Source: IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY submitted to NRP
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT
Sponsoring Institution
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Project Status
COMPLETE
Funding Source
3D GRANT
Reporting Frequency
Annual
Accession No.
1001316
Grant No.
2013-41534-21434
Cumulative Award Amt.
$195,000.00
Proposal No.
2013-04124
Multistate No.
(N/A)
Project Start Date
Sep 1, 2013
Project End Date
Aug 31, 2015
Grant Year
2013
Program Code
[QQIPM]- Extension Integrated Pest Management - Coordination
Recipient Organization
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
2229 Lincoln Way
AMES,IA 50011
Performing Department
Plant Pathology & Microbiology
Non Technical Summary
The proposed Iowa State University Integrated Pest Management Coordination Program (ISU IPM Program) will be a multidisciplinary, collaborative effort within Extension and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. The program will support the National IPM Roadmap by promoting economically reasonable, environmentally protective, and safe pest management practices for Iowans. The main focus of the ISU IPM Program is on agricultural crops as 24 of Iowa's 36 million acres are planted to corn and soybean. The program also will address urban, consumer, and commercial pest management issues. The ISU IPM Program seeks funding for four emphasis areas: IPM implementation for agronomic crops, IPM training for consumer/urban environments, IPM implementation for specialty crops, and IPM support for pest diagnostic facilities. The overall goal is to provide science-based IPM information to Iowans to increase their productivity and global competitiveness while protecting the environment. Secondary goals include generating research-based pest management information, providing an infrastructure for scouting significant pests, diagnosing agronomic and horticultural pests, directing the ISU Extension Farm allowing for in-­season active learning, developing pre-­collegiate IPM curriculum and educational activities, and leveraging pest-management funds from other sources. Through these goals, the ISU IPM Program will be responsive and relevant, while producing quality products. Through stakeholder input and an infrastructure capable of responding to stakeholder input, the ISU IPM program will continue to be successful.
Animal Health Component
75%
Research Effort Categories
Basic
25%
Applied
75%
Developmental
0%
Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)Subject of Investigation (SOI)Field of Science (FOS)Percent
90200010001100%
Knowledge Area
902 - Administration of Projects and Programs;

Subject Of Investigation
0001 - Administration;

