal IPM Work Group training and needs assessment. Big Valley Rancheria in Lakeport, California. September 12, 2013. 37 participants. Western Region Tribal IPM Work Group training and needs assessment. Sonoma County Indian Health Project in Santa Rosa, California. November 15, 2013. 19 participants. Western Region Tribal IPM Work Group training and needs assessment. Yurok tribal offices in Klamath, CA. February 25, 2014. 41 participants Western Region Tribal IPM Work Group training and needs assessment. Pala Band of Mission Indians in Pala, California. August 19, 2014. 30 participants Western Region Tribal IPM Work Group, Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) training. September 23, 2014 at California State University Sacramento. Over 20 participants Western Region Tribal IPM Work Group, Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) trainings. University of California Hopland Research and Extension Center. November 19, 2014. Over 20 participants. Western Tribal IPM Work Group, Spring Regional Tribal Operations Committee Meeting. April 29-May 1, 2014. Over 50 tribal representatives from California, Nevada and Arizona attended the meeting. Evaluation and Assessment of IPM Programs Professional Development. International IPM Symposium, Salt Lake City UT. Friday, March 27, 2015. http://www.ipmcenters.org/IPMSymposium15/Documents/Eval-agenda-012315.pdf Attendance 40 Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Training. Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia. September 12, 2014. There were about 35 participants. Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Training. Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia. On September 26, 2014. About 50 participants Winegrape Pest Management Strategic Plan Workshop. Prosser, WA. July 2, 2014. 28 participants. Understanding the Principles of Integrated Pest Management. Michelle Moyer. Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers Annual Meeting. Kennewick, WA. February 13, 2015. Attendance 100. Integrating Information about Natural Enemies into Whitefly Management. Ellsworth, P.C., L.M. Brown, T. Vandervoet. Desert Valleys Chapter California Association of Pest Control Advisors 2014 Continuing Education Meeting, Blythe, CA. June 12, 2014. 24 participants. Manejo Integral de Plagas en Algodonero. Manejo Integral de Plagas del Algodonero (Mosquita blanca, Chinche lyugs, y Chinche apestosa). Ellsworth P.C., T. Vandervoet. Sistema Producto Algodon Meeting, Mexicali, Mexico. June 16, 2014. 75 participants. Manejo Integral de Plagas en Algodonero. Manejo Integral de Plagas del Algodonero (Mosquita blanca, Chinche lygus, y Chinche apestosa). Ellsworth P.C., T. Vandervoet. Sistema Producto Algodon Meeting, San Luis, Mexico. June 17, 2014. 60 participants. Incorporating Natural Enemies in Whitefly Control in Cotton. Vandervoet, T., P.C. Ellsworth. Commercial Field & La Placita Restaurant, Buckeye, AZ. June 24, 2014. 3 participants. Incorporating Natural Enemies in Whitefly Control in Cotton. Vandervoet, T., P.C. Ellsworth. Maricopa Agricultural Center, Maricopa, AZ. June 25, 2014. 6 participants. Incorporating natural enemies into whitefly control in cotton. Rayner R., T. Vandervoet, P.C. Ellsworth, P.W. Brown, W.B. McCloskey, E.R. Norton. Cotton "Tent Talks" Meeting, Goodyear, AZ. July 2, 2014. 13 participants. In-season Cotton Insect Management. Ellsworth P.C., W.B. Mccloskey, P.W. Brown, S.J. Loper, T. Vandervoet. Cooperative Extension Summer Meetings, Casa Grande, AZ. July 9, 2014. 49 participants. In-season Cotton Insect Management. Ellsworth P.C., W.B. Mccloskey, P.W. Brown, S.J. Loper, T. Vandervoet. Cooperative Extension Summer Meetings, Marana, AZ. July 10, 2014. 10 participants. Summer Ag Management Workshop. Nolte K.D., P.W. Brown, M.J. Ottman, P.C. Ellsworth, T. Vandervoet, E.C. Martin, P. Andrade-Sanchez, E.R. Norton. Yuma Agricultural Center, Yuma, AZ. July 15, 2014. 25 participants. Summer Pest Management Workshop. Ottman M.J., P.C. Ellsworth, T. Vandervoet, P.W. Brown, E.C. Martin, R. Norton, P. Andrade-Sanchez. La Paz County Cooperative Extension, Parker, AZ. July 16, 2014. 20 participants. Fournier A.J., P.C. Ellsworth, W.A. Dixon II, J.C. Palumbo, P. Jepson, M. Guzy. Resources for Understanding Agricultural Pesticide Use Trends in Arizona. 2014 Intertribal Council of Arizona Tribal Pesticide Inspector Training, August 28, 2014. Maricopa, AZ. 40 participants. Ellsworth P.C. New Results in Lygus Whitefly and Stink Bug Control. Central Arizona Farmer Field Day, Maricopa, AZ. October 1, 2014. 78 participants. Ellsworth P.C. Field Tour of Lygus Bugs Chemical Control Study and Discussion of Whitefly Lygus Bugs and Stink Bugs in Arizona Cotton. 2014 MAC Cotton Field Day, Maricopa, AZ. October 28, 2014. 20 participants. Cotton Pest Losses Workshop. Ellsworth P.C. Maricopa, AZ. December 3, 2014. 8 participants. Cotton Pest Losses Workshop. Ellsworth P.C. Parker, AZ. December 9, 2014. 5 participants. Cotton Pest Losses Workshop. Ellsworth P.C. Yuma, AZ. December 10, 2014. 4 participants. Cotton Pest Losses Workshop. Ellsworth P.C. Maricopa, AZ. December 18, 2014. 10 participants. Effective Vineyard Spraying & Drift Management Workshop. 4 hours classroom and 2 hours field demonstration. The Vineyard Team and Andrew Landers. June 16, 2014. Paso Robles, CA. Attendance 25 Effective Vineyard Spraying & Drift Management Workshop. 4 hours classroom and 2 hours field demonstration. The Vineyard Team and Andrew Landers. June 17, 2014. Soledad, CA. Attendance 60 Effective Vineyard Spraying & Drift Management Workshop. 4 hours classroom and 2 hours field demonstration. The Vineyard Team and Andrew Landers. June 18, 2014. San Luis Obispo, CA. Attendance 67 Effective Vineyard Spraying & Drift Management Workshop. 4 hours classroom and 2 hours field demonstration. The Vineyard Team and Andrew Landers. June 19, 2014. Lodi, CA. Attendance 36 How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?The staff of the Western IPM Center communicates with western state IPM programs; western state IPM research and extension personnel; interest groups concerned with pest management and pesticide issues; agricultural commodity groups and growers; urban pest management personnel; natural lands managers; and EPA, USDA and the Federal Services personnel related to pest management and pesticide regulation. The general public is an indirect audience since the Western IPM Center provides integrated pest management information to western state IPM programs, which then provide the information to the general public. Center communication occurs through multiple venues, such as oral and poster presentations at meeting, discussions during stakeholder and commodity meetings, conference calls, emails, and distribution of Center publications in electronic and print formats. The Center Director made oral or poster presentations to Western Region IPM Coordinators (WERA-1017), California Specialty Crops Council, California Melon Research Board, Western Disease Conference, and Western Region IR-4 State Liaison Representative / Commodity Liaison Committee, regarding Western IPM Center programs and IPM successes. The three Comment Coordinators, Co-Director Ellsworth, and Director participate in monthly conference calls with Western Region IR-4. The calls keep Center staff current with minor crops pesticide registration issues and facilitate IPM input into IR-4 priority setting. Given the importance of specialty crops in the Western Region, both the Center and Western Region IR-4 value this regular interaction. The Western IPM Center Comment Coordinators each have a network of stakeholders with which they communicate with regarding federal requests for information on pesticide related issues. The responses to federal requests for information contain specific feedback from multiple stakeholders. All responses to Request for Comment are archived in a searchable database on the Center website http://westernipm.org/index.cfm/searchable-data-sources/information-request-replies/ The Western IPM Center communicates with communities of interest through our Advisory and Steering committees and by working in partnership with government agencies, private sector organizations, tribes, and academic institutions. Partnerships with these and other groups increase the Center's reach and help to promote wider adoption of sustainable IPM practices. The Center publishes monthly electronic newsletters which are distributed through our e-newsletter subscriber list and are freely available on our website (http://westernipm.org/index.cfm/about-the-center/publications/newsletters/). The Center also publishes one-page fliers focusing on specific aspects of the Western IPM Center program which are distributed electronically and printed versions are distributed at meetings. Information from the newsletters and other sources are interconnected to our blog (http://ipmwest.blogspot.com) and twitter (@IPMWest). The Crop Pest Losses and Impact Assessment Signature Program disseminated results via presentations at Cooperative Extension meetings, workshops and field days; online through Vegetable IPM Updates and Field Crop IPM Shorts (ongoing advisories); in Extension publications; through Impact Statements published by the Arizona Pest Management Center and University of Arizona Cooperative Extension; to IPM experts and colleagues at professional meetings via posters and presentations. The Western Farm Press published four articles on Tim Vandervoet's project on biological control of whiteflies in cotton: 1) Asiimwe, P., L.M. Brown, T. Vandervoet, P.C. Ellsworth, S.E. Naranjo. Aug 1, 2014. C. Blake (ed.). Big-eyed Bugs have Large Appetite for Pests. Western Farm Press. http://westernfarmpress.com/cotton/big-eyed-bugs-have-large-appetite-pests 2) Brown, L.M., A.M. Mostafa, T. Vandervoet, A.J. Fournier, P.C. Ellsworth, S.E. Naranjo. Aug 4, 2014. C. Blake (ed.). IPM Short: Minute Pirate Bug Good Predator in Cotton. Western Farm Press. http://westernfarmpress.com/cotton/ipm-short-minute-pirate-bug-good-predator-cotton 3) Farm Press Staff Writer. July 28, 2014. "Focus on Cotton" Webcasts Address Sticky Cotton Cures. Featuring description of and link to webcast by P.C. Ellsworth. Western Farm Press. http://westernfarmpress.com/cotton/focus-cotton-webcasts-address-sticky-cotton-cures 4) Vandervoet, T., P.C. Ellsworth, L.M. Brown, S.E. Naranjo. Aug 27, 2014. C. Blake (ed.). Accurate Whitefly Natural Enemy Counts in Arizona Cotton. Western Farm Press. http://westernfarmpress.com/cotton/accurate-whitefly-natural-enemy-counts-ariz-cotton What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?There are four subawards for Center funded grant projects that have not completed their objectives, submitted final invoices, and submitted final reports. These are: 1) Effect of micronutrients on Iris yellow spot virus of onion, Claudia Nischwitz, Utah State University 2) IPM adoption and impacts assessment work group, Neil McRoberts, University of California Davis 3) Development and Evaluation of a Bioeconomic Model for an IPM Tactic for Weeds in Chile Pepper, Brian Schutte,New Mexico State University 4) Work Group Formation:EstablishmentofBaselineData Regarding Regional Bed Bug Management Practices, Challenges, and Research Needs, Andrew Sutherland, University of California Cooperative Extension-Alameda County The Center will work with these PDs to complete the final invoices and submission of final reports. Project final reports will be uploaded into the Interagency Database. The Center will help to disseminate the results of these projects through our monthly newsletter and our website. The Center will complete end of grant activities and submit a final report by the date specified by USDA-NIFA.

