Source: PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY submitted to
IPM IMPLEMENTATION IN PENNSYLVANIA: PROGRAMS FOR AGRICULTURAL AND URBAN COMMUNITIES
Sponsoring Institution
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Project Status
TERMINATED
Funding Source
Reporting Frequency
Annual
Accession No.
0222174
Grant No.
2010-41534-21519
Project No.
PEN04394
Proposal No.
2010-01579
Multistate No.
(N/A)
Program Code
QQIPM
Project Start Date
Sep 1, 2010
Project End Date
Aug 31, 2014
Grant Year
2012
Project Director
Rajotte, E. G.
Recipient Organization
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
208 MUELLER LABORATORY
UNIVERSITY PARK,PA 16802
Performing Department
Entomology
Non Technical Summary
For more than ten years the Pennsylvania IPM Program has evolved into an internationally recognized extension and outreach organization promoting integrated pest management awareness and practices that are economical and protective of the human health and the environment. We are proposing to build on our success by maintaining our base program and expanding our activities in promising emphasis areas. Our program reflects the needs of Pennsylvania as well as the fact that IPM researchers and extension specialists currently deliver well-integrated IPM programming in agriculture. Specifically we will: -Improving profitability through the adoption of IPM practices. -Reducing potential human health risks from pests and related pest management practices. -Minimizing adverse environmental effects from pests and related pest management In addition, we will address specific IPM program areas including: -Agronomic crop growers -Specialty crop production in greenhouse, Christmas tree and Amish/Mennonite vegetables -Maintaining conservation partnerships -IPM in schools -IPM in housing -Wide area pest monitoring and reporting
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
2161110107020%
2161310107010%
2161460107010%
2161510107010%
2165320107020%
2166010107010%
2166020107020%
Goals / Objectives
All IPM programs in Pennsylvania strive to attain the following goals: -Improving profitability through the adoption of IPM practices. -Reducing potential human health risks from pests and related pest management practices. -Minimizing adverse environmental effects from pests and related pest management However, PAIPM has designed its various programs to address particular needs. For instance in agricultural IPM programs, profitability and environmental degradation have heightened importance. In urban programs, human health has priority. The PAIPM program has two main goals: -To promote IPM to rural and urban clientele, informing them about all IPM technologies, resources and educational opportunities across the state. This will be accomplished by: -Maintaining and extensive, multifaceted communications effort that includes maintaining a frequently accessed IPM web site (PAIPM.org) in the U.S., frequent news releases, newsletters and email listserves -Facilitate the production of brochures, manuals and web resources that aid in IPM decision-making. -Maintain the extensive, regional, state and university-based stakeholder panels. These panels have been in existence for more than 10 years and allow PAIPM to keep current about important pest issues. -Represent PA at national level. Presently the IPM coordinator is the National IPM Committee (NIFA and LGUs) representative to the Extension Committee on Operations and Policy (ECOP). In that role he is part of national policy discussions, especially as they affected extension programming. This provides special insight to PAIPM as to where future opportunities lie. -Actively participate in Penn State's Mid-Atlantic Specialty Crop Research Initiative to help growers, packers, processors and retailers implement IPM. -Maintain collaborations with the Natural Resources Conservation Service of USDA. This provides a mechanism to align the goals and methods of NRCS and IPM programs throughout the U.S. -Maintain the strong relationship with USEPA to deliver IPM programming to underserved urban populations and schools -Leverage core funding by competing for state and federal funds to expand program capacity and output. -Continue building on the ipmPIPE concept by using the Penn State supported PAPIPE to deliver pest forecasts and recommendations. -To provide primary IPM programming for some client groups that are not being fully served by regular extension faculty and educators. These primary programs include: -Agronomic crop growers -Specialty crop production in greenhouse, Christmas tree and Amish/Mennonite vegetables -Maintaining conservation partnerships -IPM in schools -IPM in housing -Wide area pest monitoring and reporting.
Project Methods
In service to this strategy the IPM Coordinator and Associate Coordinator: -Plan and coordinate Extension IPM outreach. -Respond to IPM-related inquiries from the Environmental Protection Agency and other governmental and non-governmental organizations. -Coordinate and report on state/institutional IPM activities across disciplinary boundaries. -Support county-level capacity in IPM and develop new stand-alone, supplemental and collaborative IPM efforts. -Fulfill program management and team building functions. -Participate in networking activities such as regional or multi-state committees. -Represent PAIPM at IPM multi-state committees. -Report to regional, national, or international meetings on program activities, progress, and outcomes. Agronomic Crops Collaborate with county-based extension educators to deliver IPM messages to growers; Demonstration projects at Penn State's two research farms and through an on-farm network; Education and demonstration of utility of pest scouting and monitoring. Specialty Crops Address IPM issues in high tunnel production, vegetable production in Amish/Mennonite community and IPM in Christmas trees Conservation Partnerships -Developing a network of county extension educators and employees of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture that understand NRCS programming and can explain opportunities related to IPM through the EQIP and AMA programs to growers. -Conducting at least two IPM training sessions per season to NRCS field staff throughout the state. Housing 1) Collaborate with national, regional and local partners to deliver new IPM training 2) Focus on local peer education and job skills training in housing IPM Schools 1) Provide IPM curriculum and resources education for Pennsylvania teachers 2) Assess status of IPM adoption in PA K-12 schools 3) Deliver IPM trainings for child care staff and administration Wide Area Pest Monitoring 1. Develop PA-PIPE trainings and/or training materials specifically at two levels: (a) for end-users, and (b) for Extension Educators. 2. Incorporate observational tomato and potato disease outbreak data at the county and state levels into the PA-PIPE framework. 3. Develop the website by linking or establishing dataflow connections with other relevant information technology tools (e.g., the downy mildew forecasting system, etc), and incorporating additional pest species 4. Develop and display additional phenology models for insect pests of agronomic concern, including migratory species that require biofixes to be established via trapping networks.