Field Of Science
0001 - Administration;
Goals / Objectives
The ISU IPM team has developed a superb set of resources that are foundational for many innovative educational opportunities. Our goal is to ensure the sustainability of the work we have completed and remain flexible enough to take advantage of strategic opportunities, such as the educational needs for pre-collegiate students or the partnership with ScoutPro. The general goals for the ISU IPM program, which coincide with the National IPM Roadmap and the ISU Extension and Outreach Plan of Work, include: • Complement ISU faculty and staff in the Departments of Agronomy, Entomology, Horticulture, and Plant Pathology in conducting IPM-­based research and providing science-based pest management information to Iowans to increase their productivity and global competitiveness while also protecting the environment. •Coordinate IPM services (i.e., scouting and diagnostic services) that enhance client access to extension information and support IPM decision-making. •Direct IPM-related horticultural and agronomic on-farm research and on-station demonstrations. •Invest in the future of pest-related disciplines through IPM education for collegiate and pre-collegiate students. •Leverage Extension IPM funds to further IPM research and education that is relevant and responsive to stakeholders.
Project Methods
The ISU IPM program works closely with ISU faculty and staff, colleagues in other states and Canada, Iowa Soybean Association, Iowa Certified Crop Advisers (CCA) board and several industry partners (e.g., Monsanto, DuPont Pioneer), and others to develop and update an extensive series of publications for farmers and agronomists. The ISU IPM team participates in or leads Extension events. All PIs work closely with ISU faculty and staff to facilitate integration of IPM-­related information within several extension programs. PI Mueller will work with several plant pathologists in the North Central region to develop educational material on common and emerging soybean diseases. Some of the material to be produced will include a series of regional podcasts, videos, and publications on soybean pests and fungicides. The ISU IPM program worked closely with ScoutPro to provide the majority of content for their apps, and we will expand our relationship with ScoutPro. As a response to damaging hailstorms in 2010 and 2011 that significantly damaged corn and soybean crops across Iowa, PIs Mueller and Sisson started investigating how fungicides should best be used after a hail event. Working closely with Asmus Farm Supply, Sisson established research and demonstration plots in Ames and Rake, Iowa in 2012. PI Mueller secured funding from the United Soybean Board (USB) to bring a team from eight states comprised of entomologists, plant pathologists, and weed scientists to work alongside Corn Systems CAP grant scientists. Each IPM specialist collects pest related data that complement data from the Corn Systems CAP grant work. PI Bestor coordinates collection of all IPM data and then submits it to their main database. ISU faculty and staff and IPM staff continue to learn more about ways to mitigate or respond to in-season crop challenges, and develop resources to educate about these challenges. Common ways to reach those affected by these issues are newsletters and on-station demonstrations. ISU IPM staff contributes to the Integrated Crop Management News. The PIs will help faculty and staff develop on-station demonstrations to be used in educational events. In 2012, the ISU IPM program took over leadership of the ISU Extension Farm. The Extension Farm organizes on-station demonstration plots for Extension and industry-led events targeting farmers, agribusiness personnel, and students. We also have been working closely with the Department Chairs to identify ways to increase the number of students using the farm. In 2011, Iowa State's On-Farm Research Program was started. This program allows farmers to evaluate new pest management or production practices on their own farms. The program assists farmers with experimental design and data collection, analysis and interpretation. For the next several years, the ISU IPM program will establish an internship program to help collect in-­season data from on-­farm trials and introduce students to IPM-related disciplines. As part of the Iowa State's On-­Farm Research Program, the IPM team has worked closely with Heartland Co-op. We have conducted 26 on-farm trials with Heartland Co-­op over the past two years. We will continue this partnership. Heartland also has an internship program and we train their interns to collect pest data from on-farm trials. For the past five years, the IPM program has established a network of fungicide and insecticide research plots at seven locations across Iowa. The black cutworm monitoring network is a scouting effort led by the ISU IPM program. This program utilizes cooperators throughout the state to observe and record moth data which are used to predict scouting efforts. We will work closely with iPIPE personnel to accomplish their mission of providing access to scouting data. We are committed to helping iPIPE improve the accuracy of data being uploaded by developing training materials and training those submitting data, as appropriate. The ISU IPM staff has and will continue to coordinate the Iowa Soybean Rust Fast Track System, which was created in 2005. The ISU IPM program secured funding to educate youth by providing IPM learning materials to high school agriculture instructors. These materials are available through agricultural classes in high schools, FFA chapters, and 4-H clubs. The ISU IPM team coordinates the Iowa Crop Scouting Competition, an annual event where secondary students from across Iowa competed and showcased their scouting abilities in corn and soybean at the ISU Extension Farm. With the increased interest in gardening and creation of school gardens, we have taken the initiative to develop IPM learning materials for pre-collegiate students. We are creating IPM-based learning materials for pre-­collegiate schools focusing on the basics of IPM, as well as, how to use IPM methods to assess and manage garden, landscape, and indoor pest insects and plant diseases. As part of this educational effort, we are creating a new IPM section in the Iowa State Science Fairand will work with students and teachers to select and conduct projects. IPM staff works closely with the Master Gardener Program. We use a variety of delivery methods to ensure that Master Gardeners understand IPM principles and specific IPM-­based strategies that may be applicable in their environments. To further enhance IPM awareness, we are also developing an iBook that will focus on IPM implementation in garden situations. IPM staff continually train horticultural, landscape, and pest management professionals about insect, disease, and weed issues that affect Iowans through a variety of outreach activities including in-­person meetings and hands-on workshops. In order to avoid duplications of effort and improve our outreach materials, we are partnering with the University of Illinois and University of Minnesota to produce regional materials on ornamental, tree and garden plant disease and insect pests. IPM staff also serve in a variety of capacities to reduce unnecessary insecticide use for indoor pests including serving on a state Bed Bug Taskforce that formed bed bug recommendations that will be used throughout the state and by being a board liaison to the Iowa Pest Management Association, speaking at their conference and helping to select speakers, and writing articles for their newsletter. IPM staff partner with the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, as well as other stakeholders, to prepare Iowans for the negative environmental impacts of invasive species. IPM staff train a variety of audiences on recognition and IPM based management through presentations, public meetings, pamphlets, newsletter articles, radio interviews, and media interviews. The ISU PIDC provides science-­based, unbiased diagnoses and IPM-­based management recommendations to stakeholders enabling them to solve plant health issues (e.g., disease, insect, herbicide, and abiotic problems). Stakeholders include industry, ISU Extension staff, farmers, the general public, and others. We provide this technical assistance when clients are most receptive to instruction. IPM staff report diagnoses and management information through an online database that can be accessed by ISU county Extension staff. This allows them to rapidly access information about insect or disease problems we have diagnosed in specific areas with pertinent management recommendations. The IPM team, along with ISU Extension plant pathologists, works with Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and Iowa Crop Improvement Association (ICIA) to devise scouting methods to ensure we locate diseases of phytosanitary concern in corn and soybean seed production fields and nurseries.