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? Objective 1: Establish and maintain multistate information networks. The Center supports comment coordinators in the arid southwest, Pacific Northwest, and the Pacific Islands and each maintains a network of sub-regional contacts. They completed four Information Request Replies in response to questions from EPA and USDA-OPMP: 1) dicrotophos use in AZ, 2) proposed tolerance crop grouping - tropical and subtropical fruit, inedible peel group in HI and the Pacific Islands, 3) crop harvest and soil preparation time in Monterey County, CA and 4) chlorpyrifos use data from 2009-2012 in CA. The replies are available at our new Information Request Replies database at http://westernipm.org/index.cfm/searchable-data-sources/information-request-replies/. The database contains all Western IPM Center replies to information requests since 2002 and is searchable by chemical, date, state, author and title. The Center published a monthly e-newsletter to distribute information to stakeholders. Each issue contains main stories, brief announcements, available grant funding, upcoming meetings, and IPM job announcements. The main stories are linked to our IPMWEST blog. We have an actively managed subscriber list of over 1,400 people, an increase of 6% since August 2014. Objective 2: Develop Signature Global Food Security Programs and foster their sustainability. Regional Infrastructure for Climate and Weather-based Decision Support Tools This Signature Program established Web-based tools that bring together U.S. weather data and plant pest and disease models to serve many decision support needs in agriculture (http://uspest.org/wea). The system provides daily and hourly weather-driven models serving many IPM, regulatory, and plant biosecurity uses for the full U.S., and specializes in IPM needs for the West. Weather data and forecasts are linked to the models for over 20,000 U.S. and neighboring weather station locations. USPEST.ORG currently has 102+ models, 20,000+ weather stations, 7-day high-resolution forecasts from Fox Weather and the National Weather Service (NWS). In 2013 there were a total of over 151,000 model runs including 45,000+ degree-day model runs, 57,000+ hourly driven models including plant disease risk models, 43,000+ synoptic disease risk map views such as Tomcast DSV, late blight of potato and tomato, fireblight of pome fruits, boxwood blight, and 4,000+ custom degree-day map production runs. This represents a 4.5 fold increase over 5 years. USPEST.ORG continues to produce novel high resolution disease risk maps for diseases in grape, hop, and potato in major growing regions of OR, WA, and CA. USPEST.ORG is now partnered w/APHIS PPQ based in CO and NC to produce new Western Region-focused degree-day and other weather driven mapping products such as "pest event maps" (mapping dates of key pest events including a forecast, rather than degree-days), starting with Gypsy Moth and Spotted Wing Drosophila; these will provide improved decision support for activities such as CAPS and IPM monitoring and management programs. Crop Pest Losses and Impact Assessment Program Since the last progress report this Signature Program conducted 4 Crop Pest Losses workshops in cotton in Arizona with 27 participants and granted 15.5 Arizona Department of Agriculture CEUs. The data generated were added to the previous multi-year data set and were used to generate multi-year trends in IPM in cotton. The data was used as the basis of numerous reports and presentations to industry, extension, and research audiences to document to value of long-term IPM survey data. The data was also used to generate reports on the impact of IPM in cotton production in Arizona. For example, reductions in control costs & yield losses to arthropods have saved Arizona cotton growers more than $451,000,000 since 1996. In addition, risks to human health and the environment have been reduced by preventing 21 million pounds of insecticide active ingredient from reaching the environment. The Signature Program pursued expanding the survey program to potatoes in the Pacific Northwest with the Northwest Potato Research Consortium and processing tomatoes in California with Campbells Soup. Neither of these groups are willing to proceed at this time. Discussions were initiated with Dr. Shimat Joseph, IPM Entomology Advisor for University of California, based in Monterey County, California. Dr. Joseph has expressed an interest in implementing the lettuce pest losses survey process in his region. Protocols for Responding to Invasive Species in the West The weeds sub-group is focusing on flowering rush, an aquatic invasive species and has drafted a white paper and is developing a grant proposal. The insects sub-group is focusing on coconut rhinoceros beetle in Hawaii and the Pacific Islands. The group held a workshop on April 3, 2015 in Honolulu HI and is developing a collaborative grant proposal. Objective 3: Build/expand partnerships and address challenges and opportunities. The Center has developed strong partnerships with WERA 1017, WR IR-4, and Western SARE. The Director regularly communicates with the western state IPM coordinators and participates in the annual WERA 1017 meeting. Center staff participate in monthly conference calls with the WR IR-4 program and have developed a set of criteria for evaluating the usefulness of a pesticide in an IPM program. The Director is also a member of the Administrative Council of Western SARE. The Regional Field Coordinator for WR IR-4 and the Regional Coordinator for Western SARE are members of our Steering Committee. The Advisory and Steering Committees met in April 2015 to provide input to the Center staff and leadership team. Each committee member gave an update on current IPM issues and news from their state and position perspectives. The committees also reviewed the Center grants program. The 2014 Center-funded grant projects addressed important challenges in integrating conservation biological control into cotton IPM, bed bugs and other community pests, bioeconomics of weed control, sex pheromone use in fruit production, coconut rhinoceros beetle training in Micronesia, pesticides for ectoparasite control on animals and pest management strategic plans for hops and Washington winegrapes. Objective 4: Review and evaluate outcomes and impacts of IPM implementation and communicate the successes and value added by IPM programs. The IPM Adoption and Impact Assessment Work Group added four modules to the online "Toolkit for Assessing IPM Outcomes and Impacts." Work group members also presented the professional development workshop "Evaluation and Assessment of IPM Programs" at the International IPM Symposium in Salt Lake City UT. The Center RFA specifically requested PDs define evaluation objectives, identify measurement indicators, and determine evaluation methods. PDs are required to submit progress and final reports, which are posted on the Center website and the national Interagency IPM Project Database (see http://projects.ipm.gov/). The Center published "Adoption and Impacts of Integrated Pest Management in Agriculture in the Western United States" (http://westernipm.org/index.cfm/about-the-center/publications/special-reports/adoption-and-impact-of-ipm-in-western-agriculture/). The Crop Pest Loss and Impact Assessment Signature Program is focused on documenting and evaluating the impacts of IPM adoption. The Center website was completely redesigned and moved to a content-management system. The new site has generated positive comments from stakeholders. Objective 5: Manage funding resources effectively. The Center ensures accountability to stakeholder needs by maintaining our Advisory and Steering Committees; managing a competitive grants program focused on stakeholder priorities; collaborating with state, regional and federal programs and agencies; and complying with all federal and University of California grant regulations and policies.

Publications

  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Wolfenbarger, S. N., Eck, E. B., Ocamb, C. M., Nelson, M. E., Grove, G. G., and Gent, D. H. 2014. Powdery mildew outbreaks caused by Podosphaera macularis on hop cultivars possessing the resistance gene R6 in the Pacific Northwestern U.S. Plant Disease 98:852. Disease Note.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Mattox. C., A. Kowalewski, B. McDonald. 2014. Managing Microdochium Patch Using Non Traditional Fungicides. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Meeting. 119-3. Oral Presentation. https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2014am/webprogram/Paper86298.html
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Mattox, C.M., A.R. Kowalewski, and B.W. McDonald. 2014. Evaluation of winter fertility practices in combination with simulated traffic in order to determine their effects on the suppression of Microdochium patch and turfgrass recovery on annual bluegrass in western Oregon, 2013-2014. Plant Disease Management Report. Report No. 8:T043. pg 1. Short report. http://www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/pub/trial/PDMR/volume8/abstracts/T043.asp
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Mattox, C.M., A.R. Kowalewski, and B.W. McDonald. 2014. Evaluation of fungicide alternatives for the control of Microdochium patch on annual bluegrass in western Oregon, 2013-2014. Plant Disease Management Report. Report No. 8:T042. pg 1. Short report. http://www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/pub/trial/PDMR/volume8/abstracts/T042.asp
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Mattox, C., A. Kowalewski, B. McDonald. 2015. Influence of Winter Fertility on Microdochium nivale. Golfdom. 71(4):33. Short report. http://www.golfdom.com/tag/microdochium-nivale/
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Mattox, C., A. Kowalewski, B. McDonald. 2015. Fungicide Alternative Management Practices for Microdochium Patch. Golf Course Management. 83(3):99. Publication. http://gcmdigital.gcsaa.org/i/467557/110
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Mattox, C., A. Kowalewski and B. McDonald. 2014. Effects of Dew Removal on the Incidence of Microdochium Patch. Golf Course Management. 9(14):86-89. Publication. https://www.gcsaa.org/gcm-magazine/2014/september/effects-of-dew-removal-on-the-incidence-of-microdochium-patch
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Mattox, C., A. Kowalewski and McDonald. 2014. Research Update: Effects of Alternatives to Traditional Fungicides and Winter Fertilization Practices on Microdochium Patch. Western Canada Turf Association (Online). Publication. http://wcta-online.com/turfgrass-research/item/965-research-update-effects-of-alternatives-to-traditional-fungicides-and-winter-fertilization-practices-on-microdochium-patch
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Pest Management Strategic Plan for US Hops. 2015. Report. www.ipmcenters.org/pmsp/pdf/OR-WA-ID-hops-PMSP2015.pdf
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2015 Citation: Disruption of pear psylla with a sprayable sex attractant. David Horton. Northwest Pear Research Review in Hood River, OR. February 2015. Oral Presentation.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2015 Citation: Disruption of pear psylla with a sprayable sex attractant. David Horton. Psylla Summit, Yakima, WA. Sept. 2015. Oral Presentation.