Progress 09/01/10 to 08/31/14

Outputs
Target Audience: Target audiences were determined in consultation with our advisory bodies as well as which crops and other sites were in need of support. Our main advisory body, the Pennsylvania Statewide IPM Advisory Committee was commissioned by the Secretary of Agriculture and advised us on policy and program priorities. The College of Agricultural Sciences IPM Advisory Committee consisted of faculty representing college departments. The Philadelphia School and Community IPM Partnership was comprised of over 400 individuals representing health professionals, community and faith-based groups, city agencies, and a diversity of non-profit organizations. Over the performance period of this grant and the preceding USDA/NIFA grant, PSCIP has brought in over $1 million in other grants. This allowed us to maintain a much larger effort that enhanced the USDA/NIFA grant. With our programs we have reached over 2,000 Philadelphia agency staff, outreach, school and Health professionals and over 25,000 Philadelphia residents (youth and adults, English and Spanish speaking) over the last ten years. In addtion to direct contact with clientele, PAIPM has reached the clientele of other government agencies. An example of this is service to USDA/Natural Resourcse Conservation Service by serving on their NRCS State Technical Committee. During the period of this grant PA IPM provided programming for: -Agronomic crop growers -Vegetable growers -Fruit growers -School Districts in support of state laws that require IPM in schools -Underserved communities in Philadelphia Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Nothing Reported How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? PAIPM had a communications strategy, which is a multifaceted effort that utilized several media platforms. Any information generated by PAIPM was disseminated through face-to-face education, web site, press releases, newsletters, production manuals, a 1-800 hotline, Facebook, Blogs, Twitter and other means of communications. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Nothing Reported

