Source: NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIV submitted to NRP
MANAGEMENT OF THE SOUTHERN REGION IPM CENTER
Sponsoring Institution
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Project Status
COMPLETE
Funding Source
Reporting Frequency
Annual
Accession No.
0211638
Grant No.
2007-51120-03919
Cumulative Award Amt.
(N/A)
Proposal No.
2010-03515
Multistate No.
(N/A)
Project Start Date
Sep 15, 2007
Project End Date
Aug 31, 2012
Grant Year
2010
Program Code
[112.D]- Integrated Pest Management Centers
Recipient Organization
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIV
(N/A)
RALEIGH,NC 27695
Performing Department
CENTER FOR INTEGRATED PEST MGMT (CIPM)
Non Technical Summary
The mission of this proposed Southern Region Integrated Pest Management Center (SRIPMC) is to coordinate, enhance, and facilitate the flow of resources and information in integrated pest management on a regional basis, including grants management, data acquisition and sharing, infrastructure development, and the documentation needed to provide accountability for resources used. The Center focuses its efforts on meeting the challenges described in the developing National Roadmap for Integrated Pest Management. The purpose of the Southern Region IPM Center is to identify and address high priority research, extension and education issues related to Integrated Pest Management in the Southern Region of the United States.
Animal Health Component
40%
Research Effort Categories
Basic
20%
Applied
40%
Developmental
40%
Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)Subject of Investigation (SOI)Field of Science (FOS)Percent
1332420310010%
2160599302010%
2162410112010%
2162410113010%
2162410114010%
2162410116010%
3123910113010%
6012410301010%
7112410115010%
7215320303010%
Goals / Objectives
The goals of the Southern Region IPM Center are delineated in our Strategic Plan which can be found at http://www.sripmc.org/ac/strategic_plan.cfm (1): a. Communication. Serve as a focal point for interactive communication about IPM in the Southern Region and share reliable information on a national scale to promote sound IPM decisions. b. Stakeholder Priorities. Involve stakeholders (ag/urban/rural) to determine and prioritize research, outreach/education, and regulatory needs. c. Solutions. Find IPM solutions to pest problems through extension, research, and regulatory activities for the benefit of regional stakeholders and the environment. d. Emerging Issues. Organize responses to emerging regional issues. e. Efficiency. Optimize innovative IPM research, extension and regulatory activities and minimize duplication of effort in IPM programs. f. Impact Documentation. Document the value of IPM strategies, techniques, programs and projects and prove that IPM works. g. Generate Support. Build support for IPM among the general public and public policymakers.
Project Methods
We will use the Advisory Council (AC) and the Steering Committee (SC). The Advisory Council comprises a diverse group of 25-30 people who represent our stakeholders with a wide range of perspectives from across the region. The Steering Committee is a group of 12-15 members, with primary responsibility to set policy for the Center. We will involve other stakeholders and partner institutions through working groups and other mechanisms. In addition to the Advisory Council and Steering Committee mechanisms, SRIPMC will continue to involve other stakeholders and partner institutions. Existing committees and other groups will provide SRIPMC with strong links to the needs identification and prioritization of our stakeholders. These include SERA03-IPM, EPA Strategic Agriculture Initiative, NCERA208, S1010, Southern Plant Diagnostic Network (SPDN, Southern Region IR-4 Project, and other Regional IPM Centers. We will solicit, distribute and use stakeholder-identified priorities in ways including: links to stakeholder-identified research, education and regulatory priorities in Requests for Proposals, Pest Management Strategic Plans, SRIPMC Advisory Council and Steering Committee and our Web-based IPM Priorities Database. We will report progress in addressing and accomplishing strategic plan goals at least annually to the AC and the SC, and we will revisit the strategic plan to consider revision with the AC and SC at least annually. We will use, maintain and enhance a complex of interconnected information networks. We cross traditional boundaries to address regional IPM priorities; we share current pest management information with pest managers and other stakeholders; and these systems link, often dynamically, to other regional and national information systems. We link to other regional and national systems. SRIPMC and its managing organization (CIPM) have led the IT approach of IPM Centers nationally since the onset of Pest Management Centers in 2000, even when the Southern Pest Management Center was hosted at University of Florida. We maintain and serve not only our own websites but national sites including IPMcenters.org, IPMPipe.org, IPM.gov, and over 50 IPM-related web-searchable databases. We facilitate and manage the national IPM Centers Information Technology Work Group. Our Communication Specialist will handle most of the communication to various audiences. Communications and outreach efforts include SRIPMC Newsletter, SRIPMC Annual Report, communication with the media, OnTarget web news list, collaboration with other IPM Centers. We will initiate a Friend of Southern IPM awards program with details to be refined and finalized by the Advisory Council and the Steering Committee at the July 2007 meetings.

