Progress 08/01/14 to 07/31/16
Outputs
Target Audience:The IR-4 Project mission is providing safe and effective pest management solutions for specialty crop growers. Thus, specialty crop growers, commodity groups and organizations, experiment station faculty and extension specialists, the crop protection industry, etc. provide input and receive the impacts generated by the IR-4 Program. The IR-4 Program has successfully developed data for EPA tolerances, which provides additional crop protection tools directly to growers and a solid information database for scientists and clientele working for these stakeholders. Finally, consumers benefit from this project by having an abundance of specialty crops for their diet. Specialty crops are high in nutritional value providing healthful foods to consume. Changes/Problems:Major delays that we run across are that funding start dates are usually around July to September and in the southern region planting starts as early as February (sometimes the previous year) and funds are not available to our researchers who struggle to get the work completed. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The project sponsors a National Education Conference every 3 years that provides GLP training for a field and lab personnel. Also, every 3 years the Southern Region (SOR) a face to face regional meeting for priority setting and in between years this is done through conference calls and webinars. Also, the SOR field and lab personnel are encouraged to participate in any webinars that come available like the one that the Western Region offers. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?The community is kept informed through IR-4 newsletters which anyone can subscribe to. It currently reaches 243 foreign and 2743 domestic participants. Almost all states have a "State Report Card" that is kept up to date by IR-4 Headquarters on the progress of work in that particular state. There is a national listserv that is available to anyone interested in keeping up with the accomplishments of IR-4 and any pending projects or meetings. This listserv currently reaches 1921 participants. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Southern Region staff and state liaison representatives stay in contact with scientists and stakeholders to work on new chemistries and to assure old and current projects are being completed through registrations and labels. Labels allow chemical companies to get products out to the growers who can then use them as well as provide them additional tools for their pest management needs.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
There are 117 chemistries on a variety of crops that are scheduled for this year.
Publications
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Progress 08/01/14 to 07/31/15
Outputs
Target Audience: The IR-4 Project mission is providing safe and effective pest management solutions for specialty crop growers. Thus, specialty crop growers, commodity groups and organizations, experiment station faculty and extension specialists, the crop protection industry, etc. provide input and receive the impacts generated by the IR-4 Program. The IR-4 Program has successfully developed data for EPA tolerances, which provides additional crop protection tools directly to growers and a solid information database for scientists and clientele working for these stakeholders. Finally, consumers benefit from this project by having an abundance of specialty crops for their diet. Specialty crops are high in nutritional value providing healthful foods to consume. Changes/Problems: Major delays that we run across are that funding start dates are usually around July to September and in the southern region planting starts as early as February (sometimes the previous year) and funds are not available to our researchers who struggle to get the work completed. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? The project sponsors a National Education Conference every 3 years that provides GLP training for a field and lab personnel. Also, every 3 years the Southern Region (SOR) a face to face regional meeting for priority setting and in between years this is done through conference calls and webinars. Also, the SOR field and lab personnel are encouraged to participate in any webinars that come available like the one that the Western Region offers. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? The community is kept informed through IR-4 newsletters which anyone can subscribe to. It currently reaches 243 foreign and 2743 domestic participants. Almost all states have a "State Report Card" that is kept up to date by IR-4 Headquarters on the progress of work in that particular state. There is a national listserv that is available to anyone interested in keeping up with the accomplishments of IR-4 and any pending projects or meetings. This listserv currently reaches 1921 participants. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Southern Region staff and state liaison representatives stay in contact with scientists and stakeholders to work on new chemistries and to assure old and current projects are being completed through registrations and labels. Labels allow chemical companies to get products out to the growers who can then use them as well as provide them additional tools for their pest management needs.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
There are117 chemistries on a variety of crops that are scheduled for this year.
Publications
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
Chen, Y; Story, R; Samuel-Foo, M. (2014) Effects of Nitrogen and Phosphorous Fertilization on Western Flower Thrips Population Level and Quality of Susceptible and Resistant Impatiens. Adv Crop Sci Tech 2:145.
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