  • Type: Books Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Nair S., D.H. Gouge, M. Rust, S. Li, U.K. Schuch, A.J. Fournier, D.M. Kopec, K. Umeda, P.B. Baker, L.M. Brown, N. Duggal. 2015. Handbook on pests of community environments in the desert southwest United States. http://cals.arizona.edu/apmc/Handbook.html
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Moyer, Michelle and Sally O'Neal (2014). Pest Management Strategic Plan for Washington State Wine Grape Production. 76 pages. http://www.ipmcenters.org/pmsp/pdf/WA_WineGrape_PMSP_2014.pdf Report.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2014 Citation: Brown, L.M., T. Vandervoet, P.C. Ellsworth, and S.E. Naranjo. Facilitating Adoption of Conservation Biological Control in Cotton IPM. University of Arizona, Arizona Pest Management Center. Presented at the Pacific Branch Entomological Society of America Meeting, Tucson, AZ. April 6-9, 2014. Poster Presentation.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2014 Citation: Vandervoet, T. P.C. Ellsworth and S. Naranjo. 2014. Integrating Natural Enemies into the Management of Whiteflies in Cotton. Tribal Pesticide Inspectors Workshop. Maricopa, AZ. August 29, 2014. Oral Presentation.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2014 Citation: Vandervoet, T. P.C. Ellsworth and S. Naranjo. 2014. An Extension program incorporating biological control into decision-making for management of Sweetpotato Whitefly in cotton. Entomological Society of Americas 62nd Annual Meeting. Portland, OR. November 17, 2014. Oral presentation.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Asiimwe, P., L.M. Brown, T. Vandervoet, P.C. Ellsworth, and S. Naranjo. rev. 2014. jee-AH-kor-is, Big-eyed Bugs Have Big Appetite for Pests. Field Crop IPM Shorts, Cooperative Extension, University of Arizona, Tucson. http://cals.arizona.edu/crops/cotton/files/GeocorisRatio.pdf. Extension publication.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Brown, L.M., A. Mostafa, T. Vandervoet, A. Fournier, P.C. Ellsworth, S.E. Naranjo. 2014. Minute Bug with Enormous Impacts on Insect Pests. Field Crop IPM Shorts, Cooperative Extension, University of Arizona, Tucson. http://cals.arizona.edu/crops/cotton/files/OriusRatio.pdf Extension publication.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Ellsworth, P.C., T. Vandervoet, A. Mostafa, L.M. Brown, S.E. Naranjo. rev. 2014. Soft-bodied Collops likes Soft Bodies. Field Crop IPM Shorts, Cooperative Extension, University of Arizona, Tucson. http://cals.arizona.edu/crops/cotton/files/CollopsRatio.pdf Extension publication.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Mostafa, A., L.M. Brown, T. Vandervoet, P.C. Ellsworth, V. Barlow, S.E. Naranjo. rev. 2014. Untangling the Web& Spiders in Arizona Fields! Field Crop IPM Shorts, Cooperative Extension, University of Arizona, Tucson. http://cals.arizona.edu/crops/cotton/files/CrabRatio.pdf Extension publication.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Vandervoet, T., P.C. Ellsworth, S.E. Naranjo, A. Fournier, L.M. Brown. 2014. Save Money the Easy Way with Bio-control. Field Crop IPM Shorts, Cooperative Extension, University of Arizona, Tucson. http://cals.arizona.edu/crops/cotton/files/BiocontrolAndSave.pdf Extension publication.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Flowering Rush White Paper, 2015. http://westernipm.org/index.cfm/center-projects/signature-programs/invasive-species/flowering-rush/
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Adoption and Impacts of Integrated Pest Management in Agriculture in the Western United States, James J. Farrar, Matthew E. Baur and Steve Elliott, 2015, 66 pages, http://westernipm.org/index.cfm/about-the-center/publications/special-reports/adoption-and-impact-of-ipm-in-western-agriculture/
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Philips, Christopher R; Kuhar, Thomas P; Hoffmann, Michael P; Zalom, Frank G; Hallberg, Rosemary; Herbert, D Ames; Gonzales, Christopher; and Elliott, Steve (October 2014) Integrated Pest Management. In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester. DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0003248.pub2
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Batuman, O., A.J. Campbell, D.E. Ullman, R.L. Gilbertson, N. McRoberts, and L. Coop. 2015. Using a degree day insect development model to guide strategic management of western flower thrips and tomato spotted wilt virus (family Bunyaviridae, genus Tospovirus) on processing tomato in the central valley of California. Acta Horticulturae 1069:309-314.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Accepted Year Published: 2015 Citation: Grevstad, F.S. and L. Coop. 2015. The consequences of photoperiodism for organisms in new climates. Ecological Applications.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Naranjo S.E., P.C. Ellsworth, G.B. Frisvold. 2015. Economic Value of Biological Control in Integrated Pest Management of Managed Plant Systems. Annual Review of Entomology. Vol. 60 No. 32, 132. doi: 10.1146/annurev-ento-010814-021005 http://dx.doi.org//10.1146/annurev-ento-010814-021005
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Anonymous. 2014. Research-Based Integrated Pest Management IPM Programs Impact People Communities and the Economy of Arizona. University of Arizona Arizona Pest Management Center. http://cals.arizona.edu/apmc/docs/APMC%20Impact%20narrativep1-4_4-29-14.pdf (Impact report that uses data from Crop Pest Losses and APMC Pesticide Use Database.)
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Ellsworth P. C. 2013. Cotton IPM: A Quiet Revolution Reduces Costs, Losses and Risks for Arizonas Cotton Growers. University of Arizona College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 2013 Impact Report. http://cals.arizona.edu/apmc/docs/CottonIPM-2013_impacts.pdf
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Reed D.A., J.C. Palumbo, T.M. Perring, C. May. 2013. Bagrada hilaris Burmeister, a new stink bug attacking cole crops in the southwestern United States. Journal of Integrated Pest Management. Vol. 4 No. 3, C1C7. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/IPM13007 (includes data collected in Lettuce Pest Losses workshop). http://jipm.oxfordjournals.org/content/4/3/C1
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: The Western Front e-newsletter, February 2015, http://www.icontact-archive.com/GRXUtzWNofP2xXJ2hQvOa8u5zuILwgww?w=3
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: The Western Front e-newsletter, January 2015, http://www.icontact-archive.com/GRXUtzWNofP2xXJ2hQvOa2OJcTEgSZn4?w=3
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: The Western Front e-newsletter, September 2014, http://www.icontact-archive.com/GRXUtzWNofP2xXJ2hQvOa0_o29OKaRFR?w=3
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: The Western Front e-newsletter, December 2014, http://www.icontact-archive.com/GRXUtzWNofP2xXJ2hQvOay4k_wcT1JnO?w=3
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: The Western Front e-newsletter, November 2014, http://www.icontact-archive.com/GRXUtzWNofP2xXJ2hQvOa5bH6_5znCHd?w=3
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: The Western Front e-newsletter, October 2014, http://www.icontact-archive.com/GRXUtzWNofP2xXJ2hQvOax22JIHc7ImQ?w=3
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: About, Western IPM Center, January 2015, http://westernipm.org/index.cfm/about-the-center/publications/fliers1/about-flier-jan-2015/
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Accepted Year Published: 2015 Citation: Pfender, W., L. Coop, S. Seguin, M. Mellbye, G. Gingrich, and T. Silberstein. 2015. Evaluation of the ryegrass stem rust model STEMRUST_G and its implementation as a decision aid. Phytopathology.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Submitted Year Published: 2015 Citation: Burrows, M, Thomas, C., McRoberts, N, Bostock, R. Coop, L., Stack, J. 2015. Coordination of diagnostic efforts in the Great Plains: wheat virus survey and modeling of disease onset. Plant Disease.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Funding, Western IPM Center, January 2015, http://westernipm.org/index.cfm/about-the-center/publications/fliers1/funding-flier-jan-2015/
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Western IPM Center website, completely new design in 2014, http://westernipm.org/
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2014 Citation: Western IPM Center Update. Jim Farrar. November 12, 2014. California Specialty Crops Council Quarterly Meeting. Oral Presentation.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2015 Citation: Western IPM Center Update. Jim Farrar. January 6, 2015. California Melon Research Board Annual Symposium. Oral Presentation.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2015 Citation: Should IPM Priorities be Based on Pesticide Use Data? Jim Farrar. Western Disease Conference, Portland, OR. January 14-15, 2015. Oral Presentation.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2015 Citation: Western IPM Center CPPM Funding Update. Jim Farrar. March 23, 2015. WERA-1017 Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT. Oral Presentation.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Western Region IR-4: Promoting specialty crops, practicing IPM, promoting global trade. Ronda E. Hirnyck, Sally D. ONeal, James J. Farrar and Rebecca Sisco. March 24-26, 2015. International IPM Symposium, Salt Lake City UT. NIFA support acknowledged. Poster. http://www.ipmcenters.org/IPMSymposium15/Documents/Posters/045_Hirnyck.pdf
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2014 Citation: Naranjo S.E., P.C. Ellsworth, G.B. Frisvold. 2014. The Economics of Conservation Biological Control. Entomology 2014: Entomology Society of America 62nd Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, November 18, 2014. Oral Presentation.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Palumbo, J.C. 2013. Impact of the Bagrada Bug on Desert Cole Crops from 2010 - 2012: A Survey of PCA and Growers. Vegetable IPM Update Vol. 4, No. 10. 8pp. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/resourcefile/resource/marcop/052913%20Bagrada%20Bug%20Survey_2013_Report.pdf.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Palumbo J.C. 2014. Lettuce Insect Losses and Insecticide Use Summary 2004-2013. Vegetable IPM Update. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. Vol. 5 No. 8 https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/resources/041614%20Lettuce%20Losses_Insecticide%20Usage%20Surveys_%209%20yr%20summary.pdf. Extension publication.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Palumbo J.C. 2014. Trends in Insecticide Usage on Arizona Lettuce. Vegetable IPM Update. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. Vol. 5 No. 10. Extension publication.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Palumbo J.C. 2014. Impact of Bagrada Bug Infestations on Desert Cole Crops. Vegetable IPM Update. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. Vol. 5 No. 11 https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/resources/061114%20Bagrada%20Bug%20Survey_2014_Report.pdf. Extension publication.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: McCloskey, W.B. 2014. Status of Herbicide Resistant Palmer Amaranth in Arizona. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/resources/Status%20of%20Herbicide%20Resistant%20Palmer%20Amaranth%20in%20Arizona_IPM%20Short%20July%202014.pdf (Questions about weed management practices related to Palmer Amaranth resistance development added to the Cotton Pest Losses survey in 2012.). Extension publication.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Western IPM Center Begins Second Decade of Grantmaking with $300,000 in New Grants - October 1, 2014. Press Release. http://westernipm.org/index.cfm/about-the-center/publications/press-releases1/
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Cooperation Helps Western IPM Center Promote Sustainable Pest Management - September 2, 2014.Press Release. http://westernipm.org/index.cfm/about-the-center/publications/press-releases1/
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Pollinator Health Task Force Comment. Jim Farrar. November 2014. http://www.westernipm.org/index.cfm/Searchable-Data-Sources/DocPull/?ID=PHC_1
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Chlorpyrifos use data 2009-2012: Comment to USDA-OPMP. Jim Farrar. January 2015. http://www.westernipm.org/index.cfm/Searchable-Data-Sources/DocPull/?ID=CHPY_4.1 and http://www.westernipm.org/index.cfm/Searchable-Data-Sources/DocPull/?ID=CHPY_4.2
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Tolerance Crop Grouping Comment. Michael Kawate and Cathy Tarutani. December 2014. http://www.westernipm.org/index.cfm/Searchable-Data-Sources/DocPull/?ID=TCGC_1
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Crop Harvest and Soil Preparation Time Comment. Jim Farrar. December 2014. http://www.westernipm.org/index.cfm/Searchable-Data-Sources/DocPull/?ID=CHSPT_01
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Dicrotophos Use in Arizona. Peter Ellsworth, Lydia Brown, Al Fournier and Wayne Dixon. November 2014. http://www.westernipm.org/index.cfm/Searchable-Data-Sources/DocPull/?ID=DICR_1
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Sulfoxaflor Impacts on Arizona Agriculture. Response to EPA Docket # EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0889. Ellsworth, P.C. 2013. University of Arizona, Arizona Pest Management Center. http://ag.arizona.edu/apmc/docs/Sulfoxaflor_APMC_2-12-13.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Wolfenbarger, S. N., Eck, E. B., and Gent, D. H. 2014. Characterization of resistance to powdery mildew in the hop cultivars Newport and Comet. Online. Plant Health Progress. doi:10.1094/PHP-BR-13-0129.