Progress 09/15/07 to 08/31/12

Outputs
OUTPUTS: The SRIPMC Advisory Council and Steering Committee each met twice each year of the project but only once in 2012 to evaluate progress and prioritize activities. SRIPMC staff participated in all annual meetings of SERA03-IPM. In the final year the competitive IPM Enhancement Grants program was not presented, but previously funded projects were completed. Over the entire course of the project more than half of funds were passed on through subcontracts to support IPM communications, research and Extension throughout the Southern Region. This amount includes 30 subcontracts with 8 institutions totaling $1,183,006 to support the regional Regulatory Information Network that responded to regulatory queries from EPA, USDA/OPMP and state agencies, produced and facilitated production of crop profiles, pest management strategic plans (PMSPs), and IPM Priorities. Two critical issues projects were awarded a total of $6,325. Six IPM Documents projects for a total of $87,440 produced CPs and PMSPs. Special projects (research, extension, or a combination) were funded with 32 subcontracts totaling $739,924. In total this program funded 47 Project Directors from 13 institutions with subcontracts worth $2,104,203. The Friends of Southern IPM recognition program was managed using a competitive process, with a subset of the Advisory Council serving as review panel. In 2012 five four individuals (Dr. Blaine Viator, Dr. Ames Herbert, Dr. Scott Stewart, and Dr. Ayanava Majumdar) and one team (Mississippi Crop Situation Blog) were recognized. In 5 years, 24 awards individuals or groups have been recognized for individual or team accomplishments in IPM. SRIPMC Director VanKirk served as PD or co-PD of several ipmPIPE projects, providing financial management and assisting with national coordination. PARTICIPANTS: PD, co-PDs and staff of the Southern Region IPM Center; IPM Coordinators from all states and territories in the Southern Region. Numerous researchers and Extension staff from many universities. Members of the SRIPMC Advisory Council and Steering Committee, working groups, and other projects. Stakeholders from public, private and ngo sectors. TARGET AUDIENCES: All stakeholders in IPM from the Southern Region of the United States. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.

Impacts
gagement of a wide range of IPM stakeholders across the region is difficult to quantify but has clearly been enhanced significantly through their involvement in our grants programs, working groups, Advisory Council and Steering Committees, and other related efforts. In the final year, 1crop profile (VA snap bean) and 2 PMSPs (TN sweet corn, VA&NC wine grapes) were added. Over the entire project period, the program supported production and updating of 54 Crop Profiles and 9 PMSPs, and the online public database now holds 252 Crop Profiles and 51 PMSPs for the region. In addition to many research, demonstration and education projects, this program has supported production and distribution of smartphone "apps", pest-identification guides and other scouting aids. Through work groups and other efforts the power of collaboration has been used to address many key issues. Press releases, blog posts, and other publications about Friends of Sothern IPM award winners and other IPM research and extension programs have publicized the value of IPM across the region.

