Progress 10/01/23 to 09/30/24
Outputs
PROGRESS REPORT Objectives (from AD-416): 1. Obtain efficacy and residual data of insecticides, miticides, herbicides and fungicides on vegetable crops and ornamentals against insects and mites. 2. Provide national leadership in coordination of the minor use pesticide program in ARS; ensure compliance with all Federal GLP directives; and review, evaluate, and coordinate the development of data on efficacy, phytotoxicity, and residue data and ensure that these data are acceptable toward obtaining registrations for minor crops. Approach (from AD-416): Field evaluations of insecticides, miticides, fungicides, and herbicides will be conducted on vegetable and ornamental crops. Research will be conducted according to IR-4 protocols and good laboratory practices. No specific treatments can be mentioned ahead of time because program needs change depending on industry requests. Residue samples will be assayed by appropriate federal, state, or private laboratories. There is a need to develop data to support the registration of new pesticides for use on specialty food crops (fruits, vegetables, nuts, etc. ) and on non-food environmental horticulture crops (floral, nursery, landscape plants, Christmas trees, etc.). Therefore, ARS researchers in Charleston, South Carolina, coordinated and conducted pesticide research on specialty crops in cooperation with other ARS sites and the IR-4 Project (previously named Interregional Research Project #4) and cooperating crop protection industries. The IR-4 Project is a national minor-use pesticide program (headquartered at North Carolina State University) that develops data required by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to register pesticides on specialty crops. The IR- 4 Project and ARS have been cooperating closely since the mid-1970s. ARS field researchers in Charleston, South Carolina; Tifton, Georgia; Salinas, California; Wapato, Washington; and Wooster, Ohio, participated in IR-4 sponsored EPA Guideline Magnitude of the Residue studies by performing 50 trials with crop protection chemicals on food crops that were initiated in 2024. These ARS sites fulfilled a critical gap in US Environmental Protection Agency data needs by participating in 25 Magnitude of the Residue studies by developing required residue samples. ARS scientists in analytical laboratories in Tifton, Georgia, and Wapato, Washington, are contributing to IR-4 by ongoing analyses. In 2024, the Tifton, Georgia analytical laboratories were assigned analysis of 47 residue sample sets from field trials conducted at ARS and State field research sites. These analytical work supported IR-4 efforts for 6 Magnitude of the Residue studies. ARS involvement in these IR-4 residue studies will lead to numerous EPA approved registrations of crop protection products for specialty food crop stakeholders in the future. Data on non-food, environmental horticulture crops were developed by ARS researchers at Charleston, South Carolina; Corvallis, Oregon; Tifton, Georgia; Wapato, Washington; Wooster, Ohio; and ARS state cooperator at Rutgers University; these researchers submitted crop safety data on 110 trials between 7/1/ 2023 and 6/30/2024 covering 42 environmental horticulture plant species and 27 products for pathogens, pests, and weeds. For the calendar year 2024, 97 trials have been selected by the researchers at Charleston, Corvallis, Tifton, Wapato, and Wooster sites. The ARS supported state cooperator at University of Maryland Easten Shore is still becoming established and has not yet submitted 2023 reports or selected 2024 trials. The ARS state cooperator at Rutgers University has been decommissioned. ARS researchers in Charleston, South Carolina developed information on potential new uses for target compounds in cooperation with the IR-4 Project for research on pesticides that were completed for 9 food crop residue studies (5 herbicides on sweet corn, cucumber, peanut, pepper, and tomato; 2 fungicides on basil and greenhouse transplant spinach; an insecticide on greenhouse cucumber; and a plant growth regulator on greenhouse basil). Also, 17 crop safety trials were completed on ornamental crops including: 4 insecticide (2 products) on hibiscus species and hydrangea species, and 13 herbicides (3 different products) on Actinidia, bigleaf hydrangea, Codiaeum, coral plant, Dipladenia Mandeville, peanut, and scarlet bush in South Carolina. Results from this work are being used to support the registration of needed pesticides on specialty crops, and many of these pesticides will subsequently be available for use by growers. ACCOMPLISHMENTS 01 Registration of crop protection products (chemical and bio-based pesticides) for food, nursery, and floral crops. ARS researchers at Charleston, South Carolina, conducted and coordinated ARS research at Charleston, South Carolina; Corvallis, Oregon; Salinas, California; Tifton, Georgia; Wapato, Washington; and Wooster, Ohio, in cooperation with the IR-4 Project. This research was done to provide crop protection needs for specialty crop growers (food crops such as fruits, vegetables, and nuts, and non-food ornamental crops such as floral, nursery, and landscape plants). ARS researchers at these research farms and analytical laboratories contribute approximately 15% of the total efforts required to achieve the registrations needed by specialty crop growers to manage pests on high value crops. Extrapolating this estimate, ARS resources yield 32 new tolerances, 240 registrations on food crops and impact 75 decisions on non-food ornamental crops. In addition, Michigan State University⿿s Center for Economic Analysis recently published that IR-4 Project efforts adds $8.7 billion dollars to the annual gross domestic product. Based on these values, ARS contributions to the IR-4 Project results in $1.3 billion dollars in annual impact.
