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Western Pest Management Center

The Western Region Pest Management Center aims to formalize relationships, integrate research, extension, and education efforts, and address various pest management issues. It collaborates with stakeholders, agencies, and commodity groups to develop strategic plans, identify pest control methods, and prioritize issues. The center's goal is to strengthen connections with agricultural stakeholders and implement a national pest management program on a regional basis.

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Western Pest Management Center

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  1. Western Pest Management Center Rick Melnicoe Director Western Region Pest Management Center University of California, Davis (530) 754-8378 rsmelnicoe@ucdavis.edu www.wrpmc.ucdavis.edu

  2. Pest Management Centers • Formalize existing relationships • Other USDA pest management programs • Commodity groups • Non-Land Grant colleges and universities • Work with university scientists on cooperative projects • Establish advisory committees to advise and prioritize issues

  3. Address Elements of the 1998 Farm Bill • Inclusion of stakeholders • Integration of research, extension, and education • Encouraging multi-state activities • Multi-disciplinary approaches to problem solving

  4. Creation of the Western Region Pest Management Center • Grant from CSREES • Steering Committee priorities • State programs • Stakeholder involvement

  5. Link With Other Agencies and Local and Regional Stakeholders • Growers • Other USDA and federal agencies • State agencies • Commodity and grower groups • Crop consultants • Environmental groups

  6. Link Regional Pest Management Issues with USDA Programs/Resources • Integrated Pest Management • Minor Crops IR-4 Program • Pesticide Applicator Training • Multi-State Research Projects • Sustainable Agriculture • Organic Agriculture • Water Quality • Invasive Species • Food Safety

  7. Pest Management Centers Can Be a Means to: • Strengthen connection with production agriculture, research and extension programs, and agricultural stakeholders in the U.S. • Respond to information needs of the public and private sectors. • Help USDA and partner institutions identify, prioritize and coordinate a national pest management research, extension, and education program that is implemented on a regional basis.

  8. Special Projects • Ecological regions • Pest Management Strategic Plans • State collaborations

  9. Ecological Regions • Issues oriented • May cross state lines • Limited longevity • Multi-disciplinary

  10. Pest Management Strategic Plans • Priorities set by the workgroup • Identify pests that drive use of pesticides • Identify currently used means of control and those that are being developed • Identify timing of pest controls • Work out a strategy and timeline for transitioning away from “riskier” strategies to “less risky” • Create “To Do” list

  11. State Collaborations • Pacific Northwest • Ecological region data sources • Water quality • PMSPs • Colorado and Wyoming • Crop profiles and PMSPs • Organizing growers • Networking growers on issues

  12. State Collaborations • American Pacific Pest Information Network • First collaboration in West • Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Micronesia and Northern Marianas • Unique Issues • Water Quality • Tropical agriculture • Limited access to inputs

  13. State Collaborations • California and Arizona • Lettuce PMSP • Desert cotton PMSP • Desert vegetables PMSPs

  14. Avocados - CA Cotton – AZ, CA Cherries – CA Kiwifruit – CA Lettuce – AZ/CA Grapes, Table - CA Melons – CA Nectarines - CA Pears - CA Peas & Lentils – PNW & CN Plums – CA Potatoes – PNW Strawberries – CA Tomatoes, Fresh - CA Wheat or Corn – CO PMSPs Planned

  15. Plans • Retain state-level emphasis for funding • Encourage multi-disciplinary collaborations • Encourage multi-state projects • Develop additional PMSPs and Crop Profiles • Update existing Crop Profiles and PMSPs, as needed

  16. Next Grant • Call for Proposals After October 1, 2002 • Retain 4 Administrative Units • Emphasize Collaborations? • Multi-state Proposals with Division of Responsibilities?

  17. Closing Comments • Evolving process • Shown concept can work • Next steps dependent upon funding • Status quo or expand?

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