Progress 09/01/13 to 08/31/15

Outputs
Target Audience:The very nature of this grant dictates that the audience be wide and varied: Agronomics: Farmers, Agribusiness and Agribusiness personnel, Pre-collegiate students, School, FFA, 4H teachers, Commodity groups, General public Consumer/Urban: Homeowners, Landscapers, Farmers, Iowa State Science Fair Master Gardeners, Pest Management professionals, General public Pest Diagnostic Facilities: ISU County Extension staff, Homeowners, Landscapers, Farmers, Pest Management professionals, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, General public Changes/Problems:Two of our core IPM team members took other jobs during the course of this grant. We were able to fill the ranks of the IPM team with two new diagnosticians in the Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic, we added a videographer, and replaced the coordinator of the Extension Farm.This was an opportunity to rethink our strategy about accomplishing IPM related activities in Iowa. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?We continued to deliver IPM materials through Extension programs. We consistently participate in events such as the Integrated Crop Management Conference, Pesticide Safety Education Program trainings, Crop Advantage Series, Shade Tree Short Course, and Master Gardener trainings. We also are responsible for organizing some events such as Crop Scout School, Early and Late Disease Workshops, and the Crop Scouting Competition. We coordinated targeted trainings for various agricultural industries at the ISU Extension Farm. One of the main priorities of the ISU Extension Farm is to provide agricultural training to students, industry, and farmers. Please also see above section for more specific numbers on trainings. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?The IPM Program provides information to stakeholders in a variety of ways including: Publications are available at ISU's Extension Distribution Center, through agribusiness partners, and through ISU employees. Development of electronic publications available via download or on electronic devices. Through field days and educational events sponsored by ISU and other entities. Through face to face communications, direct email responses, and telephone calls with stakeholders. Through online newsletters for both field crops and horticulture. Please also see above entriesfor the multiple ways in which wecommunicated with communities of interest. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Nothing Reported