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Progress 10/01/22 to 09/30/23
Outputs
PROGRESS REPORT Objectives (from AD-416): 1. Obtain efficacy and residual data of insecticides, miticides, herbicides and fungicides on vegetable crops and ornamentals against insects and mites. 2. Provide national leadership in coordination of the minor use pesticide program in ARS; ensure compliance with all Federal GLP directives; and review, evaluate, and coordinate the development of data on efficacy, phytotoxicity, and residue data and ensure that these data are acceptable toward obtaining registrations for minor crops. Approach (from AD-416): Field evaluations of insecticides, miticides, fungicides, and herbicides will be conducted on vegetable and ornamental crops. Research will be conducted according to IR-4 protocols and good laboratory practices. No specific treatments can be mentioned ahead of time because program needs change depending on industry requests. Residue samples will be assayed by appropriate federal, state, or private laboratories. There is a need to develop data to support the registration of new pesticides for use on specialty food crops (fruits, vegetables, nuts, etc. ) and on non-food environmental horticulture crops (floral, nursery, landscape plants, Christmas trees, etc.). Therefore, ARS researchers in Charleston, South Carolina, coordinated and conducted pesticide research on specialty crops in cooperation with other ARS sites and the IR-4 Project (previously named Interregional Research Project #4) and cooperating crop protection industries. The IR-4 Project is a national minor-use pesticide program (headquartered at North Carolina State University) that develops data required by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to register pesticides on specialty crops. This year is the 60th anniversary of the IR-4 Project and ARS has been cooperating since the beginning. ARS field researchers in Charleston, South Carolina; Tifton, Georgia; Salinas, California; Wapato, Washington; and Wooster, Ohio participated in IR-4 sponsored USEPA Guideline Magnitude of the Residue studies by performing 46 trials with crop protection chemicals on food crops that were initiated in 2022. In Fiscal Year 2023, these ARS sites initiated studies contributing samples from 55 residue field trials. ARS scientists in laboratories in Tifton, Georgia, and Wapato, Washington, are contributing to IR-4 by ongoing analyses of 520 residue samples developed at 105 IR-4 field locations (state and federal) that were received in Fiscal Year 2023. Also, data on non-food environmental crops were developed by ARS researchers at Charleston, South Carolina; Corvallis, Oregon; Tifton, Georgia; Wapato, Washington; Wooster, Ohio; and ARS state cooperators at Rutgers University; these researchers established 114 pesticide/crop combinations to treat ornamental plants with pesticides for crop safety assessment in 2023. ARS researchers in Charleston, South Carolina developed information on potential new uses for target compounds in cooperation with the IR-4 Project for research on pesticides that were completed for 7 food crop residue studies (an herbicide on spinach, and fungicides on basil, cantaloupe, cucumber, leaf lettuce, squash, and turnip roots). Also, 13 herbicide performance trials were completed for studies on ornamental crops (Arachis species, butterfly palm, miniature date palm, windmill palm, stromanthe, dwarf jasmine, duranta, and yellow allamanda) in South Carolina. Results from this work are being used to support the registration of needed pesticides on specialty crops, and many of these pesticides will subsequently be available for use by growers. Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML) No artificial intelligence or machine learning were used this fiscal year. ACCOMPLISHMENTS 01 Registration of pesticides for food, nursery, and floral crops. ARS researchers in Charleston, South Carolina, conducted and coordinated ARS research in Charleston, South Carolina; Corvallis, Oregon; Salinas, California; Tifton, Georgia; Wapato, Washington; and Wooster, Ohio, in cooperation with the IR-4 Project (previously named Interregional Research Project #4; this year marks 60 years of collaboration with ARS) . This research was done to provide crop protection needs for specialty crop growers (food crops such as fruits, vegetables, and nuts, and non- food ornamental crops such as floral, nursery, and landscape plants). ARS researchers at these research farms and analytical laboratories contribute approximately 15% of the total efforts required to achieve the registrations needed by specialty crop growers to manage pests on high value crops. Using this estimate, ARS resources yielded 17 new tolerances, 96 registrations on food crops, and impacted 226 decisions on non-food ornamental crops. In addition, Michigan State University⿿s Center for Economic Analysis recently published that IR-4 Project efforts adds $8.7 billion dollars to the annual gross domestic product. Based on these values, ARS⿿ contributions to the IR-4 Project results in $1.3 billion dollars in annual impact.