Publications

  • Beegle, D. 2012. Crop Profile for Snap Beans in Virginia. 21 pp http://www.ipmcenters.org/cropprofiles/docs/VAsnapbean2012.pdf
  • Gatton,H. 2012. Pest Management Strategic Plan for Wine Grapes in Virginia and North Carolina. 42 pp. http://www.ipmcenters.org/pmsp/pdf/VA-NCwinegrapesPMSP.pdf
  • Hallberg, R. 2011. Researchers seek new treatments for strawberry diseases. Plant Health Progress. http://www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/pub/php/news/2011/StrawberryTre atment/
  • Hallberg, R. 2011. NC State researchers seek new treatments for strawberry diseases. Farm Carolina. Retrieved from http://www.farmcarolina.com/article/N-C--State-researchers-seek-new-t reatments-for-strawberry-diseases
  • Hallberg, R. 2012. Researchers fine-tune cereal leaf beetle management in small grains. Southeast Farm Press. Retrieved from http://southeastfarmpress.com/grains/researchers-fine-tune-cereal-lea f-beetle-management-small-grains
  • Hallberg, R. 2012. Southern Exposure. Published January and June, 2012. Provides updates and success stories about southern region IPM. Retrieved from http://www.sripmc.org/NewsAlerts/newsletter/index.cfm
  • Hallberg, R. 2011. Southern Region IPM Center Annual Update. Published annually for the October IPM Committee meeting. Provides yearly updates and success stories about southern region IPM. http://www.sripmc.org/NewsAlerts/newsletter/2011 Annual Update.pdf
  • Hallberg, R. 2011 and 2012. IPM in the South. Blog at http://ipmsouth.com. 40 posts between Sept. 2011-Sept. 2012.
  • Hallberg, R. 2011 and 2012. Southern Region IPM News. Blog at http://ipmsouthnews.com/. News items published nearly daily. Provides news from the southern region and items of national interest
  • Hallberg, R. 2012. Scientists seek citizens' aid in fight to save hemlocks from wooly adelgid. Mountain Xpress. http://www.mountainx.com/article/43276/


Progress 09/15/10 to 09/14/11

Outputs
OUTPUTS: The SRIPMC Advisory Council and Steering Committee each met twice in Raleigh to evaluate progress and prioritize activities. SRIPMC staff participated in the annual meeting of SERA03-IPM. SRIPMC used the IPM Enhancement Grants program Part 1 to fund a single regional Regulatory Information Network as well as IPM Documents and IPM Work Groups. Part 2 continued to solicit Start-up and Capstone projects. The Friends of Southern IPM recognition program was managed using a competitive process, with a subset of the Advisory Council serving as review panel. Associate Director Toth coordinated methyl bromide critical use exemption applications for several crops in the Southern Region. Director VanKirk facilitated a workshop for the National Clean Plant Network, and Communications Specialist provided editorial and assistance that group. PARTICIPANTS: James R. VanKirk is Director of SRIPMC, Steven Toth is Associate Director, Danesha Seth Carley is Assistant Director, and Rosemary Hallberg is Communications Specialist. Our Advisory Council and Steering Committee include many people of diverse perspectives from across the region. We work with many stakeholders, especially researchers and Extension specialists from all Land Grant universities in the Southern Region, and have an especially close relationship with the regional IPM technical committee SERA03-IPM. TARGET AUDIENCES: Any stakeholder in IPM in the Southern Region of the United States. That includes almost every human being who can or should use IPM at home, at work, in agriculture, and in recreation. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.

Impacts
New or revised Crop Profiles were posted to the online database: Florida (major) citrus, strawberries; Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee nursery crops; Virginia apples. Three new or revised PMSPs were posted: Tennessee sweet corn; nursery crops for Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee; and woody ornamentals for all 13 states in the region. IPM Elements for Wine Grapes Virginia and North Carolina were also posted this year. Projects funded through the IPM Enhancement Grants part 2: Fair, Barbara, North Carolina State University, Developing Management Practices to Address Invasive Plant Pests in Riparian Areas, $24,673; Hummel, Natalie , Louisiana State University AgCenter, Development of the RiceScout iPhone app to improve rice insect/arthropod, disease, weed and nutritional deficiency diagnostics in southern rice IPM programs. , $24,981; Hurley, Janet , Texas AgriLife Extension Service, School IPM cost calculator expansion and marketing , $24,978; Bogran, Carlos , Texas A&M University, Using GIS to develop pest management tools for wood boring beetles in southern nurseries, $24,472; Krings, Alexander , North Carolina State University, Weed IT Mobile - A Weed Identification and Management Tool for Mobile Devices, $24,951. The Friends of Southern IPM Awards had five recipients: The Okanola Project, Oklahoma State University, Bright Idea; Janet Hurley, Extension Program Specialist for School IPM at Texas AgriLife Extension Service, IPM Educator, Patricia Lucas, Extension Specialist for University of Kentucky, IPM Implementer, Hannah Burrack, Assistant Professor at NC State University, Future Leader; and the Mid-South Entomologists Working Group for the Pulling Together award.