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? Agronomic Crop IPM 1. Annual monitoring for black cutworm: Risk of these migratory pests fluctuates dramatically. We determined when and where black cutworm moths are active and how abundant they are, thus providing growers insight on the actual threat, saving unneeded pesticide applications. 2. Annual monitoring for western bean cutworm: While New York, Michigan, and Wisconsin have seen economically damaging populations of this pest species develop, our statewide monitoring program has informed PA growers that this pest species has not become a big concern and treatments are not necessary. 3. Reducing prophylactic insecticide use on seeds: We have had a significant impact with growers via research and subsequent outreach on our finding that neonicotinoid seed treatments are exacerbating slug outbreaks in Mid-Atlantic, no-till crop fields. Our research and the associated media coverage emphasizes that IPM is the best approach to managing these mollusks, which are not affected by most insecticides. Outreach to growers and ag input personnel was provided in 43 talks at 31 events reaching 2249 ag professionals. The value of the information has lead two growers with whom we work closely to drop seed treatments entirely, representing about 3000 acres. At $15 per bag, 3000 acres would need 1200 bags of treated corn seed equaling $18,000. Assuming 5% of the growers reached act similarly and each save $9000, the value of this advice to move away from preventative insect management tactics could save about $1,000,000 in input costs and significantly reduce insecticide load to the environment. Specialty Crops IPM Christmas tree IPM outcomes Each year we scout approximately 4700 trees. We are able to help growers fine-tune their spray program in timing and type of products used. Growers are using Spirotetramat, a systemic product that is "soft" on beneficials. Research at one farm over 3 yrs (2012, 13, 14) showed increases in scale parasitism of 28, 64 and 71% respectively. Improved control of Cryptomeria using Spirotetramat has allowed some growers to reduce overall insecticide sprays from the "standard" 3-4 to 1 per season. In the PA Christmas Tree Scouting Report, PA IPM staff provide growers with timely phenology, degree-day accumulations and weather data for making pest management decisions available 24-7 on our website. Direct distribution to 355 growers, industry professionals and educators. See 'other products' PA IPM staff provides yearly update presentations at the annual PA Christmas Tree Growers Association meeting reaching 1250 growers and employees. Mushroom IPM outcomes 1. Provided relevant research information to mushroom growers. Research results, including IPM updates, are compiled under the Vegetable, Small Fruit and Mushroom Production website at http://extension.psu.edu/plants/vegetable-fruit/mushrooms 2. Established new networks and advisory groups to assist Hispanics in mushrooms in the mid-Atlantic region (PA, DE, MD) and established a partnership among the American Mushroom Institute, mushroom growers and Penn State Extension. 3. Assessment, surveys and outreach to Hispanic owners and employees. See 'other products' IPM for Mushroom Industry (see 'other products' section for results) Survey for Upper Management (English and Spanish) - 69 responses from 40 farms Survey for Farm Employees and Supervisors (English and Spanish) 25 responses Six trainings conducted in Spanish IPM in Housing Outcomes = Total individuals educated /trained = 2,273. 1) Local and state level Introduction to Healthy Homes / "Help Yourself to a Healthy Home" Reached 285 in 8 sessions. Healthy Homes for At-Risk Populations a) Early Head Start (EHS) Project: reached 380 families in 25 sessions. b) Norris Square Community Association (NSCA) Project: NCSA provides services to low-income, Spanish-speaking neighborhoods includes 47 residential units 5 commercial facilities and 4 childcare centers. In 2013-14, we trained 78 education staff of their eight Head Start centers, impacting over 600 children. We also trained 18 maintenance staff, especially on bed bug issues. In June 2014, we trained 6 maintenance staff for the Pennsylvania Certified Pesticide Applicator exam and how to provide bed bug IPM workshops for staff and residents. 2) Specialty Audience Presentations/Trainings IPM for Food Service 203 reached in 9 sessions IPM for Building Engineers 33 reached in 1 session Bed bugs for Realtors: What YOU Need to Know a) in person at Conference of National Association of Realtors 123 b) via webinar 187 Bed bugs: PA Housing Finance Assn 227 IPM for Libraries 42 in 2 sessions IPM for Veterans' Facilities 30 in 1 session IPM for Senior Housing 145 in 2 sessions IPM for Shelters 44 in 2 sessions Essentials of Healthy Homes 298 people in 13 sessions IPM for Multi-family Housing 512 people in 21 sessions Total 1,844 Community and Public Health IPM 1) Grew membership in the Philadelphia School and Community IPM Partnership (PSCIP) to 275 individuals and agencies, and maintained a growing list serve of ~400.PSCIP staff took over 600 calls/emails. 2) Initiated new Latino Community IPM Partnership Translated 11 PA IPM brochures, fact sheets into Spanish Translated all relevant PA IPM presentations into Spanish Delivered programing on IPM to over 893 individuals in Spanish Formed a new Latino Community IPM Partnership with a kick off meeting of 63 key leaders and program directors in Latino community, health and social services. Maintained the partnership network of 112 individuals and agencies Built and monitored a Latino community IPM list serve with 173 subscribers. 3) IPM for Communities & Health Education = 3,203 people reached directly 4) IPM for Master Gardeners reached: 713 Master Gardeners in 16 sessions. 5) Healthy Homes for Community Health Workers reached: 519 health workers in 25 sessions. 5) Asthma, Pests and Pesticides reached: 329 people trained in 13 sessions. 6) Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite! Safe and Effective Bed Bug Management Numbers reached: 1554 in English; 88 in Spanish in a total of 36 sessions. IPM in Childcares, Schools and College Campuses: Childcare IPM Outcomes: Total individuals educated/trained = 5730 in 24 states Childcare center (CCC) educators/providers reached (number of sessions) H3 national webinar 110 (individual access) H3 Extension outreach 122 (3 sessions) Better Kid Care modules On-demand lessons completed 3,739 (individual access) Delivered In person 283 (8) PA IPM Childcare Modules 814 (21) Eco-Healthy Childcare 98 (6) CCC facility IPM assessments 67 (5) Asthma and IPM for CCC 294 (7) IPM in Food Safety for CCC 203 (9) Total 5,730 School K-12 IPM Outcomes: Total individuals trained = 173; students impacted =243,000 Including: • Assessment of 18 school districts compliance with IPM • Trained 30 school facilities managers serving 22 districts (impacting 87,115 students) • IPM webinar and in-person training for PA Association of School Business Officials (37 individuals trained) • IPM Star Certification update Assistance for Pittsburgh Public School District (impacting 24,525 students) • Provided IPM expertise on Health and Safety Committee of School District of Philadelphia (impacting 131,362 public school students) • Provided update training for PA Pest Control Association annual conference "IPM in Schools: Back to the Basics" (80 trained) Campus IPM Outcomes: Educated/trained 1580 staff, impact 61,168 students, faculty & staff IPM is official policy in all Penn State buildings including 933 buildings totaling 19.7 m sq ft. Staff: Annual general IPM training 580 staff. Housing and Residence Life and summer conference staff of ~1000 bed bug education. Residential Students: All 14,000 students housed at UP received bed bug education.