Progress 09/01/13 to 08/31/14

Outputs
Target Audience: The target audiences for the Western IPM Center are western state IPM programs; western state IPM research and extension personnel; interest groups concerned with pest management and pesticide issues; agricultural commodity groups and growers; urban pest management personnel; natural lands managers; and EPA, USDA, Federal Services and western state agency personnel related to pest management and pesticide regulation. The general public is an indirect audience since the Western IPM Center provides integrated pest management information to western state IPM programs, which then provide the information to the general public. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Habitat and Conservation Practices for Beneficial Insects on Idaho Farms Workshop. Nature Conservancy in Hailey, Idaho on January 16th, 2014. 24 participants Habitat and Conservation Practices for Beneficial Insects on Washington Farms Workshop. Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake, Washington on February 13th, 2014. 35 participants Hop powdery mildew strains and hop variety resistance, Gary Grove, Washington State University and David H. Gent, USDA-ARS, presentation to the Oregon Hop Commission. Estimated participation 20 Hop powdery mildew strains and hop variety resistance, Gary Grove, Washington State University and David H. Gent, USDA-ARS, presentation to the Washington Hop Industry meeting. Estimated participation 50 Hop powdery mildew strains and hop variety resistance, Gary Grove, Washington State University and David H. Gent, USDA-ARS, presentation to the Hop Research Council. Estimated participation 300 Alternative control methods for Microdochium patch, by Alex Kowalewski, Oregon State University presentation at 2013 OSU Turf Field Day in Corvallis, OR. 104 participants Alternative control methods for Microdochium patch, by Alex Kowalewski, Oregon State University presentation at 2013 Northwest Turf Association Annual Meeting in Kennewick, WA. 29 participants Alternative control methods for Microdochium patch, by Alex Kowalewski, Oregon State University presentation at the 2104 Western Washington Golf Course Superintendents Association Annual Meeting in Sammamish, WA. 55 participants Alternative control methods for Microdochium patch, by Alex Kowalewski, Oregon State University presentation at the 73rd Annual Oregon Seed Growers League Convention in Salem, OR. 118 participants Micronutrients and Iris Yellow Spot Virus in Onion, Claudia Nischwitz, Utah State University presentation at the Colorado Onion Association meeting on January 30, 2014. 44 participants Micronutrients and Iris Yellow Spot Virus in Onion, Howard Schwartz, Colorado State University presentation at the Utah Onion Association meeting on February 11, 2014. 75 participants Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides representatives provided ongoing IPM technical support to regional housing providers through membership and attendance with the Healthy Homes Coalition of Multnomah County, Oregon. Participation not known Flowering Rush Symposium at the Northern Rockies Invasive Plant Council Conference, February 13, 2014, in Spokane WA. Twelve presentations from symposium available at http://www.wripmc.org/Research/Invasive_weeds.html. Estimated participation 90 Invasive Species Identification Workshop, Kuskokwim River Tribal Watershed Council, Bethel, Alaska. April 29-May 1, 2013. 15 participants Water Quality Monitoring Workshop, Kuskokwim River Tribal Watershed Council, Bethel, Alaska. May 1-3, 2013. 20 participants Western IPM Center Webinar on Evaluation Planning, Al Fournier, University of Arizona on November 6 and December 3, 2014. 26 and 11 participants, respectively. https://uc-d.adobeconnect.com/_a841422360/p2z38sjkgxg/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal Western IPM Center Grants Program, Jim Farrar. Presentation at the American Phytopathological Society-Pacific Division Meeting, Bozeman, MT. July 11, 2014. Estimated participation 60 Western IPM Center Coordinates Comments During EPA Registration Reviews, Jim Farrar. Presentation to Continuing Education Seminar of the Fresno-Madera Chapter of the California Association of Pest Control Advisors, Fresno CA, May 1, 2014. Estimated participation 120 Supporting Integrated Pest Management in the Western US, Jim Farrar and Steve Elliott. Poster presentation at University of California Agriculture and Natural Resource Specialists and Advisors Joint Meeting, Davis CA, February 25, 2014. Estimated participation 80 California Master Gardener Program is using the urban IPM videos (see list in Other Products) developed by UC IPM in their ongoing training. Participation not known Ellsworth P.C. Cotton IPM Selective Controls & Lygus Management. Mexico. 06/19/2013. 60 participants Ellsworth P.C., J.C. Palumbo, Y. Carrière, A.J. Fournier, W.A. Dixon II. Appropriate Use of Your Data? Mapping Chemical Use Patterns. Arizona Pest Management Center Pesticide Use Database Advisory Committee, Yuma & Maricopa, AZ. 08/15/2013, 09/18/2013. 23 participants Fournier A.J., P.C. Ellsworth, W.A. Dixon II, J.C. Palumbo, P. Jepson, M. Guzy. Lettuce Pesticide Use: Understanding Risk. Yuma Agricultural Center, Yuma, AZ. 08/21/2013. 46 participants Ellsworth P.C., J.C. Palumbo, Y. Carrière, A.J. Fournier, W.A. Dixon II. Chemical Use Data & Resistance: Useful? Elks Lodge, Parker, AZ. http://ag.arizona.edu/crops/presentations/2013/13ProspectiveResistanceManagementv2.pdf 1 AZ CEU. 09/24/2013 Ellsworth, P.C. Making Sense of Genetically Modified Crops. Arizona Highlands Garden Conference, Miami, AZ. http://ag.arizona.edu/crops/presentations/2013/13GMOsNTOsBt.pdf 10/12/2013 Ellsworth P.C., L. Brown. Commercial-scale Brown Stink Bug Management Trials in Arizona. Maricopa Ag Center, Maricopa, AZ. .6 AZ CEU. http://ag.arizona.edu/crops/presentations/2013/13BSBBlytheMACvF.pdf 10/18/2013 Fournier A.J., P.C. Ellsworth. Hidden Benefits of Reporting Pesticide Use. Phoenix, AZ. 11/20/2013. 120 participants Ellsworth P.C., A.J. Fournier, W.A. Dixon II. Pesticide Reporting: Why should you care? Gilbert, AZ. PDF file: http://ag.arizona.edu/crops/presentations/2013/PesticideUseReporting_CactusPinevFMobile.pdf 01/01/2014 Jepson P., P. Jepson, M. Guzy, P.C. Ellsworth, A.J. Fournier, W.A. Dixon II, J.C. Palumbo. Pesticide Use Decisions: Examining Risk and Alternatives. Arizona Western College, Yuma, AZ. 2 participants. 02/27/2014 Mccloskey W.B. Managing Herbicide Resistant Palmer Amaranth in Cotton Alfalfa and Other Warm Season Field Crops. Field Crops Clinic, Avondale, AZ. 12 participants. 03/03/2014 Ellsworth P.C., L.M. Brown, T. Vandervoet. The Brown Stink Bug Conundrum. Cooperative Extension Field Crops Meeting, Marana & Casa Grande, AZ & Blythe, CA. 03/04/2014, 03/05/2014, 06/12/2014. 51 participants Fournier A.J., P.C. Ellsworth, W.A. Dixon II, M. Guzy, P. Jepson, J.C. Palumbo. IPM trends: two decades of Arizona pesticide use data. Entomological Society of America Pacific Branch Meeting, Tucson, AZ. 04/08/2014. 50 participants Guzy M., A.J. Fournier, P.C. Ellsworth, W.A. Dixon II, P. Jepson. Historical pesticide use and risk in Arizona lettuce. Entomological Society of America Pacific Branch Meeting, Tucson, AZ. 04/08/2014 Ellsworth P.C., L.M. Brown. The Stink Bug Control Conundrum. Desert Agriculture Conference, Chandler, AZ. 183 participants. 1 AZ CEU, 1 CA CEU, 1 CCA CEU. http://ag.arizona.edu/crops/presentations/2014/13BSB_WF_BC_preseason%20mtg.pdf 05/08/2014 McCloskey W.B. Managing Herbicide Resistant Weed Populations. Desert Ag Conference, Chandler, AZ. 05/08/2014. 20 participants Mostafa, A.M., A.J. Fournier. Alfalfa Insect Management in Low Deserts: A Needs Assessment. Desert Ag Conference, Chandler, AZ. 05/08/2014. 30 participants Cotton Pest Losses Workshop. Maricopa Agricultural Center, Maricopa, AZ. 11/20/2013. 18 participants Cotton Pest Losses Workshop. La Fonda Restaurant, AZ. 12/11/2013. 4 participants Cotton Pest Losses Workshop. Cake and Steak Restaurant, Blythe, CA. 4 AZ CEUs, 12/12/2013. 5 participants Lettuce Insect Disease and Weed Losses Workshop. Yuma Agricultural Center, Yuma, AZ. 4/24/2014. 30 participants How to use the MyPest Page at USPEST.ORG, Online tutorial webinar. 88 views as of August 25, 2014 How to use the online degree-day mapmaking program at USPEST.ORG, 133 views as of August 25, 2014 How to use the new Google maps interface to run degree-day models at USPEST.ORG, Online tutorial webinar. 64 views as of August 25, 2014 How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? The staff of the Western IPM Center communicates with western state IPM programs; western state IPM research and extension personnel; interest groups concerned with pest management and pesticide issues; agricultural commodity groups and growers; urban pest management personnel; natural lands managers; and EPA, USDA and the Federal Services personnel related to pest management and pesticide regulation. The general public is an indirect audience since the Western IPM Center provides integrated pest management information to western state IPM programs, which then provide the information to the general public. Center communication occurs through multiple venues, such as oral and poster presentations at meeting, discussions during meetings, conference calls, emails, and distribution of Center publications in electronic and print formats. The Center Director made oral or poster presentations to Western Region IPM Coordinators (WERA-1017), Pacific Division of the American Phytopathological Society, and the University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources Specialists and Advisors, and Fresno-Madera Chapter of the California Association of Pest Control Advisors regarding Western IPM Center programs and IPM successes. The three Comment Coordinators, Co-Director Ellsworth, and Director participate in monthly conference calls with Western Region IR-4. The calls keep Center staff current with minor crops pesticide registration issues and facilitate IPM input into IR-4 priority setting. Given the importance of specialty crops in the Western Region, both the Center and Western Region IR-4 value this regular interaction. The Western IPM Center Comment Coordinators each have a network of stakeholders with which they communicate with regarding federal requests for information on pesticide related issues. The responses to federal requests for information contain specific feedback from multiple stakeholders. All responses to Request for Comment are archived on the Center