Publications

  • --Southern Exposure quarterly newsletter, fall, winter and spring issues --Annual Update 2010, presented at the 2010 National IPM Committee meeting --IPM South blog


Progress 09/15/09 to 09/14/10

Outputs
OUTPUTS: The SRIPMC Advisory Council and Steering Committee each met twice in Raleigh to evaluate progress and prioritize activities. SRIPMC staff participated in the annual meeting of SERA03-IPM. SRIPMC revised the IPM Enhancement Grants program for Part 1 to fund a single regional Regulatory Information Network as well as IPM Documents. Part 2 continued to solicit Start-up and Capstone projects. The Friends of Southern IPM recognition program was managed using a competitive process, with a subset of the Advisory Council serving as review panel. Eight information requests from EPA were handled using the Information Requests Management System. Associate Director Toth coordinated methyl bromide critical use exemption applications for strawberry, tomato, pepper and cucurbit production in the Southern Region. PARTICIPANTS: James R. VanKirk is Director of SRIPMC, Steven Toth is Associate Director, Danesha Seth Carley is Assistant Director, and Rosemary Hallberg is Communications Specialist. Our Advisory Council and Steering Committee include many people of diverse perspectives from across the region. We work with many stakeholders, especially researchers and Extension specialists from all Land Grant universities in the Southern Region, and have an especially close relationship with the regional IPM technical committee SERA03-IPM. TARGET AUDIENCES: Any stakeholder in IPM in the Southern Region of the United States. That includes almost every human being who can or should use IPM at home, at work, in agriculture, and in recreation. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: A major modification this year was to fund a single, regional Regulatory Information Network in place of separate and limited State Contact projects.

Impacts
New or revised Crop Profiles were posted to the online database: Alabama Peaches ; Florida Cotton ; Florida Muskmelons (revised); Florida Pecans (revised); Florida Eggplant (revised); Kentucky Canola ; Kentucky Wheat (revised); Oklahoma Sod ; Oklahoma Turfgrass ; Tennessee Apples (revised); Tennessee Peaches (revised); Texas Cantaloupes (revised); Texas Cotton (revised); Texas Cantaloupes and Honeydew Melons ; Texas Potatoes (revised) ; Virginia Grapes (revised). The new Florida sweet corn Pest Management Strategic Plan (PMSP) and a revised Mid-Atlantic States Honeybees IPM elements were also posted online. Projects funded through the IPM Enhancement Grants part 1: (Regional) Florida State University, Southern Region IPM Center Regulatory Information Network and Related IPM Documents, Mark Mossler, $149,480; Oklahoma State University, Development of a Pest Management Strategic Plan for the Oklahoma Winter Wheat Industry, Tom Royer, $17,519; Texas AgriLife Extension Service, IPM Documents for Texas, Mark Matocha, $12,483; Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Virginia Specialty Crops At Risk Program - IPM Documents Development Project, Michael J. Weaver, $25,000 Projects funded through the IPM Enhancement Grants part 2: North Carolina State University, Development, Production and Distribution of a Pocket-sized Field Instrument to Improve Stink Bug Management on Cotton, Jack Bacheler, $25,000; University of Kentucky, Workshop for Developing a Cost-effective Rational Strategy to Detect Soybean Rust in the United States, Don Hershman, $14,956; University of Georgia, Tomato yellow leaf curl virus: A Rising Concern in Southeastern U.S. and Management Options, Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan, $25,000; University of Arkansas, Developing an imported fire ant IPM module for the IPM3 Training Consortium, Robert N. Wiedenmann, $24,977; North Carolina State University, Exploring calendar sprays and spatial distribution of cereal leaf beetle to improve IPM in wheat, Dominic D. Reisig, $24,690; Texas AgriLife Research, Identification and Management Guide for Ticks of the Southern Region, Pete Teel, $20,000 The Friends of Southern IPM Awards had three recipients: Godfrey Nalyanya, school IPM Coordinator with NC State University, as IPM Educator; Louisiana IPM Coordinator Clayton Hollier for the Lifetime Achievement award, and the Florida A&M University Center for Biological Control for the Pulling Together award. The Mid-Atlantic High Residue Cropping Systems IPM Working Group," or "HRIPM" was formed and has developed five-part plan to address the growing issue of slug damage to cropping systems.

