Progress 09/01/10 to 08/31/14
Outputs
Target Audience:The University of Missouri (MU) Plant Science extension service is dedicated to improving the well-being of all of Missouri's citizens. The MU IPM program is a multidisciplinary team of scientists and extension specialists. Target audiences include farmers, gardeners, homeowners, and groups that provide advice to these individuals about on plant management. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?In service education opportuinities for MU regional extension agronomists and horticulturalists. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?In-person group meetings; web site; newsletters; email alerst What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
IPM Implementation in Agronomic Crops IPM Website The website serves as our central hub for information dissemination to our clientele. From Sept 2010 - August 31, 2014, the MU IPM website had 320,720 pageviews. During this same time period, 103 articles were submitted to the Integrated Crop Pest Management (ICPM) Newsletter, resulting in 95,759 total pageviews. An email delivery system was developed to deliver newsletter articles immediately to ICPM newsletter subscribers. These articles had a broad array of topics including weather stress during the drought of 2012, herbicide management options, corn, soybean, and winter wheat diseases, and alfalfa weevil and fall armyworm management. The website also houses the statewide Pest Monitoring Network which incorporates the results from 17 trappers monitoring one or more of 10 economically important insect pests in 19 counties in Missouri. One hundred and forty five alerts have been sent to growers through the system, which notifies subscribers via email to above threshold captures in their region. Pesticide Applicator Training: Several IPM faculty participate in statewide Commercial Pesticide Applicator Training events, and regional specialists facilitate Private Applicator Training. From 3,000 to 4,000 individuals were reached during each January during five training events in Springfield, St. Louis, Columbia, Kansas City, and Cape Girardeau, MO. Gene Zoo & Crop Gardens: This website introduces the public to the wonderful diversity of agricultural plants that are critical to the livelihood of Missourians and the world. This site (http://genezoo.missouri.edu) serves as an introduction to the demonstration site at the University of Missouri Bradford Farms that displays extensive corn and soybean genetic collections; pulse crop; biofuels; and notorious plants. IPM Implementation in Urban Environments Newsletter: more than 80 submitted to the Missouri Environment and Garden MEG Newsletter from Sept 2010 - August 31, 2014, accounting for 92,853 total pageviews on the MU IPM website. As with the ICPM newsletter, an email delivery system was developed to deliver newsletter articles immediately to MEG newsletter subscribers. Popular articles included methods for avoiding drought problems in gardens and landscape beds, lawn care tips, and flower and bedding plant management. Master Gardener: more than 50 Master Gardener programs are located throughout Missouri. IPM faculty contribute greatly to the presentation and delivery of this curriculum.
Publications
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2010
Citation:
Bradley, K. W. 2010. Identifying grass seedlings. IPM1024. University of Missouri Extension, Columbia, MO
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
Bradley, K. W. 2014. Weed and Brush Control for Forages, Pastures and Noncropland. IPM1031. University of Missouri Extension, Columbia, MO
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Websites
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2010
Citation:
MU IPM web site
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Progress 09/01/11 to 08/31/12
Outputs
OUTPUTS: This project involves Missouri IPM Extension Coordination and two program emphasis areas: IPM Implementation for Agronomic Crops and IPM Training for Consumer/Urban Environments. We continue to improve our External advisory board. We are adding to the diversity of backgrounds and subject matter interests. The web-based forums have allowed us to expand the Board. We continue to improve our web site, ipm.missouri.edu. Number of visits increased 27% over previous year to 26,992. The number of page views increased 35% to 78,871. The MU IPM Program publishes 2 newsletters: "Integrated Pest and Crop Management (IPCM) and "Missouri Environment and Gardens (MEG)". The primary target audience for IPCM is persons that provide management information to farmers. The number of subscriptions has risen from 1165 to 1242. Representatives from most private companies that sell pest management inputs subscribe to IPCM. During the past 12 months we have published 18 issues of IPCM that contained 89 articles written by more than 10 extension specialists. The target audiences for MEG are homeowners, educators, and other persons with an interest in horticultural plants. During the past 12 months we have published 12 issues of MEG that contained 56 articles written by 8 state specialists. This year we instituted an alert system that notified subscribers by email that an article had been posted to the web site. This adds greatly to the speed by which critical information is provided to decision makes. The MU Pest Monitoring Network continues to be successful. Pests of agronomic and horticultural crops are monitored by a network of trappers. These trappers are county-based extension specialist so they have immediate access to pest information. Data are compiled on our public web site. Individuals and groups add their name to our list shares. If a monitored pest is captured in significant an alert is sent to the list. Reminders of IPM principles are included in the alerts. These alerts are also placed in our Facebook and Twitter accounts. From mid-April to mid-August we held weekly enhanced teleconference. Conferences were conducted using Office Communicator and included campus- and county-based specialists. Communication was enhanced by placing pictures and documents on a network drive to which all specialists had access. The drought of 2012 was an important topic. PARTICIPANTS: Staff members: Amy Hess, Jessica Hartman. Collaborators include M. Warmund (horticulture), C. Starbuck (horticulture), M. Nathan (soil fertility), D. Trinklein (horticulture), B. Fresenburg (turf), P. Guinan (meteorology), R. Massey (economic), L. Sweets (plant pathology), K. Bradley (weed science), P. Scharf (soil fertility), J. Lory (soil fertility), W. Bailey (entomology), K. Tindal (entomology), A. Wrather (plant pathology), R. Kallenbach (forages), and C. Roberts (forages). TARGET AUDIENCES: The primary target audiences were farmers and homeowners, but to increase our effectiveness we focused on persons that give advice to farmers and homeowners. So, private industry personnel, extension employees, and agency representatives were important avenues for distributing information. Web-based content, email messages, phone calls, participation in extension meetings, and newsletters are all methods to interact with our target audiences. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.