Publications

  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Douglas, M.R., Rohr, J.R., Tooker, J.F. (In press) Neonicotinoid insecticide travels through a soil food chain, disrupting biological control of non-target pests and decreasing soybean yield. Journal of Applied Ecology


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

Outputs
Target Audience: PA IPM Collaborations: The Pennsylvania Statewide IPM Advisory Committee is commissioned by the Secretary of Agriculture to advise us on policy and program priorities. The College of Agricultural Sciences IPM Advisory Committee consists of faculty representing college departments. The Philadelphia School and Community IPM Partnership is comprised of over 400 individuals representing health professionals, community and faith-based groups, city agencies, and a diversity of non-profit organizations. PSCIP has brought in over $1 million in grants. With our programs we have reached over 2,000 Philadelphia agency staff, outreach, school and Health professionals and over 25,000 Philadelphia residents (youth and adults, English and Spanish speaking) over the last ten years. Service by PA IPM to other committees The NRCS State Technical Committee advises NRCS about state conservation needs. The Penn State Metro Advisory Committee advises the College of Agricultural Sciences about implementing its new focus on urban issues. The Pesticide Education Advisory Committee advises that program's activities concerning pesticide safety education. In Pennsylvania PA IPM provides programming for: Agronomic crop growers Vegetable growers Underserved communities in Philadelphia Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Nothing Reported How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Information has been disseminated through face-to-face education, web site, press releases, news letters, production manuals, a 1-800 hotline and other means of communications. Specifically: 4 quarterly news letters http://extension.psu.edu/pests/ipm/news/newsletters 20 press releases http://extension.psu.edu/pests/ipm/news updated Agronomy Guide http://extension.psu.edu/agronomy-guide 5 urban pest brochures http://extension.psu.edu/pests/ipm/resources/urbanphilly/partnerships/handouts What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? The next reporting period will be the last for this project. The final report at that time will list all project accomplishments.

