MANAGEMENT OF REGIONAL INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT COMPETITIVE GRANTS PROGRAM - WESTERN REGION

• Sponsoring Institution: National Institute of Food and Agriculture
• Project Status: COMPLETE
• Funding Source: SPECIAL GRANT
• Reporting Frequency: Annual
• Accession No.: 0214894
• Grant No.: 2008-34103-19379
• Proposal No.: 2008-03754
• Project Start Date: Aug 1, 2008
• Project End Date: Oct 31, 2009
• Grant Year: 2008
• Program Code: [QQ.W]- Integrated Pest Management - West Region

Recipient Organization
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS
410 MRAK HALL
DAVIS,CA 95616-8671

Performing Department
ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY

Non Technical Summary
Manage the Western Region IPM Competitive Grants Program during 2008/2009

Animal Health Component

100%

Research Effort Categories

Basic

(N/A)

Applied

100%

Developmental

(N/A)

Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)	Subject of Investigation (SOI)	Field of Science (FOS)	Percent
902	2410	3100	40%
902	2420	3100	20%
902	3910	3030	10%
902	5320	3030	10%
902	0599	3030	10%
216	6099	3030	10%

Knowledge Area
902 - Administration of Projects and Programs; 216 - Integrated Pest Management Systems;

Subject Of Investigation
3910 - Cross-commodity research--multiple animal species; 0599 - Recreational resources, general/other; 5320 - Houses (human residences), furniture, household equipment, non-textile furnishings; 6099 - People and communities, general/other; 2410 - Cross-commodity research--multiple crops; 2420 - Noncrop plant research;

Field Of Science
3030 - Information and communication; 3100 - Management;

Keywords

western ipm grants integrated pest management research

extension

Goals / Objectives
Develop RFA in consultation with CSREES; Select review panelists based on disciplines represented in applications, avoiding any conflicts of interest; Conduct reviews and make recommendations to CSREES for funding.

Project Methods
Manage the Western Region IPM Competitive Grants Program during 2008/2009 by using a grants panel manager. Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to: Selection of review panelists; chairing of the panel review meeting; responding to requests for comments by PIs who have submitted proposals; and other tasks associated with this competitive grants program. Additionally, we will solicit proposals to assess the impacts of previously funded Regional IPM grants.

Progress 08/01/08 to 10/31/09

Outputs
OUTPUTS: During this reporting period funds ere used for travel by the PD and Grants Manager to report results at the Joint National IPM Coordinating Committee and Regional IPM Centers meeting in Washington, D.C. PARTICIPANTS: Not relevant to this project. TARGET AUDIENCES: Not relevant to this project. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Not relevant to this project.

Impacts
since this grant only required management of the granting process, no outcomes or impacts resulted other than reporting on projects funded through the research companion grant.

Publications

• No publications reported this period

Progress 08/01/08 to 07/31/09

Outputs
OUTPUTS: During this grant period the following projects were recommended for funding and funded by USDA-CSREES. WRIPM Applications Recommended for Funding, 2008, (In order of recommendation): CSREES 387172, Subbarao, Krishna V.; University of California, Davis; Optimizing Lettuce Drop Control Caused by Sclerotinia minor Using Contans, a Biopesticide; $60,000. CSREES 387419, Wang, Shaojin; Washington State University; Non-Chemical Postharvest Insect Control in Lentils Using Radio Frequency Energy; $160,889. CSREES 383452, Brown, Judith; University of Arizona; Integrated Management and Regional GIS Mapping of the Cucurbit Yellow Stunting Disorder Virus-Vector Complex in the Desert Southwest; $180,000. CSREES 387652, Daane, Kent M.; University of California, Berkeley; Using Intercrops and Alternative Prey to Boost Predatory Flies in Lettuce; $60,000. CSREES 387730, Johnson, Kenneth B.; Oregon State University; Development of a Rapid Detection Protocol for the Fire Blight Pathogen of Pear and Apple; $59,998. CSREES 387384, Hatfield, Patrick G.; Montana State University; Using Sheep in Grain Fallow Management to Control Weeds and Insect Pests and Reduce Use of Pesticides and Fossil Fuels; $60,000. CSREES 383511, Menalled, Fabian; Montana State University; An electronic, Multi-Entry Key for Identifying Weedy Plant Species in Small Grain Fields; $54,262. PARTICIPANTS: R.S. Melnicoe, P.I. as Director of the Western IPM Center oversaw the management of the grant, assisted the Grants Panel Manager and managed the relevancy review panel with the assistance of the grants panel manager. F.G. Zalom, Grants Panel Manager assisted in development of the RFA, selection of technical reviewers, conduct of the technical review session and recommendations to USDA-CSREES for funding. The grants manager notified applicants of receipt of applications and the outcome of the review. Both participants provided guidance to potential applicants and positive feedback to all applicants. TARGET AUDIENCES: Not relevant to this project. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Not relevant to this project.

Impacts
The goal of the Western Regional IPM Grants Program is to further research IPM tactics that are relevant to the West. Further, extension of these tactics is a component of research, research/extension and extension only grants. All of the above projects had stakeholder involvement in determining the need. Since this grant only required management of the granting process, no outcomes or impacts resulted.

Publications

• No publications reported this period