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Progress 10/01/21 to 09/30/22
Outputs
PROGRESS REPORT Objectives (from AD-416): 1. Obtain efficacy and residual data of insecticides, miticides, herbicides and fungicides on vegetable crops and ornamentals against insects and mites. 2. Provide national leadership in coordination of the minor use pesticide program in ARS; ensure compliance with all Federal GLP directives; and review, evaluate, and coordinate the development of data on efficacy, phytotoxicity, and residue data and ensure that these data are acceptable toward obtaining registrations for minor crops. Approach (from AD-416): Field evaluations of insecticides, miticides, fungicides, and herbicides will be conducted on vegetable and ornamental crops. Research will be conducted according to IR-4 protocols and good laboratory practices. No specific treatments can be mentioned ahead of time because program needs change depending on industry requests. Residue samples will be assayed by appropriate federal, state, or private laboratories. There is a need to develop data to support the registration of new pesticides for use on specialty food crops (fruits, vegetables, nuts, etc. ) and on non-food environmental horticulture crops (floral, nursery, landscape plants, Christmas trees, etc.). Therefore, ARS researchers in Charleston, South Carolina, coordinated and conducted pesticide research on specialty crops in cooperation with other ARS sites and the IR-4 Project (previously named Interregional Research Project #4) and cooperating crop protection industries. The IR-4 Project is a national minor-use pesticide program (headquartered at North Carolina State University) that develops data required by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to register pesticides on specialty crops. ARS field researchers in Charleston, South Carolina; Tifton, Georgia; Salinas, California; Wapato, Washington; and Wooster, Ohio participated in 26 IR- 4 sponsored USEPA Guideline Magnitude of the Residue studies by performing 62 trials with crop protection chemicals on food crops that were initiated in 2021. In 2022, these ARS sites performed 24 studies contributing residue samples from 44 field trials. ARS scientists in Tifton, Georgia, and Wapato, Washington are contributing to IR-4 by analyzing 172 sample set of residue samples developed at various IR-4 field locations (state and federal) in 2021/2022. Also, data on the non- food environmental crops were developed by ARS researchers at Charleston, South Carolina; Corvallis, Oregon; Tifton, Georgia; Wapato, Washington; Wooster, Ohio; and ARS state cooperators at Rutgers University; these researchers established 136 pesticide/crop combinations to treat ornamental plants with pesticides for crop safety assessment in 2022. ARS researchers in Charleston, South Carolina developed information on potential new uses for target compounds in cooperation with the IR-4 Project for research on pesticides that were completed for 5 food crop residue studies (herbicide on cherry tomato, non-bell pepper and mustard, and fungicide on cherry tomato and spinach). Also, 11 performance trials (10 fungicides and 1 insecticide) were completed for studies on ornamental crops (drench treatments of boxwood, magnolia, phlox, zinnia, liviope and coreopsis, and foliar treatments of boxwood, magnolia pholox and zinnia). Results from this work are being used to support the registration of needed pesticides on specialty crops, and many of these pesticides will subsequently be available for use by growers. ACCOMPLISHMENTS 01 Registration of pesticides for food, nursery, and foral crops. ARS researchers in Charleston, South Carolina, coordinated ARS research in Charleston, South Carolina; Corvallis, Oregon; Salinas, California; Tifton, Georgia; Wapato, Washington; and Wooster, Ohio, in cooperation with the IR-4 Project in support of the registration of pesticides. This research was done to provide crop protection needs for specialty crop growers (food crops such as fruits, vegetables, and nuts, and non- food ornamental crops such as floral, nursery, landscape plants, and Christmas trees). ARS researchers at these research farms and analytical laboratories contribute approximately 15% of the total efforts required to achieve the registrations needed by specialty crop growers to manage pests on high value crops. Using this estimate, ARS resources yielded 17 new tolerances, 96 registrations on food crops, and impacted 226 decisions on non-food ornamental crops. In addition, Michigan State University⿿s Center for Economic Analysis recently published that IR-4 Project efforts adds $8.7 billion dollars to the annual gross domestic product. Based on these values, ARS⿿ contributions to the IR-4 Project results in $1.3 billion dollars in annual impact.