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? We are in the 'no-cost extension' year of the project, and we are finishing several tasks including: The Pennsylvania IPM Program combines the efforts of Penn State University and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. PA IPM maintains stakeholder partnerships to communicate the program's message, publishes approximately 50 news releases a year, produces a quarterly newsletter, maintains e-mail listservs, a 1-800 number and a website. PA IPM collaborated with PDA in working with high tunnel vegetable growers in Lancaster County to incorporate beneficial predatory mites as biological control to reduce the use of pesticides. A biocontrol specialist worked with growers on how to scout for symptoms and pests, identify pests, and time the release of predators and other biocontrols into the crops and conducted a field day. PA IPM also worked with the Amish/Mennonite community in Lancaster County via weekly training sessions with an IPM/sustainable agriculture specialist. Growers learned how to effectively use scouting and record keeping; crop rotation; sanitation; cultural, mechanical, and biological controls; and biorational and reduced-risk pesticides. School IPM training workshops and outreach activities to educators were also conducted at venues across the state. PA IPM also delivered IPM trainings for child care staff and administrators across the state and nation . PA IPM produced a bi-lingual (Spanish- English) four-module set of IPM trainings for childcare center staff and acquired certifications for the training that are useful to the licensed child care community. PA IPM also integrated the trainings into existing programs such as Keystone Stars and Penn State's "Better Kid Care". PA IPM also helped develop "IPM for Multifamily Housing" trainings for public housing managers. PA IPM worked with three Philadelphia pest control companies and partnered with existing neighborhood networks to reach at-risk populations through additional trainings and materials. PA IPM also worked the College of Ag Sciences to maintain the Pennsylvania Pest Information Platform for Extension and Education (PIPE). PA IPM helped develop the web site and the tools for observational disease reporting. -Represented the Pennsylvania IPM Program to state, regional and national collaborators and agencies. Co-lead the National IPM Committee. -Produced numerous press releases, quarterly news letters, web site maintenance (paipm.org) -Outreach to the agronomic crop growers entailing updating the Field Crop Manual, maintaining field crop insect web site and providing face-to-face IPM education meetings across the state. -Participated in vegetable IPM educational activities for traditional and Amish/Mennonite grower communities. Maintained PAPIPE, a web-based pest alert system. -Maintained a staff in Philadelphia to bring IPM practices to inner city, underserved audiences.

