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Northeastern IPM Monitor

News briefs on Integrated Pest Management
research, extension, workshops, funding opportunities, and job openings

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Northeastern

Northeastern IPM Center - IPM Insights - July 2008 (posted 07/07)

New brochures on invasive plants and non-invasive alternatives for the garden (posted 08/18)

NRAES Publication - Wine Grape Production Guide for Eastern North America (posted 07/14)

New Raspberry and Blackberry Production Guide from NRAES (posted 07/10)

NOFA Organic Lawn and Turf Course - August 2008 (posted 07/10)

Noxious, Invasive Weed Management Course - Sept 15-18 (posted 06/03)

State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference - Oct 22-23, 2008 (posted 06/03)

Delaware

Pesticide Briefs - July 25, 2008 (posted 07/29)

Maine

Thinking Blue Helps Make Maine Lawns Green (posted 07/29)

Maine Field Guide to Invasive Aquatic Plants and Their Common Native Look Alikes (posted 07/10)

Major Work at Back Cove Demonstration Gardens (posted 07/10)

Massachusetts

UMass Turf Research Symposium 2008: Pressing Problems, Potential Solutions (Oct 30) (posted 07/31)

U Mass Weed Identification Workshops, Summer 2008 (posted 06/02)

Using Biological Control in Greenhouses - Sept 18 (posted 07/14)

New York

Cornell Small Farms Program Update - Aug 15 (posted 08/18)

Additional Discoveries of Didymo in Famed NYS Fishing Rivers (posted 08/04)

DEC Commissioner Applauds Appeals Court Victory on Ballast Water (posted 08/04)

News From Two Fronts in Battle Against Tree-killing Invasive Beetles (posted 08/04)

DEC Reports: No New Asian Longhorned Beetle Detections Since Last Year's Control Effort on Prall's Island (posted 08/01)

DEC Takes Aggressive Action To Halt Northern Snakehead In Catlin Creek (posted 08/01)

Cornell's Geneva Experiment Station provides crucial support to the fight against Plum Pox (posted 07/25)

Invasive Species of Particular Interest to New York (NY Sea Grant) (posted 07/10)

Northern Snakehead Fish Found in Orange County (posted 07/10)

Efforts Increase to Protect Forests from Invasives and Other Threats (posted 07/07)

Emergency Firewood Restrictions to Protect Forests from Invasive Species (posted 07/07)

Organic Dairy and Field Crops Summer Field Days (posted 07/01)

Pennsylvania

New Faculty Member Strengthens Honey Bee Research at Penn State (posted 08/13)

PA IPM News Summer 2008 (posted 08/13)

Christmas Tree Pests Target of New Project (posted 07/30)

IPM Strategies, Compost Tour and Pollinator Research, Sept 16 (posted 07/29)

Emerald Ash Borer Found in Mercer County (posted 07/14)

Walter to Lead Invasive Species Efforts in Pennsylvania (posted 07/14)

1-800 Number Kicks Off Fifteenth Season in Support of IPM (posted 07/10)

West Virginia

Look What's Out There in IPM - August 2008 (posted 08/13)

North Central

North Central IPM Center - Connection June 2008 (posted 07/10)

Illinois

Natural Lawn Care workshops, October 2008 (posted 07/29)

Southern
Georgia

Georgia invasive plant workshop Sept.19-20 in Gainesville, GA (posted 08/18)

Peach State has First Certified "Green" Pest Control Service Provider (posted 07/23)

Kentucky

East Kentucky project pairs cattle with goats for co-grazing research (posted 08/06)

Tobacco collaboration between universities benefits all (posted 08/06)

Focus on sustainability growing (posted 07/23)

Black shank cases increasing (posted 07/22)

Louisiana

Club soda fire ant treatment a sham: LSU AgCenter (posted 08/18)

Louisiana learning to spot, stop citrus pest (posted 08/04)

North Carolina

Invasive aquatic plant causes fish kill at state park (posted 08/18)

Researchers Battle Wheat Disease (posted 07/29)

Choosing Alternatives to Methyl Bromide for Strawberries (posted 06/30)

Texas

EPA Awards $100,000 to Texas A&M for Environmental Studies (posted 07/25)

Crazy ant ready to take a bite out of Southeast Texas (posted 07/08)

Western

Western IPM Center - Western Front June 2008 (posted 07/10)

California

Diversity among bird populations found to reduce threat of West Nile virus (posted 07/22)

National

Commercial Bees Spreading Disease To Wild Pollinating Bees (ScienceDaily 7/23/08) (posted 07/29)

Free online pesticide training course available for retail employees (posted 07/01)

Lost Ladybug Project (posted 07/01)

