Source: MICHIGAN STATE UNIV submitted to NRP
NC REGION IR-4 LEADER LAB PROGRAM TO CLEAR PEST CONTROL AGENTS FOR MINOR USES (SUPPORT FOR REASSIGNMENT OF ARS-OH FIELD STUDIES)
Sponsoring Institution
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Project Status
COMPLETE
Funding Source
OTHER GRANTS
Reporting Frequency
Annual
Accession No.
0191605
Grant No.
2002-39506-12183
Cumulative Award Amt.
(N/A)
Proposal No.
2002-04425
Multistate No.
(N/A)
Project Start Date
Jul 15, 2002
Project End Date
Dec 31, 2003
Grant Year
2002
Program Code
[MH.2]- (N/A)
Recipient Organization
MICHIGAN STATE UNIV
(N/A)
EAST LANSING,MI 48824
Performing Department
NATIONAL FOOD SAFETY AND TOXICOLOGY CENTER
Non Technical Summary
Many pest control agents are not registered for minor crops because the small acreages involved provided little economic incentive to manufacturers. Useful and safe pest control agents are made legally available to farmers and ranchers for minor crops by conducting research to measure residue levels for a particular crop/control agent/use pattern combination. This, together with other control agent information and the manufacturer's permission, is used by EPA to establish a residue tolerance for registration.
Animal Health Component
90%
Research Effort Categories
Basic
10%
Applied
90%
Developmental
(N/A)
Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)Subject of Investigation (SOI)Field of Science (FOS)Percent
2162410112010%
2162410113020%
2162410114020%
2162410116020%
2162410200030%
Knowledge Area
216 - Integrated Pest Management Systems;

Subject Of Investigation
2410 - Cross-commodity research--multiple crops;

Field Of Science
1120 - Nematology; 1130 - Entomology and acarology; 1160 - Pathology; 1140 - Weed science; 2000 - Chemistry;
Goals / Objectives
(1) Obtain minor use and specialty use pesticide clearances and assist in the maintenance of current registrations. (2) Further the development & registration of microbial & specific biochemical materials for use in pest management systems.
Project Methods
(1) Program operates through IR-4 HQ at Rutgers University, regional and ARS labs, and liaisons in each state and territory. Needs are identified by research and extension personnel, farmers, grower organizations and others. Manufacturer approval is obtained to expand label to include new use and EPA is consulted to verify no registration impediments exist. Each proposed use is evaluated by scientists and other experts and given a priority based on need, registrant's interest, EPA evaluation, usefulness in IPM programs, and safety. Regional staff review data and reports for completeness and GLP compliance and forward them to IR-4 HQ for further review and preparation of final submission to EPA. (2) Potential biopesticide clearance needs are solicited from public and private research organizations and peer reviewed by IR-4 informally and at workshops using IR-4 Project Mgt Committee guidelines. Projects submitted and approved for research are initiated with funding from the IR-4 program. IR-4 also assists, when appropriate, in obtaining experimental use permits, safety data and toxicology information. When requirements are fulfilled, a petition is prepared by IR-4 for submission to EPA.

Progress 07/15/02 to 12/31/03

Outputs
Due to loss of critical personnel at the ARS facility in Wooster, OH, the NC Regional Field Coordinator made arrangements with field investigators in the NCR to conduct the year 2002 field studies originally scheduled by ARS at their Wooster, OH, facility. The field investigators, facility, and number of trials completed were as follows. Bernie Zandstra, Michigan State University, 6; Mark Ciernia, North Dakota State University, 1; Casey Hoy, Ohio State University (OARDC), 3; Jeff Wyman, University of Wisconsin, 9; and Dan Heider, University of Wisconsin, 2. Completed field data notebooks for these studies were reviewed and submitted to IR-4 Headquarters in 2003.

Impacts
The 21 reassigned field trials were essential for 15 IR-4 priority projects. These trials included bifenazate on pea, bifenthrin on garden beet and carrot, captan on leaf lettuce, clethodim on pea, DCPA on carrot and spinach, dimethenamid on radish, dimethomorph lima bean, famosadone+cymosanil on green onion, halosulfuron on potato, indoxacarb on southern pea, mefenoxam on snap bean, sethoxydim on cucumber, and trifloxystrobin on radish. They were completed as scheduled without a one year delay that could otherwise have occurred.

Publications

  • No publications reported this period


Progress 01/01/02 to 12/31/02

Outputs
The Regional Field Coordinator made arrangements with field investigators in the NCR to conduct the year 2002 field studies originally scheduled by ARS at their Wooster, OH, facility. The field investigators, facility, and number of trials completed were as follows. Bernie Zandstra, Michigan State University, 6; Mark Ciernia, North Dakota State University, 1; Casey Hoy, Ohio State University (OARDC), 3; Jeff Wyman, University of Wisconsin, 9; and Dan Heider, University of Wisconsin, 2. Completed field data notebooks for these studies will be reviewed and submitted to IR-4 Headquarters in 2003.

Impacts
The 21 reassigned field trials enabled 15 IR-4 priority projects to be completed as scheduled without a one year delay.

Publications

  • No publications reported this period