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? The ISU IPM program is multi-faceted, encompassing a wide variety of activities ranging from field crop extension and research to diagnostic facilities and horticulture programming. A broad overview of our accomplishments is as follows: Newsletter and other articles: We contributed many articles to both field crop and horticultural newsletters, keeping farmers, homeowners, and agribusiness up to date on the latest pest or crop-related developments. We also contributed to ISU and farm press articles. For example, we posted multiple articles at Integrated Crop Management News and Horticulture and Home Pest News. For example, during the 2014 calendar year, which took place during this granting period, the IPM team authored 14 Integrated Crop Management News articles, 9 Horticulture and Home Pest News articles, and 2 Integrated Crop Management Proceedings, as well as, had an article in Wallace's Farmer. Internet and social media presence: As an example of our outputs, during the 2014 calendar year, which took place during this granting period, IPM team members had nearly 23,000 Twitter impressions; the Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic had 442 Likes on Facebook; and ISU IPM related websites we are involved with has nearly 146,000 views. Clinic contacts: The Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic (PIDC) provided diagnosis and IPM information for walk in clients, mailed submissions, telephone inquiries, and email contacts. The PIDC receives over 2,200 samples annually. Approximately 1,200 of these samples are physcial samples. Services: We led the scouting network for black cutworm and provided assistance with other pest scouting updates. We continued to run the North Central IPM Pipe for housing scouting maps. The PIDC assisted with phytosanitary inspections for seed fields in Iowa. Publications: The IPM program developed or updated printed and online pubications, and worked with collaborators in other states to develop multiple regional publications. We released PDF versions of three of our field guide publications. We have been working to develop national APS corn and soybean publications. We worked on the alfalfa field guide and contributed to a wheat scouting app. We made progress on a scouting iBook. We coordinated publication printing and continued to distribute extension publications through Iowa State's Extension Distribution Center, the ISU Extension Farm, and other avenues. During the 2014 calendar year, which took place during this granting period, the IPM team distributed more than 31,000 publications via hard copy and PDF downloads. Trainings: We provided mutiple farmer, agribusiness, and student training at the ISU Extension Farm, as well as, at other venues in Iowa. We provided educational training for many groups including Master Gardeners and industry. We coordinated the annual scouting competition for high school students and provided materials for university personnel in Nebraska and Indiana to use as resources for their first scouting competitions. We also participated in the annual crop scout school. For example, during the 2014 calendar year, which took place during this granting period, the IPM team participated in 50 meetings, workshops, field days, etc., where a team member presented. Not all of these fall into the category of Training, but many do. Leadership: We were part of the USDA NIFA Corn Systems CAP Grant Project respresenting IPM and the North Central IPM Stakeholder Panel. We coordinate the Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic and the ISU Extension Farm. We also worked to plan and begin process of developing crowd sourcing resources for diagnostics to leverage public expertise. Evaluation: The IPM team met with IPM program's professional evaluator for a multi-day training on evaluation. Research: We continued IPM research activities relating to fungicide and insectide use.

Publications

  • Type: Books Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Shour, M., Jesse, L., Lewis, D., Iles, J., and Randall, J. Updated 2013. Emerald Ash Borer Management Options. Iowa State University Extension: PM 2084.
  • Type: Books Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Jesse, L., Lewis, D., Coats, J., and Shour, M. 2013. Protecting Bees from Pesticides. Iowa State University Extension: SP 455.
  • Type: Books Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Mueller, D. and Sisson, A. et al. 2013. Corn Field Guide 2nd Ed. Iowa State University Extension: CSI 001
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: The Iowa State University Integrated Pest Management program developed a website for our team found at: http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ NIFA support acknowledged at this page on the site: http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/content/about-integrated-pest-management