Publications

  • Hallberg, R. 2010. Southern Exposure quarterly newsletter, Summer and Spring issues
  • Hallberg, R. 2009. Southern Exposure quarterly newsletter, Winter, Fall issues


Progress 09/15/08 to 09/14/09

Outputs
OUTPUTS: The SRIPMC Advisory Council and Steering Committee each met at Raleigh in November 2008 and again in June 2009. State Contacts met in Asheville, NC during November 2008. The recognition program, Friends of Southern IPM, was presented for the second time. The IPM Enhancement Grants Program Request For Applications was released Dec. 10 2008 with submission deadline of Feb. 13, 2009 and funding decisions made in late February 2009. SRIPMC staff participated in the National IPM Committee meeting in Washington, DC in October 2008 and in National IPM Centers Coordinating Committee meetings in October 2009 (Washington, D.C), February (New Orleans, LA) and June (Washington, DC) 2009. SRIPMC staff participated in the annual meeting of SERA-03 IPM at Portland, OR in March 2009 and also at the International IPM Symposium at the same venue. Director VanKirk managed the Southern Regional IPM Grants Program (S-RIPM), with the RFA released in October 2008 and panel deliberations in January 2009 (see CRIS report). Director VanKirk managed both continuing and new projects dealing with the ipmPIPE (see CRIS reports) Associate Director Toth facilitated and coordinated activities in the Southern Region associated with submission of CUE applications for methyl bromide use. PARTICIPANTS: The Southern Region IPM Center is managed by Director J. VanKirk and Associate Directors R. Stinner, S. Toth and Y. Xia. It is hosted by North Carolina State University. A diverse range of stakeholders participate in SRIPMC through its Advisory Council, Steering Committee, grants programs, and in other ways. These include the 1862 and 1890 Land Grant universities in the Southern Region, SERA-03 IPM committee, grower and public interest organizations, EPA, USDA and other state and federal agencies. TARGET AUDIENCES: The ultimate target audience is anyone who does or could use Integrated Pest Management. The proximate audience includes researchers, educators, public policy makers, IPM users including farmers and others, and the advisors of IPM users. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.

Impacts
An online proposal and project information management system developed here continues to be utilized by all Regional IPM Centers to solicit and accept grant proposals, manage the review and panel process, and track progress of funded projects. Input from the Advisory Council, the Steering Committee, SERA-03 IPM and other stakeholders was considered in the development of the S-RIPM and IPM Enhancement Grants requests for applications. As a result of the review process funding recommendations were provided to USDA-CSREES for S-RIPM program (see CRIS report). In the IPM Enhancement Grants Program, 11 proposals (with 18 separate projects) requesting $392,876 and 10 proposals requesting $239,647 were submitted for Parts I and II, respectively. For Part I (State Contacts and IPM Documents), 9 proposals (15 projects) totaling approximately $315,110 were approved for funding: Ring, D., LSU Agricultural Center: Leveraging Resources through the Southern Regional School IPM Working Group in Support of Children's Environmental Health ; $13371; Fulcher, A., University of Kentucky :Multi-State Crop Profile and Pest Management Strategic Plan for Nursery Crops $18,744; Fishel, F., UF/IFAS: Southern Region IPM Network for Florida, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands and Related IPM Documents, $63,245; Lucas, P., University of Kentucky Research Foundation: State Contact and IPM Documents for Kentucky ; $25,000; Matocha, M. Texas AgriLife Extension Service: State Contact and IPM Documents for Texas ; $34,784; Fadamiro, H., Auburn University: State Contact Project and IPM Documents for Alabama ; $44,760; Hensley, D., University of Tennessee: Tennessee Pest Management Information Network - State Contact Project and IPM Documents $25,000; Weaver, M., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University: Virginia Pest Management Information Network - State Contact Project (SCP) and IPM Documents ; $50,000; Six proposals (6 projects) totaling approximately $149,897 were approved for funding under Part 2: Polston, J, University of Florida Board of Trustees, Building Diagnostic Capacity for Detection of Plant Viruses, $25,000;Leppla, N, University of Florida, Controlling invasive mole crickets in Florida pastures, $25,000;Brady, J, Texas AgriLife Research, Evaluating Zinc Supplementation for Management of Pierce_s Disease, $25,000; Medina, R , Texas Agrilife Research, Pheromone Preferences of Distinct Pecan Nut Casebearer Populations in North America, $24,899; Davis, J L, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Preliminary investigation of an integrated multiple-tactic strategy for managing stink bugs in soybean,$25,000 ; Srinivasan, R , University of Georgia Research Foundation, Weeds as reservoirs of resistance breaking TSWV isolates in tomato and pepper systems of Georgia, $25,000