Impacts
Knowledge about IPM principles was enhanced for advisers to farmers and homeowners. Crop advisers learned how drought and pests interact to reduce yield. Our pest alerts reduced pesticide applications where pesticides were not needed. County-based extension specialists learned how to better manage 5 important insect pests.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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Progress 09/01/10 to 08/31/11
Outputs
OUTPUTS: This project involves Missouri IPM Extension Coordination and two program emphasis areas: IPM Implementation for Agronomic Crops and IPM Training for Consumer/Urban Environments. We have reinvigorated our IPM Advisory Board. Invited members possess diverse backgrounds and places of employment including private companies, state/federal agencies, and end-users. To increase interaction among Board members and with IPM personnel, we use web-based forum software provided by AderSoftware. Our enhanced web site received 21,268 visits and 58,619 page views over the past 12 months. The MU IPM Program publishes two newsletters: "Integrated Pest and Crop Management Newsletter (IPCM)" and "Missouri Environment and Garden (MEG)". The target audience for IPCM is farmers and their advisers. The number of electronic subscriptions has increased to 1165 individuals. The majority of subscribers are cop advisers so that the impact from the IPCM is multiplied by their activity. Nearly all private company representatives receive the newsletter. In the past 12 month, we produced 22 IPCM issues that contained 122 articles written by 12 state extension specialists. More than 67% of articles focused on pest management. The target audiences for MEG are homeowners and persons interested in horticultural crops. The number of electronic subscriptions has increased to 1735. In the past 12 months we have produced 12 MEG issues that contained 74 articles written by 9 state extension specialists. We produced one full color manual on indentifying grass seedlings. The MU Pest Monitoring Network now includes 11 insect species. On our web site we added information on identification and scouting procedures for four of these pests and will continue to add information for the other pests. Our web site also contains links to several national pest monitoring sites. Where appropriate our data is uploaded to these sites. We have a network of 32 traps monitored by 27 local extension specialists. Data are posted to our web site and are accessible to all visitors. Visitors can join list serves for each monitored pest. Pest alerts are sent to these list serves when trapped numbers exceed our threshold. Total list serve subscription is 1144. We also post alerts to our Facebook (58 followers) and Twitter (136 followers) accounts. In 2011 (before June 1) we have sent 19 pest alerts on black cutworm and 7 on corn earworm. Each week during the growing season (22 weeks) we hold two teleconferences. One teleconference is dedicated to horticultural crops including turf, and the other teleconference is dedicated to forages and field crops. All state and county based extension specialists are invited to attend. All specialists have access a computer folder with stored documents and images to be discussed during the teleconference. An six hour in-service-education offering on pest monitoring was provided for county-based extension specialist. Dr. Wiebold continues to be an active participant in the North Central Region IPM committee (NCERA 201) and NRCS & IPM working committee. PARTICIPANTS: William Wiebold is project director. He was intimately involved in all decisions made during the year. He approved web and document designs, monitored newsletters and pest trapping, arranged for county-based specialist training including in service education, directed the teleconferences, and communicated with administrators. Jessica Kohler is a multimedia specialist. She laid out all print documents, designed and managed the web sites, organized the newsletters, and added content to print and electronic documents. Collaborators include S. Wright (plant diagnostic clinic), M. Warmund (horticulture), C. Starbuck (horticulture), M. Nathan (soil fertility), D. Trinklein (horticulture), M. Kroening (master gardener), B. Fresenburg (turf), P. Guinan (meteorology), R. Massey (economic), L. Sweets (plant pathology), K. Bradley (weed science), P. Scharf (soil fertility), J. Lory (soil fertility), W. Bailey (entomology), K. Tindal (entomology), A. Wrather (plant pathology), R. Kallenbach (forages), and C. Roberts (forages). An in service education training session was open to all county based agronomy and horticulture extension specialists. Program involved 6 hours of training on pest monitoring. TARGET AUDIENCES: The primary target audiences are farmers and homeowners, but to increase our effectiveness we focused on persons that give advice to farmers and homeowners. So, private industry personnel, extension employees, and agency representatives were important avenues for distributing information. Web-based content, email messages, phone calls, participation in extension meetings, and newsletters are all methods to interact with our target audiences. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: No modifications needed.
Impacts
The primary outcome of this first year is enhanced knowledge about IPM principles and how these principles can be incorporated in crop/plant management plans especially in person giving advice to farmers and homeowners. For example the private industry representatives that are subscribers to our newsletters and receive our pest alerts provide advice for over 60% of Missouri's 5.3 million soybean acres for soybean, 2.7 million corn acres, and 1 million wheat acres. Our county-based extension specialists are responsible for all urban/suburban counties and the top 75 counties for agricultural receipts. The weekly teleconferences, newsletters, in-service-education, and web site provide training and resources for these specialists. Our MU Pest Monitoring Network uses locally collected data - data collected by these specialists. Six of the most frequently downloaded extension documents for the entire University of Missouri system were produced by the MU IPM Program.
Publications
- Bradley, K. W. 2010. Identifying grass seedlings. IPM1024. University of Missouri Extension, Columbia, MO
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