website http://www.wripmc.org/NewsAlerts/repliestoinformation.html. The Western IPM Center communicates with communities of interest through our Advisory and Steering committees and by working in partnership with government agencies, private sector organizations, tribes, and academic institutions. Partnerships with these and other groups increase the Center’s reach and help to promote wider adoption of sustainable IPM practices. The Center publishes an annual report in December and monthly electronic newsletters. These publications are distributed through our e-newsletter subscriber list and are freely available on our website (www.wripmc.org). The Center also publishes one-page fliers focusing on specific aspects of the Western IPM Center program which are distributed electronically and printed versions are distributed at meetings. Information from the newsletters and other sources are interconnected to our blog (http://ipmwest.blogspot.com) and twitter (@IPMWest). The following Center press releases have been published in ag industry magazines since the last progress report - Water Quality Training Material Available, Practical Winery & Vineyard, June 2013 Center speaks for Growers, Perishable News, August 2013 What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Due to the change to the consolidated Crop Protection Pest Management Program, this project is ending at year 2. The project end date is February 28, 2015, which was based on a no-cost extension built into the original performance period. Therefore, the remainder of the grant period will be focused on completing the subaward projects awarded in 2013 and 2014. There are four two-year projects continuing from the 2013 RFA cycle, which have an end date of February 28, 2015. In addition several of the one-year subawards from 2013 received no-cost extensions. In 2014, we awarded nine one-year projects with an end date of February 28, 2015. The Center will complete the five objectives in the original 2012 proposal: 1) Establish and maintain multistate information networks; 2) Develop Signature Global Food Security Programs and foster their sustainability; 3) Build/expand partnerships and address challenges and opportunities; 4) Review and evaluate outcomes and impacts of IPM implementation and communicate the successes and value added by IPM programs; and 5) Manage funding resources effectively. The Center will complete documentation of outputs, outcomes and impacts for this project and complete the final project report.

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? Objective 1: Establish and maintain multistate information networks. The Center completed 25 responses to Requests for Comment which are archived at http://www.wripmc.org/NewsAlerts/repliestoinformation.html The Center moved from a paper newsletter published three times per year to a monthly e-newsletter. Each issue contains main stories, brief announcements, available grant funding, upcoming meetings, and IPM job announcements. The main stories are linked to our IPMWEST blog. We have an actively managed subscriber list of over 1,300 people. The Center Director regularly communicates with the western state IPM coordinators and participates in the annual WERA 1017 meeting. Center staff participate in monthly conference calls with the WR IR-4 program and have developed a set of criteria for evaluating the usefulness of a pesticide in an IPM program. Objective 2: Develop Signature Global Food Security Programs and foster their sustainability. Water Quality The three Water Quality Protection slide sets released in January 2013 continued to be downloaded. As of July 24, 2014, there were 112 downloads from 21 states (AK, CA, CO, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, MI, MN, MT, NC, ND, NY, OR, PA, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI), the District of Columbia, and British Columbia. The slides were used to train more than 1,400 people to protect water resources from pesticide contamination. Regional Infrastructure for Climate and Weather-based Decision Support Tools This Signature Program established Web-based tools that bring together U.S. weather data and plant pest and disease models to serve many decision support needs in agriculture (http://uspest.org/wea). The system provides daily and hourly weather-driven models serving many IPM, regulatory, and plant biosecurity uses for the full U.S., and specializes in IPM needs for the West. Weather data and forecasts are linked to the models for over 20,000 U.S. and neighboring weather station locations. USPEST.ORG currently has 102+ models, 20,000+ weather stations, 7-day high-resolution forecasts from Fox Weather and the National Weather Service (NWS). In 2013 there were a total of over 151,000 model runs including 45,000+ degree-day model runs, 57,000+ hourly driven models including plant disease risk models, 43,000+ synoptic disease risk map views such as Tomcast DSV, late blight of potato and tomato, fireblight of pome fruits, boxwood blight, and 4,000+ custom degree-day map production runs. This represents a 4.5 fold increase over 5 years. USPEST.ORG continues to produce novel high resolution disease risk maps for diseases in grape, hop, and potato in major growing regions of OR, WA, and CA. USPEST.ORG is now partnered w/APHIS PPQ based in CO and NC to produce new Western Region-focused degree-day and other weather driven mapping products such as “pest event maps” (mapping dates of key pest events including a forecast, rather than degree-days), starting with Gypsy Moth and Spotted Wing Drosophila; these will provide improved decision support for activities such as CAPS and IPM monitoring and management programs. Crop Pest Losses and Impact Assessment Program This Signature Program conducted 4 Crop Pest Losses workshops (3 for cotton and 1 for lettuce) in Arizona and California with 57 participants and granted 12.0 Arizona Department of Agriculture CEUs and 8.0 California Department of Pesticide Regulation CEUs. The Cotton survey yielded 26 responses representing 48.4% of Arizona cotton acres in 2013.Response rates for the 2014 Lettuce survey set a new record, with an estimated 77% of Arizona lettuce acres represented in 21 responses. In the cotton pest losses survey, questions were added related to glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth, minor bugs were fixed, data consistency checks implemented and user interface improved. A two-page survey for insecticide and herbicide use in alfalfa was developed to gather baseline data. Discussions were initiated with Dr. Shimat Joseph, IPM Entomology Advisor for University of California, based in Monterey County, California. Dr. Joseph has expressed an interest in implementing the lettuce pest losses survey process. If data were collected from Salinas Valley as well as Yuma growers, this would represent over 90% of the fresh market lettuce in this U.S. year-round. Protocols for Responding to Invasive Species in the West This Signature Program contains three subgroups: plant pathogens, insects, and weeds. The plant pathogens group submitted grant proposals based on research gaps identified in their workgroup and symposium in 2013. The proposals were not funded. The weeds group held a symposium on flowering rush, an aquatic invasive species. The group is drafting a white paper and developing grant proposals. The original insects group has obtained funds to form a WERA group on grape invasive pests and may no longer need direct Center funding. The Center is examining the potential to support an insect invasive group on coconut rhinoceros beetle in the Pacific Islands. Objective 3: Build/expand partnerships and address challenges and opportunities. The Advisory and Steering Committees met in April 2014 to provide input to the Center staff and leadership team. New Advisory Committee members are Greg Sprawls, Manager, Colorado River Indian Tribes Farm; Anil Shrestha, Professor, California State University Fresno; and Richard Bostock, Director, Western Plant Diagnostic Network. New Steering Committee members are Teryl Roper, Director, Western SARE and Scott Ockey, Field Development Manager, Certis USA. The Steering Committee was pleased with the first projects funded under the project types revised in 2013. The Center grants RFA stressed: 1) the importance of documenting stakeholder input and support, 2) encouragement for multi-state/island/tribe projects, 3) encouragement for leveraging funding, and 4) the need for strong evaluation plans. An eight-member panel drawn from outside of the Western Region ranked the proposals based on the scoring criteria in the RFA, and recommended eight for funding. The Center has also funded two Special Issues grants. The Center is funding projects to reach underserved populations, including western tribes, low-income housing residents, and Federated States of Micronesia. Objective 4: Review and evaluate outcomes and impacts of IPM implementation and communicate the successes and value added by IPM programs. The Center continued to embrace the assessment and evaluation of the impacts of IPM implementation. The IPM Adoption and Impact Assessment Work Group developed the online “Toolkit for Assessing IPM Outcomes and Impacts.” The Center RFA specifically requested Project Directors define evaluation objectives, identify measurement indicators, and determine evaluation methods. Project Directors are required to submit progress and final reports, which are posted on the Center website and the national Interagency IPM Project Database (see http://projects.ipm.gov/). In addition, the Crop Pest Losses and Impact Assessment Program is focused on documenting and evaluating the impacts of IPM adoption. To communicate IPM successes, we implemented a communications strategy developed by our Writer and approved by our Steering Committee. Communication methods are monthly electronic newsletters, updated and improved web content, redesigned publications, and the use of press releases, blog and twitter. In addition the Center Director communicates with western state IPM coordinators via email regularly and the three sub-regional comment coordinators communicate with their networks of stakeholders as needed to gather information for replies to requests for comment. Objective 5: Manage funding resources effectively. The Center ensures accountability to stakeholder needs by maintaining our Advisory and Steering Committees, managing a competitive grants program focused on stakeholder priorities, collaborating with state, regional and federal programs and agencies.