Publications


    Progress 09/01/11 to 08/31/12

    Outputs
    OUTPUTS: School IPM: K-12 -2 webinars and 3 workshops on school IPM reaching 80 PASBO members, 50 school facilities and grounds managers and 120 school nurses. -Assisted 7 schools with IPM compliance assistance and bed bug IPM advice -Assisted larger school districts on IPM Star Re-Certification (Pittsburgh) and IPM Policy and Advisory Board implementation (Philadelphia). Childcare Centers -Revised 4 module-series on IPM for childcare centers. Delivered Module 1 eight times reaching 94 staff, 8 directors and 5 facilities managers. -Translated modules into Spanish. -Developed 2 new modules on IPM for delivery to childcare staff via on-demand education system offered by Better Kid Care at Penn State. -Initiated filming for "testimonials" and "show-and-tell" footage for inclusion in educational materials. Housing 9 general presentations on IPM / Healthy Housing: 15 workshops specifically on bed bugs 6 train-the-trainer IPM workshops 29 technical IPM trainings for housing staff Reached: 79 owners 92 facility managers 43 maintenance staff 284 social services workers 115 residents 5 PCOs 245 "others" (includes realtors, housing finance personnel, landlords, tenant groups) Field Crops: -IPM programing reached approximately 2300 farmers and agricultural professionals via 34 separate events. Extension educators reached another 450 growers emphasizing IPM strategies and tactics in grain production. -In 2011, Penn State established the Black Cutworm and Western Bean Cutworm monitoring networks collaborating with about 25 Penn State Extension Educators who used pheromone traps to track populations of these moth species. Warnings were issued for local growers to scout their fields. -Established a reporting website for Brown marmorated stink bug (www.stinkbug-info.org), which has received hundreds of stink bug reports tagged to specific locations around Pennsylvania. These data are helping us understand the timing, spread, and size of local stink bug populations. -Established a regional stink bug scouting effort to inform growers of stink bug population in "average" soybean fields in Southeastern Pennsylvania, where stink bug populations have been highest and most problematic. -Assessments of statewide European corn borer and corn earworm populations have demonstrated that populations of these pests are low and sub-economic . Specialty crops: -Maintained PAPIPE (http://pa-pipe.zedxinc.com), a web-based pest tracking and predictive system that tracks among other things, late blight, corn borer, powdery mildew, apple scab and codling moth. Penn State Cooperative Extension/PAIPM 2012. Common Urban Pests. Kindle e-book CommonUrbanPests.mobi. PAIPM. 2011. IPM Jumpstart: Lesson Plans for Elementary School Teachers (grades 1-6). PARTICIPANTS: Coordination/Collaboration IPM in Schools -Collaborate with PA Department of Agriculture on IPM compliance assistance to k-12 schools. -Collaborate with US EPA R3 on IPM in schools initiative in PA. Thus far 52 school districts have been visited for compliance assistance on state IPM law, covering 453,804 students. -Collaboration with Better Kid Care in production of on-demand modules for early learning educators, expanding the potential audience for training to 15,000 just in PA. -Collaborate with Pest Management Professionals in filming for IPM training (Orkin, Aardvark Pest Control, Pest Free Maintenance, Natural Pest Control). Collaborate with religious organizations such as the Neighborhood Interfaith Movement (NIM) to reach urban and underserved audiences. TARGET AUDIENCES: Target audiences for PAIPM programming include specialty crop and field crop farmers, consultants, dealers, etc.; Underserved urban populations; School students, teachers, administers; Various Hispanic audiences including daycare providers, schools, mushroom growers and others; PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.

    Impacts
    Field Crops:-75% of our programming focused on insect and slug pests of grain crops grown in reduced tillage acreage. -83% of those surveyed said that they gained considerable knowledge on IPM in field crops by attending these sessions. -Because only 4 for the 40 soybean fields we scouted needed to be treated for stink bug populations, our reports of low stink bug populations protected acres of fields from being sprayed unnecessarily with insecticides. -Growers have learned that they can cut input costs by switching some acreage to lower cost conventional corn varieties because European corn borer and corn earworm populations are quite low statewide. Urban IPM:-8-51% improvement in knowledge about bed bugs among participants in bed bug training sessions.