Publications

  • Hallberg, R., VanKirk, J., Toth, Jr., S. 2008. Southern Exposure. (newsletter, December 2008). North Carolina: North Carolina State University. http://www.sripmc.org/NewsAlerts/newsletter/index.cfm
  • Hallberg, R., VanKirk, J., Toth, Jr., S. 2009. Southern Exposure. (newsletter, April 2009). North Carolina: North Carolina State University. http://www.sripmc.org/NewsAlerts/newsletter/index.cfm
  • Hallberg, R., VanKirk, J., Toth, Jr., S. 2009. Southern Exposure. (newsletter, June 2009) North Carolina: North Carolina State University. http://www.sripmc.org/NewsAlerts/newsletter/index.cfm
  • Herbert, D.A., Blinka, E., Bacheler, J., Van Duyn, J. (2009). Managing Stink Bugs in Cotton: Research on the Southeast Region. Virginia: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Kamminga, K., Herbert, D.A., Malone, S., Kuhar, T., Green, Jeremy. 2009. Field Guide to Stink Bugs of Agricultural Importance in the Upper Southern Region and Mid-Atlantic States. Virginia: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Nessler,S., et al. 2009. Pest Management Strategic Plan for Snap Beans in Virginia, North Carolina, and Delaware < http://www.ipmcenters.org/pmsp/pdf/VA-NC-DEsnapbeanPMSP.pdf 45 pp.
  • Toth, S. J., Jr. 2009. Book Review: Integrated Pest Management: Concepts, Tactics, Strategies and Case Studies. Edward B. Radcliffe, William D. Hutchinson, and Rafael E. Cancelado, editors. Integrative and Comparative Biology 2009; doi: 10.1093/icb/icp047. 2 pp.
  • Anon. 2009.Tennessee Sweet Corn Pest Management Strategic Plan Meeting, http://www.ipmcenters.org/pmsp/pdf/TNSweetCornPMSP.pdf. 30pp. Fell, R. D., H. Gatton, D. Tarpy, S. J. Toth, Jr. and M. J. Weaver. 2009. IPM Elements for Honey Bees in the Mid-Atlantic States, http://www.sripmc.org/IPMelements/MidAtlanticHoneyBeeElements.pdf . 6 pp. Hallberg., R. 2008. Southern Region IPM Center Annual Update 2008. North Carolina: North Carolina State University.
  • Hallberg, R., VanKirk, J., Toth, Jr., S. 2008. Southern Exposure. (newsletter, October 2008). North Carolina: North Carolina State University. http://www.sripmc.org/NewsAlerts/newsletter/index.cfm


Progress 09/15/07 to 09/14/08

Outputs
OUTPUTS: The SRIPMC Advisory Council and Steering Committee each met at Raleigh in November 2007 and again in June, 2008. State Contacts met in Roanoke, VA during November 2007. A new recognition program, Friends of Southern IPM, was presented for the first time. The IPM Enhancement Grants Program Request For Applications was released in early 2008 and funding decisions were made in late February 2008. SRIPMC staff participated in the National IPM Committee meeting in Washington, DC in October 2008 and in National IPM Centers Coordinating Committee meetings in October 2008 (Washington, D.), February (Reno, NV) and June (Washington, DC) 2008. SRIPMC staff participated in the annual meeting of SERA-03 IPM at St. Croix, VI in April 2008. Director VanKirk participated in the National Soybean Rust Symposium (Louisville, KY) in December 2007. Director VanKirk participated in several meetings of the Federal IPM Coordinating Committee. Director VanKirk managed the Southern Regional IPM Grants Program (S-RIPM), with the RFA released in October 2007 and panel deliberations in January 2008. (see CRIS report). Director VanKirk managed both continuing and new projects dealing with the ipmPIPE (see CRIS report) Associate Director Toth facilitated and coordinated activities in the Southern Region associated with submission of CUE applications for methyl bromide use. PARTICIPANTS: The Southern Region IPM Center is managed by Director J. VanKirk and Associate Directors R. Stinner and S. Toth. It is hosted by North Carolina State University. A diverse range of stakeholders participate in SRIPMC through its Advisory Council, Steering Committee, grants programs, and in other ways. These include the 1862 and 1890 Land Grant universities in the Southern Region, SERA-03 IPM committee, grower and public interest organizations, EPA, USDA and other state and federal agencies. TARGET AUDIENCES: The ultimate target audience is anyone who does or could use Integrated Pest Management. The proximate audience includes researchers, educators, public policy makers, IPM users including farmers and others, and the advisors of IPM users. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: The recognition program Friends of Southern IPM was instituted this year to recognize significant achievement in the field and to provide another forum to publicize IPM in the region.