Publications

  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Thomas, Jane. 2014. Use of Thiophanate-methyl in IPM Programs in the Pacific Northwest. http://www.wrpmc.ucdavis.edu/NewsAlerts/May2014/Thiophanate%20Methyl%20and%20Carbendazim%20Response.pdf
  • Type: Books Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Field Guide for Integrated Pest Management in Pacific Northwest Vineyards: Pocket Version, Michelle Moyer and Sally ONeal editors, 2014, A Pacific Northwest Extension Publication, 160 pages, https://pubs.wsu.edu/ItemDetail.aspx?ReturnTo=0&ProductID=15683
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Pest Management Strategic Plan for Pears in Oregon and Washington, Katie Murray and Joe DeFrancesco, 2014, http://www.ipmcenters.org/pmsp/pdf/OR-WAPear2014.pdf
  • Type: Book Chapters Status: Awaiting Publication Year Published: 2014 Citation: Philips, Christopher R; Kuhar, Thomas P; Hoffmann, Michael P; Zalom, Frank G; Hallberg, Rosemary; Herbert, D Ames; Gonzales, Christopher; and Elliott, Steve. Integrated Pest Management. In: Encyclopedia of Life Science. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: 2013 Annual Report of the Western IPM Center, http://www.wripmc.org/annualreport/2013%20Annual%20Report.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: The Western Front e-newsletter, August 2014, http://www.icontact-archive.com/GRXUtzWNofP2xXJ2hQvOa3jR8GiQKvG-?w=3
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: The Western Front e-newsletter, July 2014, http://www.icontact-archive.com/GRXUtzWNofP2xXJ2hQvOa1UXdNMzKzWp?w=3
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: The Western Front e-newsletter, Summer Supplement 2014, http://www.icontact-archive.com/GRXUtzWNofP2xXJ2hQvOa_r7u9qIs8rK?w=3
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: The Western Front e-newsletter, June 2014, http://www.icontact-archive.com/GRXUtzWNofP2xXJ2hQvOa2OVR5f4NRfG?w=3
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: The Western Front e-newsletter, May 2014, http://www.icontact-archive.com/GRXUtzWNofP2xXJ2hQvOaxIFtXpK9ylN?w=3
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: The Western Front e-newsletter, Spring Grants Issue 2014, http://www.icontact-archive.com/GRXUtzWNofP2xXJ2hQvOa8KNiUxY80oJ?w=3
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: The Western Front e-newsletter, April 2014, http://www.icontact-archive.com/GRXUtzWNofP2xXJ2hQvOazNVzxjgrgjI?w=3
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: The Western Front e-newsletter, March 2014, http://www.icontact-archive.com/GRXUtzWNofP2xXJ2hQvOa7zJjgqmcvMm?w=3
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: The Western Front e-newsletter, February 2014, http://www.icontact-archive.com/GRXUtzWNofP2xXJ2hQvOa1yOucz5QBHN?w=3
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: The Western Front e-newsletter, January 2014, http://www.icontact-archive.com/GRXUtzWNofP2xXJ2hQvOa5m-MjV_m6Vk
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: About, Western IPM Center one-page flier, 2014, http://www.wripmc.org/Flier-About-5-14.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Funding, Western IPM Center one-page flier, 2014, http://www.wripmc.org/Western%20IPM%20Flier%20-%20Funding%20-%20may2014.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Impacts, Western IPM Center one-page flier, 2014, http://www.wripmc.org/Flier-Impacts-5-14.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Partners, Western IPM Center one-page flier, 2014, http://www.wripmc.org /PartnersFlier-5-14.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Palumbo J.C. 2014. Lettuce Insect Losses and Insecticide Use Summary 2004-2013. Vegetable IPM Update. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. Vol. 5 No. 8 https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/resources/041614%20Lettuce%20Losses_Insecticide%20Usage%20Surveys_%209%20yr%20summary.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Palumbo J.C. 2014. Trends in Insecticide Usage on Arizona Lettuce. Vegetable IPM Update. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. Vol. 5 No. 11
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Palumbo J.C. 2014. Impact of Bagrada Bug Infestations on Desert Cole Crops. Vegetable IPM Update. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. Vol. 5 No. 11 https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/resources/061114%20Bagrada%20Bug%20Survey_2014_Report.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: McCloskey, W.B. 2014. Status of Herbicide Resistant Palmer Amaranth in Arizona. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/resources/Status%20of%20Herbicide%20Resistant%20Palmer%20Amaranth%20in%20Arizona_IPM%20Short%20July%202014.pdf
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: McCloskey, W.B. 2014. Glyphosate and Pyrithiobac Resistant Palmer Amaranth in Arizona. 2014 Joint Meeting Weed Science Society of America and Canadian Weed Science Society, Vancouver, British Columbia. February 03, 2014. (Presentation)
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Brown L.M., T. Vandervoet, P.C. Ellsworth, S.E. Naranjo, A.J. Fournier. 2014. Facilitating Adoption of Conservation Biological Control in Cotton IPM. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. Entomology Society of America Pacific Branch Meeting, Tucson, AZ. April 07, 2014. (Poster)
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Ellsworth P.C., A.J. Fournier. 2014. Gaming the Landscape: Cultural Control, Farmer Learning & Group Adoption. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. Entomology Society of America Pacific Branch Meeting, Tucson, AZ. April 08, 2014. (Presentation)
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Guzy M., W.A. Dixon II, A.J. Fournier, P. Jepson, P.C. Ellsworth. 2014. Historical Pesticide Use and Risk in AZ Lettuce. Integrated Plant Protection Center Oregon State University. Entomology Society of America Pacific Branch Meeting, Tucson, AZ. April 08, 2014. (Presentation)
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Fournier A.J., W.A. Dixon II, P.C. Ellsworth, J.C. Palumbo, J. Peterson, G. Christian, D. Hall. 2014. IPM Trends: Two Decades of Arizona Pesticide Use Data. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. Entomology Society of America Pacific Branch Meeting, Tucson, AZ. April 08, 2014. (Presentation)
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Press Release, Researchers Find a Better Way to Control Microdochium Patch on Putting Greens, March 27, 2014, http://www.wripmc.org/
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Press Release, Western IPM Center Makes Grants Available for IPM Projects, October 14, 2013, http://www.wripmc.org/
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Farrar, Jim. 2014. Response to Request for Public Comment on Proposed Stipulated Injunction Involving Five Pesticides and Pacific Salmonid Species Listed as Threatened or Endangered Under the Endangered Species Act. http://www.wrpmc.ucdavis.edu/NewsAlerts/Replies%20July%2014/WIPMC%20salmon%20buffer%20response.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Press Release, Western IPM Center Speaks for Growers during Pesticide Reviews, August 12, 2013, http://www.wripmc.org/
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Comments provided in response to EPA and USDA OPMP Pesticide Information Requests: Farrar, Jim. 2014. Use of Cyromazine on Onion Seed. http://www.wrpmc.ucdavis.edu/NewsAlerts/repliestoinformation.html
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Farrar, Jim. 2014. Malathion Use in Large-Scale Ornamental Nursery Production. http://www.wrpmc.ucdavis.edu/NewsAlerts/Replies%20July%2014/WIPMC%20malathion%20nursery%202014.pdf
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Farrar, Jim. 2014. Pyraclostrobin Use in California and the Pacific Northwest. http://www.wrpmc.ucdavis.edu/NewsAlerts/2014%20fungicides/pyraclostrobin.pdf
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Farrar, Jim. 2014. Terrazole Use in California and the Pacific Northwest. http://www.wrpmc.ucdavis.edu/NewsAlerts/2014%20fungicides/terrazole.pdf
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Farrar, Jim. 2014. Zoxamide Use in California and the Pacific Northwest. http://www.wrpmc.ucdavis.edu/NewsAlerts/2014%20fungicides/zoxamide.pdf
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Fournier A.J., P.C. Ellsworth, W.A. Dixon II. 2014. Acibenzolar Use in the Desert Southwest. University of Arizona, Arizona Pest Management Center. http://ag.arizona.edu/apmc/docs/Acibenzolar.pdf
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Fournier A.J., P.C. Ellsworth, W.A. Dixon II. 2014. Quinoxyfen Use in the Desert Southwest. University of Arizona, Arizona Pest Management Center. http://ag.arizona.edu/apmc/docs/Qunoxyfen.pdf
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Fournier A.J., P.C. Ellsworth, W.A. Dixon II. 2014. Imazalil Use in Arizona. University of Arizona, Arizona Pest Management Center. http://ag.arizona.edu/apmc/docs/Imazalil.pdf
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Fournier A.J., P.C. Ellsworth, W.A. Dixon II. 2014. Fenamidone Use in the Desert Southwest. University of Arizona, Arizona Pest Management Center. http://ag.arizona.edu/apmc/docs/Fenamidone_Use_in_Desert_Southwest.pdf
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Fournier A.J., P.C. Ellsworth, W.A. Dixon II. 2014. Thiophanate-methyl Use in the Desert Southwest. University of Arizona, Arizona Pest Management Center. http://ag.arizona.edu/apmc/docs/Thiophanate_methyl_Use_in_Desert_Southwest.pdf
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Fournier A.J. 2014. Worker Protection Safety Standards Survey with Comments. http://www.wrpmc.ucdavis.edu/NewsAlerts/WPS_Survey_Summary%20with%20Comments%5B1%5D.pdf
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Fournier A.J., P.C. Ellsworth, W.A. Dixon II. 2014. Pyraclostrobin Use in the Desert Southwest. University of Arizona, Arizona Pest Management Center. http://www.wrpmc.ucdavis.edu/NewsAlerts/2014%20fungicides/Pyraclostrobin_vf.pdf
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Kawate, Mike and Cathy Tarutani. 2014. Acibenzolar Use in Hawaii and the Pacific Islands. http://www.wrpmc.ucdavis.edu/NewsAlerts/acibenzolar%20EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0755_.pdf
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Kawate, Mike and Cathy Tarutani. 2013. Comments in Response to Request to Establish Tolerance for Residues of 1,3-Dichloropropene in Pineapple. http://www.wrpmc.ucdavis.edu/NewsAlerts/cordon_pineapple_registration_epa_hq_opp_2013_0496.pdf
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Kawate, Mike and Cathy Tarutani. 2013. Worker Protection Safety Standards in the American-affiliated Pacific Islands. http://www.wrpmc.ucdavis.edu/NewsAlerts/EPA_HQ_OPP_2011_0184_Ag_WPS_Revisions_proposed_rule.pdf
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Thomas, Jane. 2014. Acibenzolar Use in IPM Programs in the Pacific Northwest. http://www.wrpmc.ucdavis.edu/NewsAlerts/Acibenzolar%20Response.pdf
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Thomas, Jane. 2014. Use of Fenamidone in IPM Programs in the Pacific Northwest. http://www.wrpmc.ucdavis.edu/NewsAlerts/May2014/Fenamidon%20Response.pdf
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Thomas, Jane. 2014. Imazalil in IPM Programs in the Pacific Northwest. http://www.wrpmc.ucdavis.edu/NewsAlerts/Imazalil%20Response.pdf
  • Type: Websites Status: Awaiting Publication Year Published: 2014 Citation: Kawate, Mike and Cathy Tarutani. 2014. Pyraclostrobin Use in Hawaii. http://www.wrpmc.ucdavis.edu/NewsAlerts/2014%20fungicides/EPA_HQ_OPP_2014_0051_pyraclostrobin_docket_opening_HI.pdf
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Kawate, Mike and Cathy Tarutani. 2014. Terrazole Use in Hawaii. http://www.wrpmc.ucdavis.edu/NewsAlerts/2014%20fungicides/EPA_HQ_OPP_2014_0414_etridiazole_docket_opening_HI.pdf
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Thomas, Jane. 2014. Quinoxyfen in IPM Programs in the Pacific Northwest. http://www.wrpmc.ucdavis.edu/NewsAlerts/Quinoxyfen%20Response.pdf
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Thomas, Jane. 2014. Use of Thiabendazole in IPM Programs in the Pacific Northwest. http://www.wrpmc.ucdavis.edu/NewsAlerts/May2014/Thiabendazole%20Response.pdf


Progress 09/01/12 to 08/31/13

Outputs