Agricultural weeds: Bridging the gap between evolutionary ecology and crop science - Sept 11-13 (posted 07/29)

6th Annual Conference on Children’s Health and the Environment - Sept 18-19, 2008 (posted 07/29)

Ornamental Workshop on Diseases and Insects, Sept 22-26 (posted 02/21)

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Annual Meeting, Nov 16-20, 2008 (posted 07/01)

Emerging Contaminants Conference - Groundwater Resources Assoc. Nov 19-20 (posted 06/03)

National Schools Working Group Meeting, Nov 20, 2008 (posted 07/08)

Weed Science Society of America Annual Meeting, Feb 9-12, 2009 (posted 07/10)

APHIS

Asian longhorned beetle confirmed in Worcester County, Massachusetts (posted 08/18)

Emerald Ash Borer in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin (posted 08/18)

Emerald Ash Borer in Wayne County, Missouri (posted 08/18)

USDA Signs Memorandum of Understanding with the National Pest Management Association (work on nuisance birds) (posted 08/13)

Blueberry Maggot - Update of the Regulated Areas within Canada (posted 08/04)

Emerald Ash Borer identified in Wayne County, Missouri (posted 08/04)

Emerald Ash Borer in Fairfax County, Virginia (posted 07/22)

USDA Seeks Comments on Environmental Assessment on Proposed Biological Control Program for Sirex Woodwasp (posted 07/22)

ARS

ARS Produces Online Databases for Maize, Blueberries (posted 08/13)

New Peas Resist Fungal Foe (posted 08/13)

Wheat Genotyping: An Invaluable Service (posted 08/13)

Key Red Flour Beetle Gene Sequenced (posted 08/01)

Nine to 20 Individual Fire Ant Queens Started U.S. Fire Ant Population (posted 08/01)

ARS-Developed Apparatus Captures Deer Safely, Effectively and with Minimal Trauma (posted 07/29)

Scientists Identify Fungal Disease Culprits with Molecular Genetics (posted 07/29)

Test Vaccines Show Promise against Parasite of Cattle (posted 07/29)

New Textbook is Important Weed Biocontrol Tool (posted 07/14)

Fighting a Worldwide Wheat Threat (posted 07/10)

New Method May Thwart Pecan and Peach Diseases (posted 07/10)

New Silverleaf Whitefly Has Growers Concerned (posted 07/10)

The Battle Heats Up Between Mangoes, Fruit Flies (posted 07/10)

Tick and Mosquito Repellent Can Be Made Commercially from Pine Oil (posted 07/10)

CSREES

CSREES Administrator's Report to the Partnership - Summer 2008 (posted 08/13)

Selecting the Perfect Insect Pest (weevil that eats garlic mustard) (posted 08/13)

Countering Insect Resistance with Designer Bt Toxins (posted 07/10)

2009 USDA-CSREES National Water Conference - Call for Abstracts (posted 07/01)

CSREES Update - Aug 6, 2008 (posted 08/13)

CSREES Update - July 25, 2008 (posted 07/25)

EPA

EPA Seeks Worker Protection at Four Farms in Puerto Rico (posted 08/18)

EPA Region 3 - Eco Friendly Advice for Healthy Lawns and Greenscapes (posted 08/15)

Cancellation of Pesticides for Non-Payment of Year 2008 Registration Maintenance Fees (posted 08/13)

Safety Precautions for Total Release Foggers (updated fact sheet) (posted 08/13)

EPA To Revoke All Tolerances for the Pesticide Carbofuran (posted 08/04)

EPA Funds Ground-Breaking Lyme Disease Research (posted 08/01)

EPA Funds West Nile Virus Research at Rutgers (posted 08/01)

Region 3 SEDP Summer Students Learn About Pesticides and the Dangers of Lead (posted 07/29)

Dichlorvos (DDVP) Objections and Hearing Request from NRDC Denied (posted 07/25)

EPA Determines Regulation Not Needed for 11 Potential Drinking Water Contaminants (posted 07/25)

FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; Notice of Public Meeting, Oct 28-31 (posted 07/25)

NAFTA Technical Work Group on Pesticides Releases Five-Year Strategy for Public Comment (posted 07/25)

Trichoderma Species and Linalool Registration Review Proposed Decision; Notice of Availability (posted 07/14)

Concepts, Methods, and Data Sources for Cumulative Health Risk Assessment of Multiple Chemicals, Exposures and Effects: A Resource Document (posted 07/10)

Northeastern IPM Monitor

News briefs on Integrated Pest Management research, extension, workshops, funding opportunities, and job openings

News briefs on Integrated Pest Management
research, extension, workshops, funding opportunities, and job openings