Recipient Organization
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY
PO BOX 2275A
BROOKINGS,SD 57007
Performing Department
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Non Technical Summary
The South Dakota State University Integrated Pest Management Program provides stakeholders with education focused on agronomic and specialty crops, pollinator health, pesticide applicators, public health, and the SDSU Plant Diagnostic Clinic. The goal of the SDSU IPM Program is to increase the adoption of integrated pest management in South Dakota for the management of insects, plant diseases, and weeds. This will be accomplished through education and outreach efforts delivered to stakeholders. In South Dakota, the production of major agronomic crops is faced with numerous challenges. Some of the more common challenges include the presence of weeds, plant diseases, and insect pests. The routine management of these pests with pesticides has resulted in the development of herbicide resistance, insecticide resistance, and fungicide resistance in South Dakota. To reduce the impact of these pests on production while also reducing the likelihood of additional cases of resistance, the SDSU IPM Program is encouraging the widespread use of integrated pest management. Although pesticides are a component of integrated pest management there are additional strategies that are often overlooked or ignored. This indicates the need for education and demonstration of these alternative management options. Some of the more common resistance issues include Glyphosate resistant weeds (e.g., kochia and waterhemp) pyrethroid resistant soybean aphids and red sunflower seed weevils and isolates of frogeye leaf spot that are resistant to strobilurin fungicides. Pollinators are also important as both a commodity and their value of pollination services provided to other agronomic crops. The routine use of broad-spectrum insecticides for insect pest management has the potential to also have negative impacts on foraging pollinators. In addition, South Dakota is a major producer of honey bees and honey. However, little work has been done to assist these stakeholders or address their needs. There are approximately 23,000 pesticide applicators in South Dakota, and training of these individuals is important for both their safety and the potential to reduce pesticide resistance development due to poorly maintained or calibrated spray equipment. A major component of integrated pest management is identification of the pest. In South Dakota, recent discoveries of the lone star tick indicate the need to educate stakeholders on proper identification and avoidance of tick bites. Many of the pest identifications occur in South Dakota through the SDSU Plant Diagnostic Clinic. This clinic receives approximately 1,200 samples each year and specialists provide information to stakeholders based on these samples. To accomplish the goal of the project, identification guides, fact sheets, extension articles, presentations, and events will be developed, disseminated, and hosted to provide educational materials to stakeholders across South Dakota. Through these efforts there will be increased adoption of IPM practices, particularly the cultural methods and host plant resistance to further reduce pesticide resistance development.
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Research Effort Categories
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Goals / Objectives
The goal of this project is to increase the adoption of integrated pest management in South Dakota for the management of insects, plant diseases, and weeds. This will be accomplished through implementation of integrated pest management efforts for 1) agronomic and specialty crops, 2) pollinator health, 3) pesticide applicators, 4) public health, and the 5) SDSU Plant Diagnostic Clinic.Agronomic and Specialty CropsSurvey crops in South Dakota and identify new or emerging pests.Education stakeholders on pest identification and scouting.Develop and maintain demonstration plots for the East and West River IPM Field Schools.Use demonstration plots to educate stakeholders on the value of multiple management options (i.e., cultural methods, host plant resistance, pesticides) for crop pests.Host field schools, webinars, and virtual field schools for stakeholders. Participate in South Dakota State University Field Days.Determine the effectiveness of SDSU IPM training events.Host weekly teleconference with SDSU Extension Agronomy personnel.Produce the weekly Pest and Crop Newsletter.Publish the annual Pest Management Guides for corn, soybean, wheat, alfalfa, and oilseeds.Participate in the development of best management practices manuals, fact sheets, and identification guides.Collaborate with neighboring states for pest management.Pollinator HealthDevelop identification guides, floral provisioning guides, fact sheets, and extension presentations to develop stakeholder awareness for pollinators and pollinator habitat in South Dakota.Develop pollinator demonstration plots at SDSU research farms that will be used for educational events.Develop relationships with South Dakota Beekeepers to determine areas of need in South Dakota.Develop voucher collections of pollinators in South Dakota for use at events.Develop a pollinator workshop to provide education to interested stakeholders.Pesticide ApplicatorsCollaborate with the SDSU Pesticide Education Coordinator to develop workshops and webinars focused on sprayer calibration, maintenance, and implementation of IPM into spray mindsets.Develop fact sheets and guides for personal protective equipment and pesticide safety.Develop South Dakota category manuals to be used as study materials for license exams.Public HealthParticipate in the SDDOH Annual Mosquito Control Conference.Develop materials focused on ticks to increase awareness and decrease tick bites.SDSU Plant Diagnostic ClinicProvide support to the SDSU Plant Diagnostic Clinic to ensure that it can provide fast and reliable results to stakeholders.Use information gathered by the SDSU Plant Diagnostic Clinic to identify pests and diseases.Collaborate with the SD Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources to survey for new pests and diseases.The SDSU Plant Diagnostic Clinic will participate in field days and workshops to educate stakeholders.The SDSU Plant Diagnostic Clinic will also collaborate with SDSU Extension personnel for the development of educational materials.The SDSU Plant Diagnostic Clinic will develop rapid testing for herbicide resistance.
Project Methods
The PD will collaborate with the IPM Coordinator, the IPM Specialist, and the Co-PD's to ensure that all objectives are met and the production of the identified products occurs. Briefly, the PD and Co-PDs will write IPM focused extension articles that will be disseminated by the IPM Coordinator in the Pest and Crop Newsletter. All mentioned parties will participate in the development of fact sheets, identification guides, and presentations that will be delivered to stakeholders at field schools, workshops, webinars, and field days. The success of the program will be determined through the development and dissemination of anonymous surveys to stakeholders. Results of the surveys will be compiled and presented in reports to the USDA.