Target Audience: The target audiences for the Western IPM Center are western state IPM programs; western state IPM research and extension personnel; interest groups concerned with pest management and pesticide issues; agricultural commodity groups and growers; urban pest management personnel; natural lands managers; and EPA, USDA and the Federal Services personnel related to pest management and pesticide regulation. The general public is an indirect audience since the Western IPM Center provides integrated pest management information to western state IPM programs, which then provide the information to the general public. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Workshops; Invasive Weed Identification and Control in an Urban Environment, 4-County County Weed Management Area, greater Portland, OR, 2 hour trainings. Clackamas - 28 attended Clark - 4 attended East Multnomah - 3 attended West Multnomah - 7 attended Tualatin - 18 attended Workshops; Crop Pest Losses and Impact Assessment, Arizona 4/11/12. Lettuce Pest Losses Workshop. Yuma, AZ. 2 AZ CEUs, 2 CA CEUs. 25 participants. 7/19/12. Melon Pest Losses Workshop. Yuma, AZ. 3 AZ CEUs, 3 CA CEUs. 32 participants. 12/5/12. Cotton Pest Losses Workshop. Maricopa, AZ. 4 AZ CEUs. 8 participants. 12/11/12. Cotton Pest Losses Workshop. Blythe, CA. 4 AZ & 4 CA CEUs. 8 participants. 12/14/12. Cotton Pest Losses Workshop. Maricopa, AZ. 4 AZ CEUs. 5 participants. 12/20/12. Cotton Pest Losses Workshop. Yuma, AZ. 3.5 AZ & 3.5 CA CEUs. 1 participant. 4/17/13. Lettuce Pest Losses Workshop. Yuma, AZ. 2 AZ CEUs, 2 CA CEUs. 34 participants Training; Western Region School IPM, Salt Lake City UT, September 25, 2012. 27 participants representing five of Utah’s largest school districts and schools for approximately 170,000 students. Tour; 4th Annual Biodiversity Working for Farmers Tour, Milton-Freewater, Oregon, June 7, 2012, attended by 29 farmers industry personnel, conservationists and researchers Symposium; Liberibacter species-Emergent Pathogens presented at the American Phytopathological Society joint meeting of the Pacific and Caribbean Divisions and sponsored by Protocols for Responding to Invasive Species in the West Signature Program, Tucson AZ, June 11, 2013, attended by approximately 100 researchers and industry personnel How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? The staff of the Western IPM Center communicates with western state IPM programs; western state IPM research and extension personnel; interest groups concerned with pest management and pesticide issues; agricultural commodity groups and growers; urban pest management personnel; natural lands managers; and EPA, USDA and the Federal Services personnel related to pest management and pesticide regulation. The general public is an indirect audience since the Western IPM Center provides integrated pest management information to western state IPM programs, which then provide the information to the general public. Center communication occurs through multiple venues, such as oral and poster presentation at meeting, discussions during meeting, conference calls, and distribution of Center publications in electronic and print formats. In the past six months, the Center Director made oral or poster presentations to California Leafy Greens Research Board, Soilborne Plant Pathogens Annual Meeting, Western Association of Agriculture Experiment Station Directors, Western Region IPM Coordinators (WERA-1017), Pacific Division of the American Phytopathological Society, and the University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources Annual Meeting regarding Western IPM Center programs and IPM successes. The three Comment Coordinators, Co-Director Ellsworth, and Director participate in monthly conference calls with Western Region IR-4. The calls keep Center staff current with minor crops pesticide registration issues and allow IPM input into IR-4 processes. Given the importance of specialty crops in the Western Region, both the Center and Western Region IR-4 value this regular interaction. The three Western IPM Center Comment Coordinators each have a network of stakeholders with which they communicate with regarding federal requests for information on pesticide related issues. The responses to federal requests for information contain specific feedback from multiple stakeholders. All responses to Request for Comment are archived on the Center website http://www.wripmc.org/NewsAlerts/repliestoinformation.html. The Western IPM Center communicates with communities of interest through our Advisory and Steering committees and by working in partnership with government agencies, private sector organizations, tribes, and academic institutions. Partnerships with these and other groups increase the Center’s reach and help to promote wider adoption of sustainable IPM practices. The Center publishes an annual report in December and newsletters in February, June and October. These publications are distributed to our email stakeholder list, are freely available on our website (www.wripmc.org), and paper copies are distributed at meetings. The Center also publishes one-page fliers focusing on specific aspects of the Western IPM Center program. The About, Funding, Partner, and Impacts fliers were recently updated and distributed using the same methods as described for the newsletters. Information from the newsletters and other sources are repurposed into blog posts (http://ipmwest.blogspot.com) and tweets (@IPMWest). What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Objective 1: Establish and maintain multistate information networks. The Center will maintain and expand our multistate information networks. The three regional Comment Coordinators (Hawaii and the Pacific Basin Territories;Arizona, Nevada, desert regions of California, and New Mexico; and California and the Pacific Northwest including Alaska and Montana) will engage Extension IPM Coordinators, commodity groups, producers, other college and university scientists, state lead agencies, PSEP, IR-4, SARE, EPA, USDA Office of Pest Management Policy, eXtension Communities of Practice, Tribal Nations, and other stakeholders at the national, regional, state, and local levels in providing information to develop responses to USDA, EPA and other federal agency information requests. Responses will be posted on the Center website. Center staff will continue to participate in the regional meetings, such as WERA-1017 (Western Extension IPM Coordinators), Western Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors, Western SARE, Western Region IR-4, Association of Applied IPM Ecologists, etc. to maintain close contact with stakeholders. The Center will continue to improve methods of distributing information to stakeholders through our newsletter, website, email, agricultural press and other available methods. Objective 2: Develop Signature Global Food Security Programs and foster their sustainability. Signature Program 1: Regional Infrastructure for Climate and Weather-based Decision Support Tools This Signature Program will continue to improve the uspest.org system to input data from more weather-station networks, to increase the number of pest species weather models in the system, and to promote adoption of the tools by increased numbers of end-users to support pest management decisions. Signature Program 2: Crop Pest Losses and Impact Assessment Program The goal of this Signature Program is to expand the reach and implementation of the crop pest losses survey program to other states so that they may benefit from the process, survey instruments, and impact assessment analyses as a major step in learning about IPM practices in use by growers and evaluating IPM adoption. Year two goals for this program include enhancements to the Crop Pest Losses website (http://cals.arizona.edu/apmc/index.html). The program will post updated summaries of cotton, lettuce and melon pest losses data; templates for these surveys which can be downloaded and modified for use in other crops in other states; Powerpoint presentations that explain the Crop Pest Losses survey and workshop process; summaries of survey results and impacts statements, etc. The re-design will target potential adopters of the Crop Pest Losses survey process as a main target audience and will be tailored to help address their questions and provide the tools to get them started. The program will continue targeted outreach to potential adopters to identify one or more commodity groups to partner with in development of Crop Pest Losses data for western states. Signature Program 3: Protocols for Responding to Invasive Species in the West The Invasive Species Signature Program subgroups will continue their efforts. The pathogen group will focus on enhancement and expansion of the best management protocol guidelines and the knowledge gap assessment. They will continue to submit proposals to meet the knowledge gaps. The entomology and weeds groups will meet to plan and conduct symposia as well as other products for outreach and education. Both groups will also submit proposals to obtain additional funding. Objective 3: Build/expand partnerships and address challenges and opportunities. The Western IPM Center will continue to engage stakeholders in a needs-identification and prioritization process to focus its resources on priority pest management problems in the West. This will be accomplished through our Advisory and Steering Committees, competitive grants program, and by working in partnership with government agencies, private sector organizations, and academic institutions. To ensure ongoing input on critical IPM needs and concerns at the regional level, we will continue to seek stakeholder input through interactions with research and extension faculty, State Extension IPM Coordinators, commodity associations, eXtension Communities of Practice, Tribal Nations, and other entities representing end users and public interest groups; and through Center staff participation in information networks and work groups. We will continue to be highly integrated and interactive with other pest management programs within and across public and private entities and disciplines, both nationally and regionally, including SARE, IR-4, PSEP, NRCS, Master Gardeners, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), EPA, NPDN, the organics industry, pest management professional organizations and others. Center staff will continue to support development and updating of PMSPs to provide stakeholder input into identifying regional priorities. Objective 4: Review and evaluate outcomes and impacts of IPM implementation and communicate the successes and value added by IPM programs. The Western IPM Center will continue to include assessment and evaluation of the impacts of IPM implementation as a priority area in the Center competitive grant RFAs. The Center will continue to require prospective awardees toinclude a project evaluation plan in their proposals. In addition, we require awardees to submit progress and final reports in all of our competitively funded programs using our Center reporting form. This form requires awardees to describe project outcomes, impacts, and potential impacts. The Western IPM Center will support on-going documentation of the use and efficacy of current pest management tools through continued updating of PMSPs. To communicate the success and value of IPM programs, we will continue to use a variety of media and methods to communicate positive outcomes to stakeholders, funding organizations, policy makers and the public. These formats include our redesigned newsletters, Annual Report; one-page flyers or other printed material, regular press releases, the IPMWest blog, Twitter, website, and other program-related communication pieces that may be developed as needed. Objective 5: Manage funding resources effectively. The Western IPM Center will continue to ensure accountability and responsiveness to stakeholder needs throughout the Western Region by maintaining our Advisory and Steering committees; by managing a competitive grants program that supports priorities identified by stakeholders; by managing the Regional IPM Competitive Grants panels; and by maintaining collaborative partnerships with other agencies. The Western IPM Center will continue to maintain its Advisory and Steering Committees in order to ensure funds are spentto address the needs of a broad spectrum of stakeholders within our region, including underserved populations. Center staff will continue to work with Western Region state agencies, federal agencies, Tribal Nations, and others to leverage Center resources to maximize the impact of our funding.