Impacts
An online proposal and project information management system was developed and is currently used by all four Regional IPM Centers to solicit and accept grant proposals, manage the review and panel process, and track progress of funded projects. Input from the Advisory Council, the Steering Committee, SERA-03 IPM and other stakeholders was considered in the development of the S-RIPM and IPM Enhancement Grants requests for applications. As a result of the review process funding recommendations were provided to USDA-CSREES for S-RIPM program (see CRIS report). In the IPM Enhancement Grants Program, nine proposals (with 14 separate projects) requesting $318,320 and 12 proposals (with 12 projects) requesting $284,328 were submitted for Parts I and II, respectively. For Part I (State Contacts and IPM Documents), 8 proposals (12 projects) totaling approximately $277,220 were approved for funding. Six proposals totaling approximately $148,125 were approved for funding under Part II (IPM Startup and Capstone Projects). Awards made are as follows: Fadamiro, Auburn University, State Contact and IPM Documents for Alabama, $24,951; Spradley, University of Arkansas, State Contact and IPM Documents for Arkansas, $24,000; Lucas, University of Kentucky, State Contact and IPM Documents for Kentucky, $24,000; Hensleyand Parkman, University of Tennessee, Tennessee Pest Management Information Network - State Contact and IPM Documents, $25,000; Mossler, and Fishel, University of Florida, Southern Region IPM Network for Florida, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands and Related IPM Documents, $61,078; Criswell, Luper, Oklahoma State University, State Contact and IPM Documents for Oklahoma, $35,000; Matocha and Renchie. Texas A&M University, State Contact and IPM Documents for Texas, $33,191; Weaver, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Virginia Pest Management Information Network - State Contact Project (SCP) and IPM Documents, $50,000; Mizell, and Ober, University of Florida, Identification of semiochemicals mediating attraction and aversion in the nine-banded armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus L., $23,125; Apperson, C. North Carolina State University. Southern Region Conference to Assess Needs in IPM to Reduce the Incidence of Tick-Borne Diseases, $25,000; Omielan, et al, . University of Kentucky. Testing and deployment of a web-based yield loss prediction tool for risk management of Soybean Rust, $25,000; Ree, et al, Texas A&M. Xylem feeding insects of pecan in Texas and Louisiana and their role in Xylella disease transmission, $25,000; Malone, et al, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Field Guide to Stink Bugs of Agricultural Importance in the Upper Southern Region and Mid-Atlantic States ($25,000; Herbert, et al, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Refinement and validation of a new time-saving scouting technique for Hemipterous pests of cotton based on external feeding symptoms, $25,000. On behalf of the Southeastern Consortia, SRIPMC submitted critical use exemption applications to the U. S. EPA for the use of methyl bromide on cucurbits , peppers, strawberries and tomatoes in the Southeastern U. S. in 2009-2011.

Publications

  • Southern Exposure, Fall 2007 Southern Exposure, Winter 2007 Southern Exposure, Spring 2008 Southern Exposure, Summer 2008 Crop Profile: Florida avocados (revision) Crop Profile: Florida beef cattle (revision) Crop Profile: Florida pasture/rangeland (revision) Crop Profile: Florida potatoes (revision) Crop Profile: Florida radishes Crop Profile: Florida sweet corn (revision) Crop Profile: Florida sugarcane Crop Profile: North Carolina Christmas trees (revision) Crop Profile: Oklahoma canola Crop Profile: Oklahoma spinach Crop Profile: Tennessee blueberries Crop Profile: Tennessee dairy cattle Crop Profile: Tennessee grapes (revision) Crop Profile: Tennessee leafy greens Crop Profile: Tennessee tobacco (revision) Crop Profile: Tennessee wheat (revision) Crop Profile: Virginia swine PMSP: Honey bee production (Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, PMSP: South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia) PMSP: Sweet corn (Tennessee) PMSP: Watermelon (Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and North Carolina)