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Progress 10/01/20 to 09/30/21
Outputs
Progress Report Objectives (from AD-416): 1. Obtain efficacy and residual data of insecticides, miticides, herbicides and fungicides on vegetable crops and ornamentals against insects and mites. 2. Provide national leadership in coordination of the minor use pesticide program in ARS; ensure compliance with all Federal GLP directives; and review, evaluate, and coordinate the development of data on efficacy, phytotoxicity, and residue data and ensure that these data are acceptable toward obtaining registrations for minor crops. Approach (from AD-416): Field evaluations of insecticides, miticides, fungicides, and herbicides will be conducted on vegetable and ornamental crops. Research will be conducted according to IR-4 protocols and good laboratory practices. No specific treatments can be mentioned ahead of time because program needs change depending on industry requests. Residue samples will be assayed by appropriate federal, state, or private laboratories. There is a need to develop data to support the registration of new pesticides for use on specialty food crops (fruits, vegetables, nuts, etc. ) and on non-food environmental horticulture crops (floral, nursery, landscape plants, Christmas trees, etc.). Therefore, ARS researchers in Charleston, South Carolina, coordinated and conducted pesticide research on specialty crops in cooperation with other ARS sites and the IR-4 Project (previously named Interregional Research Project #4) and cooperating crop protection industries. The IR-4 Project is a national minor-use pesticide program (headquartered at North Carolina State University and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey) that develops data required by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to register pesticides on specialty crops. ARS field researchers in Charleston, South Carolina; Tifton, Georgia; Salinas, California; Wapato, Washington; and Wooster, Ohio participated in 29 IR-4 sponsored USEPA Guideline Magnitude of the Residue studies by performing 71 trials with crop protection chemicals on food crops that were initiated in 2020. In 2021, these ARS sites performed 24 studies/50 field trials. ARS scientists in Tifton, Georgia, and Wapato, Washington are contributing to IR-4 by analyzing 136 sample set of residue samples developed at various IR-4 field locations (state and federal) in 2020/2021. Also, data on the non-food environmental crops were developed by ARS researchers at Charleston, South Carolina; Corvallis, Oregon; Tifton, Georgia; Wapato, Washington; Wooster, Ohio; and ARS state cooperators at Rutgers University; these researchers established 143 pesticide/crop combinations to treat ornamental plants with pesticides for crop safety assessment in 2021. ARS researchers in Charleston, South Carolina developed information on potential new uses for target compounds in cooperation with the IR-4 Project for research on fungicides that were completed for 5 food crop residue studies (cantaloupe, bell pepper, mustard greens, peanut, and tomato). Also, 15 fungicides performance trials were completed for studies on ornamental crops (arborvitae, butterfly bush, daylily, Boston fern, hydrangea, jasmine, rose, bottlebrush, burning bush, camellia, and phlox). Results from this work are being used to support the registration of needed pesticides on specialty crops, and many of these pesticides will subsequently be available for use by growers. Record of Any Impact of Maximized Teleworking Requirement: Some research had to be repeated ACCOMPLISHMENTS 01 Registration of pesticides for food, nursery, and floral crops. ARS researchers in Charleston, South Carolina, conducted pesticide research on specialty crops in cooperation with the IR-4 Project (previously named Interregional Research Project #4) and cooperating crop protection industries. The IR-4 Project is a national minor-use pesticide program (headquartered at North Carolina State University and Rutgers University) that develops data required by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to register pesticides on specialty crops. The IR-4 Project is the primary entity in the U.S. to facilitate registrations of conventional pesticides and bio-pesticides on specialty Registration of pesticides for food, nursery, and floral crops.
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