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? Objective 1: Establish and maintain multistate information networks. The Center completed 16 responses to Requests for Comment which are archived at http://www.wripmc.org/NewsAlerts/repliestoinformation.html The Center updated its list of 852 active emails. Stakeholders were asked to subscribe to specific products and the breakdown is 153 for RFA and grants, 151 for newsletters, annual reports and publications, 136 for pest alerts, 139 for conferences, 123 for federal announcements, 95 for jobs. Some subscribe to multiple categories and 675 receive all products. Center staff participate in monthly conference calls with the Western Region IR-4 program to facilitate IPM input. IR-4 now considers IPM compatibility in its project priorities. Objective 2: Develop Signature Global Food Security Programs and foster their sustainability. Water Quality This Program developed “Water Quality Protection Training Modules for Agriculture, Homeowners, and Professional Landscapers” which focus on protecting water from pesticide contamination and are intended for use by trainers in meetings. Slide sets are available for free download (www.wripmc.org). As of June 30, 2013, 45 people from 15 states (CA, FL, HI, IA, ID, MI, MN, ND, NY, OR, PA, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI) and the District of Columbia have downloaded the slides. Regional Infrastructure for Climate and Weather-based Decision Support Tools This Signature Program has established Web-based tools that bring together U.S. weather data and plant pest and disease models (http://uspest.org/wea/). The system provides degree-day and hourly weather-driven models serving many IPM, regulatory, and plant biosecurity uses for the full U.S., and specializes in IPM needs for the West. Weather data and forecasts are linked to the models for over 16,000 U.S. weather station locations. The program partners with many weather station networks and weather-based decision support users throughout the Western Region. Improvements include inclusion of additional weather station networks, implementation of additional pest models, and distribution of decision-support tools to additional users. Crop Pest Losses and Impact Assessment Program This Signature Program has run 5 workshops in Arizona and California with 56 participants. The cotton survey yielded 25 responses representing 49.1% of Arizona cotton acres in 2012. Response rates for the 2013 Lettuce survey were similar to those from 2012, with an estimated 70% of Arizona lettuce acres. These workshops provide a focal point for discussion about new and emerging pest management issues. For example, in 2012 cotton workshops, brown stink bug was a topic of interest, as a long-time minor pest that reached new levels of concern for pest managers. Another major issue was the detection and confirmation of glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth in Arizona. A new section of the weed portion of the survey was developed to collect baseline data on grower practices related to management of this key weed in cotton systems. A computer-based version of the cotton survey was developed and deployed in beta form in 2012. This program successfully captured participant data in a database for post processing. The program could be implemented online in the future, however, face-to-face interactions are important for data quality and two-way communication with stakeholders. Protocols for Responding to Invasive Species in the West This Signature Program held a meeting in August with three subgroups: diseases, insects, and weeds. Each identified a plan to develop protocols and frameworks for response to invasive species using a model system. The groups selected zebra chip of potato/vein greening of tomato, vine mealy bug and flowering rush. In April the pathogen group drafted a best management guideline for communications and activities in response to invasive species. They identified knowledge gaps and submitted a RIPM grant to address some of the gaps. The group also held a symposium in June at the Pacific Division APS meeting. The insects group has obtained funds to form a WERA group on grape invasive pests. The weeds group is formulating a plan and building a team. Objective 3: Build/expand partnerships and address challenges and opportunities. The Center Advisory and Steering Committees met in Sept. 2012 and again in June 2013 to provide input to the Center staff and leadership team. In response to input from the Sept. 2012 meeting, the Center has made the following changes; Center grant RFA encouraged cooperation with WERA groups and the Western IPM Center Signature Programs; Multiple island and tribe proposals are considered equivalent to multiple state proposals; The Associate Director is now actively engaged with the EPA Region 9 and USDA Forest Service tribal ­­programs, The Center grants RFA included 1) the importance of documenting stakeholder input and support, 2) encouragement for multi-state/island/tribe projects, 3) encouragement for leveraging funding from groups such as the WERA 1017 IPM group and the Center Signature Programs, and 4) the need for strong evaluation plans for IPM adoption and assessment. A 12-member panel drawn from outside of the Western Region met via video conference, ranked the proposals based on the scoring criteria in the RFA, and recommended 15 for funding. These include 5 Outreach/Publication, 3 Working Groups, 1 Addressing IPM Issue-Outreach and Implementation, 4 Addressing IPM Issues-Research, and 1 PMPS. The Center has also funded 4 Special Issues grants. The Center is funding projects in underserved populations; Western Region Tribal Work Group in the north coast of California, Kuskokwim River Data Collection Work Group in Alaska, “Invasive species and water quality training” to the Kuskokwim River Watershed Council, and a research project on cattle-grazing for control of spotted knapweed in Montana. Objective 4: Review and evaluate outcomes and impacts of IPM implementation and communicate the successes and value added by IPM programs. The Center continued to embrace assessment and evaluation of the impacts of IPM implementation. The Associate Director worked with the IPM Adoption Social Scientists from the three other Regional IPM Centers, the IPM Adoption and Impact Assessment Work Group, and NIFA to craft the evaluation language for the RIPM RFA. The IPM Adoption and Impact Assessment Work Group is developing an online Impact Assessment training program. The system will index existing online training resources and supplement gaps in the training. In addition, Crop Pest Losses and Impact Assessment Program is focused on documenting and evaluating the impacts of IPM adoption. The Center requires proposalsinclude an evaluation plan and awardees to submit progress and final reports to describe outcomes, potential impacts, and impacts. Project reports are posted on the Center website and the national Interagency IPM Project Database (see http://projects.ipm.gov/). To communicate IPM successes, Center staff developed a new communications strategy. The target audiences are state IPM programs; IPM research and extension personnel; pest management and pesticide interest group; commodity groups and growers; urban pest management personnel; natural lands managers; and EPA, USDA and the Federal Services personnel. The general public is an indirect audience as the Center provides IPM information to state IPM programs for distribution. Improved communication methods are better targeting of emails, updated and improved web content, redesigned publications, and the use of press releases, blog and twitter. Objective 5: Manage funding resources effectively.The Center ensures accountability to stakeholder needs by maintaining our Advisory and Steering Committees, managing a competitive grants program focused on stakeholder priorities, managing the Regional IPM Grants program and maintaining collaborations with other agencies.

Publications

  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2012 Citation: 2012 Annual Report of the Western IPM Center, http://www.wripmc.org/annualreport/2012%20Annual%20Report%20-%20Final.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: The Western Front, Newsletter of the Western Integrated Pest Management Center, Summer 2013, http://www.wripmc.org/Western%20IPM%20Newsletter%20-%20June%202013.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: The Western Front, Newsletter of the Western Integrated Pest Management Center, February 2013, http://www.wripmc.org/Newsletter/February%202013%20Newsletter.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: The Western Front, Newsletter of the Western Integrated Pest Management Center, October 2013, http://www.wrpmc.ucdavis.edu/Newsletter/October%202012%20Newsletter%20for%20Posting%20-%2010-10-12.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: About, Western IPM Center one-page flier, 2013
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Funding, Western IPM Center one-page flier, 2013
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Impacts, Western IPM Center one-page flier, 2013
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Partners, Western IPM Center one-page flier, 2013
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Ayin, C.M., Schlub, R.L. and Alvarez, A.M., 2013. Role of bacteria associated with decline of ironwood trees (Casuarina equisetifolia) in Guam. Phytopathology. 193:S2.10 (Abstract for Annual Meeting of American Phytopathological Austin , TX)
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2012 Citation: Ellsworth, P.C., L.M. Brown, A. Fournier, and W. Dixon. 2012. Measuring Up! Involving Stakeholders in Assessment of an Industrys IPM Revolution. University of Arizona, Department of Entomology & Arizona Pest Management Center. Poster presented at: 7th International IPM Symposium, Memphis, TN, March 27-29, 2012. 3rd International Lygus Symposium, Scottsdale, AZ, October 28-31, 2012. Cotton Beltwide Conferences, San Antonio, TX, Jan 5-7, 2013. http://ag.arizona.edu/crops/presentations/2012/EllsworthMemphisPoster.pdf
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Farrar, J., Thomas, C., and Elliott, S. 2013. Supporting Integrated Pest Management in the Western U.S. Poster presented at: University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Statewide Meeting, Ontario, CA, April 9-11, 2013 American Phytopathological Society Pacific Division Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ, June 17-19, 2013 http://www.wrpmc.ucdavis.edu/Western_IPM_Center_Poster.pdf
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Website, Western Region School IPM Workgroup maintained and hosted by Arizona Pest Management Center at http://cals.arizona.edu/apmc/westernschoolIPM.html