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North Central IPM Center

Larry G. Olsen, Co-Director Michigan State University. North Central IPM Center. Goals and Objectives for Working Groups. NC Vegetable WG Workshop. Columbus, OH February 23-24, 2005. Introduction.

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North Central IPM Center

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  1. Larry G. Olsen, Co-Director Michigan State University North Central IPM Center Goals and Objectives for Working Groups NC Vegetable WG Workshop Columbus, OH February 23-24, 2005

  2. Introduction In September 2003, USDA re-funded the network of four regional Integrated Pest Management Centers to ensure coordination of efforts and resources to enhance IPM development and adoption for production agriculture, natural resources, recreational environments, and residential and public sites.

  3. A Regional Approach North Central North Eastern Western Southern Location of IPM Centers

  4. IPM Center Mission To develop, maintain, improve, and expand IPM practices in public and private sectors and to increase access to IPM information, extension programs, and funding opportunities for our stakeholders.

  5. NC IPM Center Goals • Establish a process for stakeholder • identification and prioritization of • emerging pest management issues for • research, extension and outreach to • respond to economic, human health, • environmental and safety concerns.

  6. NC IPM Center Goals 2. Serve as a focal point for collaborative team building to develop, improve, maintain and expand IPM practices in the North Central Region.

  7. NC IPM Center Goals 3. Enhance the ability of the land-grant system and USDA to provide IPM users, researchers, governmental agencies, and the public with the information and knowledge they need to increase IPM adoption and reduce unreasonable adverse environmental effects from pests and the use of pest management practices.

  8. NC IPM Center Goals 4. Ensure accountability and leadership for proper management and distribution of Center resources.

  9. NC IPM Center Administrative Structure USDA/CSREES * Stakeholder involvement required * Advisory Council North Central Integrated Pest Management Center * Steering Committee Competitive Funding Grants • NC IPM Center Communications • Web site • Publications • Reports • Coordinate response to queries of current IPM practices • * Integrated RFA • State Contacts • Crop Profiles • PMSP • Regional IPM Publications • Critical Issues Projects • IPM Work Groups * Regional IPM Grants * Pest Management Alternatives Program • State Contact Network • IPM Working Groups (WGs) • Community • Commodity • Invasive Pests or other PM Issues • Pesticide Transition

  10. NC Steering Committee The Steering Committee gathers input from stakeholders (including the Advisory Council and Working Groups), determines broad policy goals and priorities, makes final funding decisions, evaluates annual reports to determine if suitable progress has been made for renewal projects, develops an evaluation plan for the Center, and provides direction for timely and effective IPM Center management.

  11. NC Steering Committee Membership 2004-2005 Janet Andersen – EPA, BPPD Chuck Curtis – NC 201 IPM Chair Randy Higgins – Extension Directors Al Jennings – USDA, OPMP Bill Ravlin - Experiment Station Directors Ann Sorensen - NGO representative Wendy Wintersteen – NC 201 IPM Administrative Advisor

  12. NC Advisory Council The Advisory Council provides vision and guidance to the Steering Committee and NC IPM Center staff. Members are the state IPM Coordinators who are aware of stakeholder needs and priorities for pest management programs. Advisory Council members are an important avenue for IPM Center outreach, promoting awareness of the IPM Center’s resources to their own constituencies and beyond.

  13. Working Groups Five Working Groups were funded in a competitive process to be the basis for many of the Center’s core functions. These multi-state, multi-disciplinary, self selected teams are comprised of stakeholders, researchers, extension specialists, and government agencies.

  14. Working Groups • People have shared vision, are given responsibilities, authority and resources to meet goals. • Begin with mission statement, and develop goals and programs to meet that mission. • Modeled after self-directed work teams in industry.

  15. Working Groups Will: • Identify and prioritize regional IPM issues for commodities or specific issues, • Address the goals of the National IPM Roadmap, • Be provided up to $30,000 to meet and complete their purposes based on a competitive proposal, • Conduct programs and develop materials, • Develop IPM Practice list for use by NRCS programs, • Compile a set of IPM definitions and conduct surveys to determine level of adoption, • Incorporate economic benefits into their implementation programs.

  16. Working Group Challenges: • How to get stakeholders involved? • Focusing your efforts • Leveraging/obtaining funds from the • IPM Center and other places • Gathering vegetable IPM information http://northeastipm.org/ipm_searchform.cfm

  17. IPM Implementation Grants • Priorities determined by Steering Committee, Advisory Committee, State Contacts, Working Groups and stakeholders. • RFP written by Directors and Steering Committee. • Proposals will be peer reviewed. • Directors and Steering Committee make final funding decisions. • RFP was issued in late summer 2004. • In 2004-05 $350,000 was available.

  18. Products of the NC IPM Center

  19. Crop Profiles Crop Profiles are descriptions of crop production and pest management recommendations compiled by state specialists and commodity groups. There are over 600 crop profiles completed (146 for NC region) and available on the IPM center website. http://www.ncipmc.org

  20. Vegetable Crop Profiles Asparagus - MI Horseradish - IL Beans / Snap - MI, MN, OH Onion / green - OH, WI Broccoli - MI, MN Parsley - OH Brussels Sprouts - MI Peas - MN, WI Cabbage - MI, MN, OH, WI Pepper / sweet - OH Cantaloupes - IN Pumpkins - IL, MN, OH Carrots - MN, OH, WI Radish - OH Cauliflower - MI, MN Squash - MN, OH Celery - MI Tomatoes - IN, MI, OH Corn (Sweet) - IL, MN, OH, WI Tomatoes - IN, MI, OH Cucurbits - IL Watermelon - MO Cucumbers / Fresh - MI, OH Cucumbers / Processing - MI, OH http://www.ncipmc.org

  21. Pest Management Strategic Plans Pest Management Strategic Plans are commodity-based documents that take a pest-by-pest approach to identifying current pest management practices (chemical and non-chemical). Each PMSP, developed by a coalition of scientists, crop consultants, industry representatives, commodity organizations, growers and others, focuses on production in a state or region, addressing needs and identifying priorities for research, regulatory activity, and education/training programs.

  22. Pest Management Strategic Plans Asparagus March 2000 MI Peppers Sept. 2003 OH (Bell & Non-Bell) Cabbage Nov. 2002 MN, WI Carrot March 2000 MI Celery Jan. 2002 MI Legumes (Edible) April 2003 NCR Onions Jan. 2005 MI Sweet Corn Sept 2003 NCR

  23. Pest Alerts Pest Alerts, both regional and national, provide timely and accurate information on emerging pests thus allowing states to develop management programs. • West Nile virus • Multicolored Asian • Lady Beetle • Sudden oak death • Soybean aphid • Soybean rust • Ralstonia • solanacearum

  24. Crop Timelines Crop Timelines provide current information on crop phenology, pest occurrence, and human activities in the crop. Crop timelines are also part of crop profiles and PMSPs.

  25. Website Our website houses all of our publications, links to partners, and databases of pest management information. http://www.ncipmc.org

  26. Contact • Larry G. Olsen, Center Co-DirectorB18 Food Safety & Toxicology Bldg.Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824517/355-3459 Fax: 517/353-4995olsenl@msu.edu • Michael E. Gray, Center Co-DirectorS-320 Turner Hall1102 S. Goodwin AvenueUniversity of Illinois Urbana, IL 61801217/333-6652 Fax: 217/244-2129megray@uiuc.edu

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