Progress 09/01/13 to 08/31/14

Outputs
Target Audience: The very nature of this grant dictates that the audience be wide and varied: Agronomics: Farmers Agribusiness and Agribusiness personnel Pre-collegiate students School, FFA, 4H teachers Commodity groups General public Consumer/Urban: Homeowners Landscapers Farmers Iowa State Science Fair Master Gardeners Pest Management professionals General public Pest Diagnostic Facilities: ISU County Extension staff Homeowners Landscapers Farmers Pest Management professionals Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship General public Changes/Problems: Two of our core IPM team members took other jobs. We are in the process of hiring new employees as we move forward on projects. This is an opportunity to rethink our strategy about accomplishing IPM related activities in Iowa. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? We continued to deliver IPM materials through Extension programs. We consistently participate in events such as the Integrated Crop Management Conference, Pesticide Safety Education Program trainings, Crop Advantage Series, Shade Tree Short Course, and Master Gardener trainings. We also are responsible for organizing some events such as Crop Scout School, Early and Late Disease Workshops, and the Crop Scouting Competition. We coordinated targeted trainings for various agricultural industries at the ISU Extension Farm. One of the main priorities of the ISU Extension Farm is to provide agricultural training to students, industry, and farmers. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? The IPM Program provides information to stakeholders in a variety of ways including: Publications are availableat ISU's Extension Distribution Center, through agribusiness partners, and through ISU employees. Development of electronic publications available via download or on electronic devices. Through field days and educational events sponsored by ISU and other entities. Through face to face communications, direct email responses, and telephone calls with stakeholders. Through online newsletters for both field crops and horticulture. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? The ISU IPM Program will continue to: Complement ISU faculty and staff in conducting IPM-­based research and providing science-based pest management information to Iowans. Coordinate IPM services such as scouting and diagnostics. Direct IPM-related horticultural and agronomic on-farm research and on-station demonstrations. Invest in the future of pest-related disciplines through IPM education for collegiate and pre-collegiate students. Leverage Extension IPM funds to further IPM research and education

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? The ISU IPM program is multi-faceted, encompassing a wide variety of activities ranging from field crop extension and research to diagnostic facilities and horticulture programming. A broad overview of our accomplishments is as follows: Newsletter and other articles: We contributed many articles to both field crop and horticultural newsletters, keeping farmers, homeowners, and agribusiness up to date on the latest pest or crop-related developments. We also contributed to ISU and farm press articles. For example, we posted multiple articles at Integrated Crop Management News and Horticulture and Home Pest News. Clinic contacts: The Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic (PIDC) provided diagnosis and IPM information for walk in clients, mailed submissions, telephone inquiries, and email contacts. The PIDC receives over 5,000 samples annually. Approximately 1,200 of these samples are physcial samples. Services: We led the scouting network for black cutworm and provided assistance with other pest scouting updates. We continued to run the North Central IPM Pipe for housing scouting maps. The PIDC assisted with phytosanitary inspections for seed fields in Iowa. Publications: The IPM program developed or updated printed and online pubications, and worked with collaborators in other states to develop multiple regional publications. We released PDF versions of three of our field guide publications. We have been working to develop national APS corn and soybean publications. We worked on the alfalfa field guide and contributed to a wheat scouting app. We made progress on a scouting iBook. We coordinated publication printing and continued to distribute extension publications through Iowa State's Extension Distribution Center, the ISU Extension Farm, and other avenues. Trainings: We provided mutiple farmer, agribusiness, and student training at the ISU Extension Farm, as well as at other venues in Iowa. We provided educational training for many groups including Master Gardeners and industry. We coordinated the annual scouting competition for high school students and provided materials for university personnel in Nebraska and Indiana to use as resources for their first scouting competitions. We also participated in the annual crop scout school. Leadership: We were part of the USDA NIFA Corn Systems CAP Grant Project respresenting IPM and the North Central IPM Stakeholder Panel. We coordinate the Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic and the ISU Extension Farm. We also worked to plan and begin process of developing crowd sourcing resources for diagnostics to leverage public expertise. Evaluation: The IPM team met with IPM program's professional evaluator for a multi-day training on evaluation. Research: We continued IPM research activities relating to fungicide and insectide use.

Publications

  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: The Iowa State University Integrated Pest Management program developed a website for our team found at: http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ NIFA support acknowledged at this page on the site: http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/content/about-integrated-pest-management
  • Type: Books Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Mueller, D. and Sisson, A. et al. 2013. Corn Field Guide 2nd Ed. Iowa State University Extension: CSI 001.
  • Type: Books Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Jesse, L., Lewis, D., Coats, J., and Shour, M. 2013. Protecting Bees from Pesticides. Iowa State University Extension: SP 455.
  • Type: Books Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Shour, M., Jesse, L., Lewis, D., Iles, J., and Randall, J. Updated 2013. Emerald Ash Borer Management Options. Iowa State University Extension: PM 2084.