    Publications

    • PAIPM Brochure. 2011. Pest Problems? Kick them out with IPM. Pennsylvania IPM Program. http://extension.psu.edu/ipm/schools/factsheets
    • PAIPM Brochure. 2011. Got Ants? Pennsylvania IPM Program. http://extension.psu.edu/ipm/schools/factsheets/AntsBrochure%20-2.pdf /view.
    • PAIPM Brochure. 2011. Got Roaches? Pennsylvania IPM Program. http://extension.psu.edu/ipm/schools/factsheets/Roachesbrochure.pdf/v iew.
    • PAIPM Brochure. 2011. Is there a mouse in the house? Pennsylvania IPM Program. http://extension.psu.edu/ipm/schools/factsheets.
    • PAIPM Brochure. 2011. Got Bed Bugs? Pennsylvania IPM Program. http://extension.psu.edu/ipm/schools/factsheets/bedbug-2.pdf/view.
    • PAIPM Brochure. 2010. Preventing and getting rid of bed bugs safely. Pennsylvania IPM Program with the New York City Department of Public Health (English and Spanish). http://extension.psu.edu/ipm/schools/factsheets/bed-bugs-brochure%203 5.pdf/view.
    • PAIPM Brochure. 2011. Got Head Lice? Pennsylvania IPM Program. http://extension.psu.edu/ipm/schools/factsheets/lice.pdf/view.
    • PAIPM Brochure. 2011. Asthma, Pests and Pesticides. Pennsylvania IPM Program. http://extension.psu.edu/ipm/schools/factsheets/asthma-2.pdf/view.
    • PAIPM Brochure. 2011. Greener, Cleaner Recipes. Pennsylvania IPM Program. http://extension.psu.edu/ipm/schools/factsheets/greener-cleaner.pdf/v iew.
    • Barbarin, A. M., N. E. Jenkins, E. G. Rajotte, and M. B. Thomas. 2012. A preliminary evaluation of the potential of Beauveria bassiana for bed bug control, Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 25 April 2012, ISSN 0022-2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2012.04.009.
    • Douglas, M. R. and J. F. Tooker. 2012. Slug (Mollusca: Agriolimacidae, Arionidae) ecology and management in no-till field crops, with an emphasis on the Mid-Atlantic region. Journal of Integrated Pest Management 3:C1-C9.
    • Graham, E. E., J. F. Tooker, and L. M. Hanks. 2012. Floral host plants of adult beetles of central Illinois. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 105:287-297.
    • Wang, G., L. L. Cui, J. Dong, F. Francis, Y. Liu, and J. F. Tooker. 2011. Combining intercropping with semiochemical releases: optimisation of alternative control of Sitobion avenae in wheat crops in China. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 140:189-195.
    • Onstad, D. W., P. D. Mitchell, T. M. Hurley, J. G. Lundgren, R. P. Porter, C. H. Krupke, J. L. Spencer, C. D. DiFonzo, T. S. Baute, R. L. Hellmich, L. Buschman, W. D. Hutchison, and J. F. Tooker. 2011. Seeds of change: Corn seed mixtures for resistance management and IPM. Journal of Economic Entomology 104:343-352.


    Progress 09/01/10 to 08/31/11

    Outputs
    OUTPUTS: This EIPM-CS Coordination project report includes an IPM coordination and collaboration project and projects in six emphasis areas: IPM in high value crops, IPM coordination within conservation partnerships, IPM in schools, IPM in housing, Consumer/Urban IPM, and IPM Partnerships in wide area Pest Monitoring and Reporting for Vegetable Crops. 1. IPM Coordination and Collaboration IPM coordination in PA IPM is a collaboration between the Penn State IPM coordinator and the PDA IPM coordinator. During the reporting period: maintained stakeholder engagement, managing several ongoing stakeholder groups, serving on the advisory committees of other programs, maintained communication and promotion, increased leveraging activity,and maintaining multistate and national collaborations. 2. Areas of Emphasis: 1 - Increased extension efforts in agronomic crops IPM to reduce environmental and health risks in agriculture, prevent agricultural pollution, improve productivity, the reduction of costs, and the increase of net farm income. Objective 2 - Expanded high tunnel vegetable production, trained Amish/Mennonites fresh market vegetable growers on IPM, and expanded the Christmas tree IPM project. Objective 3 - Collaborated with the Natural Resources Conservation Services to provided incentives for IPM adoption in high-value, specialty crops and helped ensure that there are adequate Technical Service Providers for specialty crop growers who wish to employ IPM and/or organic methods. Objective 4 - Expanded IPM and outreach education in multifamily housing IPM in Housing by becoming accredited IPM trainers for federally subsidized housing and conducted job skills training in housing IPM. Objective 5 - PA IPM continued to promote IPM adoption in schools, both within the curriculum content and facilities implementation. Objective 6 - PA IPM expanded the Pennsylvania Pest Information Platform for Extension and Education using weather data to provide for disease forecasting models. PARTICIPANTS: PA IPM Stakeholders - The Pennsylvania Statewide IPM Advisory Committee is commissioned by the Secretary of Agriculture to advise us on policy and program priorities - The College of Agricultural Sciences IPM Advisory Committee (http://paipm.cas.psu.edu/1462.htm) consists of faculty representing college departments. - The Philadelphia School and Community IPM Partnership (http://paipm.cas.psu.edu/563.htm) is a very broad-based committee representing IPM issues for the City of Philadelphia with over 400 members Service by PAIPM to other committees - The NRCS State Technical Committee advises NRCS about state conservation needs. - The Penn State Metro Advisory Committee advises the College of Agricultural Sciences about implementing its new focus on urban issues. - The Pesticide Education Advisory Committee advises that program's activities concerning pesticide safety education. - The new Mid-Atlantic Specialty Crops Strategic Planning Committee (funded by USDA/CSREES/SCRI) is engaging industry, government, agriculture and industry in the region to study changes in the production and marketing of fruits and vegetables. - Environment and Natural Resource Institute ensures that IPM is a part of conservation policy and programming. PA IPM Partnerships - USDA/CSREES - USDA/NRCS - USEPA - CDC and HUD - PA Dept. of Agriculture Multistate Collaborations - Northeast Research, Extension and Academic Program - Northeast IPM Center - New Jersey IPM Program - City health departments of Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore and Boston National Collaborations - ECOP/ESCOP policy committees TARGET AUDIENCES: PA IPM target audiences continue to expand from farmers and growers to include consumers, home owners and residents, teachers, child care staff, school administrators and government officials. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.

    Impacts
    1. IPM Coordination and Collaboration - Maintained stakeholder engagement through meetings and media - Collaborated with other state and national agencies - Maintained communications and promotion- Produced over 50 news releases, four newsletters, and established a social media presence through a new blog, Facebook and Twitter pages 2. Agronomic crops - Collaborated with Penn State's Crop Management Extension Group (CMEG)to host meetings for approximately 3,000 farmers - 750 agricultural professionals attended educational programs with emphases on IPM offered by educators - Collaborated with CMEG to establish demonstration plots at two Penn State research farms in Centre County and Lancaster Counties 3. Specialty crops - Collaborated with PDA to work with growers in Lancaster County to incorporate beneficial predatory mites as biological control of two-spotted spider mite TSSM and hosted a field day - Worked with the Amish/Mennonite community in Lancaster County conducting on-farm personal field training sessions and educational workshops - Continued Christmas tree project and developed a manual for growers 4. Coordination with Conservation Partnerships - Conducted two IPM training sessions per season to NRCS field staff - Developed and modified new IPM specifications - Developed web site on IPM practices, specifications and NRCS links, updates and application deadlines - Supported pollution reduction in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. 5. IPM in Housing - Became accredited IPM trainers for federally subsidized housing - Developed "IPM for Multifamily Housing", one-day training for for over over 300 housing managers - Trained 220 food service staff at Penn State as part of the PSU IPM Task Force - Trained 500 participants in presentations to Cooperative Extension, NCHH Essentials for Healthy Homes, Lead Elimination Partnership, Healthy Homes HUD grantees and regional meeting of urban entomologists. - Collaborated with Resources for Human Development in Philadelphia to developed an IPM job-skills training program to help approximately 70 incarcerated individuals reintegrate into society 6. IPM in Schools - 500 educators participated in PA IPM-developed workshops and another 850 were introduced to IPM concepts and display materials at educational venues - Expanded school IPM website and Spanish educational materials - Collaborated with Penn State's Better Kid Care and developed the "Healthy Air + Healthy Spaces = Healthy Children" model on IPM and greener cleaning choices for child care staff - Trained 15 Cooperative Extension Educators to deliver trainings in their counties - Started the Pennsylvania School Integrated Pest Management Network (PASIN) list-serve 7. IPM Partnerships in wide-area Pest Monitoring and Reporting for Agronomic and Vegetable Crops - Developed two 20-minute online trainings on how to use PA-PIPE - Continued to develop additional phenology models to add more pest species - Conducted trainings to county educators

    Publications

    • Integrated Pest Management for Christmas Tree Production: A guide for Pennsylvania growers. 2010. Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences. 203 pp.