NE PMC On Target
Internal newsletter of the Northeastern Pest Management Center
vol. 3, no. 6 June 2003
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NE PMC On TargetInternal newsletter of the Northeastern Pest Management Center vol. 3, no. 6 June 2003 |
Northeast
- Regional and Center:
- NEPMC: Two working group projects funded
- EPA Region 2 Food Quality Protection Act/Strategic Agricultural Initiative Program FY 2003 Request for Initial Proposals
- News from Northeastern States:
- Delaware: May 21 issue of Pesticide Briefs posted
- Maine:
- Managing Rodents and Mosquitoes with IPM: webcast
- Fly IPM
- Maryland
- New moth pest on ornamental Euonymous
- PestNet goes beyond Organic
- New Jersey:
- Canine-assisted mold inspection
- School IPM resources
- New York :
- Canine-assisted mold inspection
- IPM Elements for potatoes
- NEWA is free for 2003
- Pennsylvania :
- News Release: IPM Reimbursement Part of EQIP Incentive Program
- IPM for Teachers: Meeting New Academic Standards for Environment and Ecology
National
- Other states, other regions
- National organizations, issues, etc.
- EPA:
- Court Strikes Down EPA Statement on Human Testing
- Office of Pesticide Programs update
- IPM Institute Just a few of many new resources on the website
- IR-4
- Food Use Workshop
- Api Life VAR-Section 18
- Ornamental Program Manager sought
- NASS: National agrichemical use report for field crops released
- Resistance Pest Management News: Spring 2003 issue online
- Soybean Rust: Efficacy data posted on Pest Management Center national website
International
- Australia: New South Wales GMO Moratorium
- United Kingdom:UK May Allow GM Crops over Public Resistance
About On Target
topThe NEPMC has approved funding for proposals from both the Community IPM Working Group and the Livestock / Field Crops IPM Working Group. Each project focusses on production of an online resource database.
Food Quality Protection Act/Strategic Agricultural Initiative Program FY 2003 Request for Initial Proposals
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 is pleased to announce the call for initial proposals for Food Quality Protection/Strategic Agricultural Initiative Program grants. This grant opportunity is available to all interested and qualified parties.
More information can be obtained at the following web site: http://www.epa.gov/region02/cgp/rfp/food.htm
The latest issue of Pesticide Briefs has been posted Contents:
(1) label deletions for sevin, trilin, phorate, hinder deer & rabbit
repellent and starane.(2) label deletions requested for mocap and others
(3) risk management comments requested for carbaryl (sevin)
(4) diuron (karmex): availability of risk assessments and tolerance
reassessment decision(5) voluntary cancellation of pesticides uses including: ammo,
carbaryl, sandea, savey, metasystox(6) the value of herbicides in US crop production
(7) more pesticide safety education materials available
(8) Delaware section 18 and SLNs
(9) lima bean pest management strategic plan
Susan P. Whitney, Pesticide
Coordinator
Managing Rodents and Mosquitoes Through Integrated Pest Management
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Public Health Training Network Satellite Broadcast & Webcast September 18, 2003 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET
Information and live webcast at: http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/phtn/webcast/ipm/default.aspFly IPM: Summertime's here and so are those pesky flies! This summer, dairy farmers in central Maine are trying out the latest in biologically based methods for fly control in a trial being conducted by the Maine Department of Agriculture, with assistance from Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association and UMaine Cooperative Extension. Participants will find out more about how this program is working and learn the best methods for including beneficial insects in an Integrated Fly Management program at an on-farm educational event scheduled for July 23rd, 2003 in Albion, Maine. Pesticide applicator recertification credits are offered. For More Information: contact Kathy Murray, ME Dept. of Agriculture, 207-287-7616, kathy.murray@maine.gov
Kathleen Murray, IPM Entomologist
Maine Department of Agriculture
New moth found in Maryland on Ornamentals. Pryeria sinica Moore (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae), which previously is unreported from the United States, was found first in Virginia and now in Maryland. So far this species has been found at damaging levels on ornamental Euonymous. Learn more from the Fact Sheet
The 2003 PestNet Project, originally targeting pest management news for Organic growers, has been expanding to conventional groups as requested. Learn more about PestNet on the website
Sandy Sardanelli, University of Maryland IPM
Lab Results, LLC Offers Schools Free Canine-Assisted Mold Inspection According to an E-Wire press release:
Lab Results LLC, a full-service indoor air quality improvement company that specializes in mold detection and removal, will conduct canine-assisted mold inspections free of charge for elementary schools, using the Northeast’s only certified Mold Dog®.
The Mold Dog®-assisted inspection is offered, for a limited time and on a first-come, first-served basis, to K-6 schools in New Jersey and the New York and Philadelphia metro areas, free of any monetary charge or obligation.
IPM in Schools Resources
IPM in Schools Resources
As partners in the implementation of integrated pest management in New Jersey schools, the Pest Management Office of Rutgers Cooperative Extension has developed several resources for the community (including schools, parents, and pest control companies) as follows:
- School IPM listserv to update the community on developments in School IPM. Enroll online @ http://www.pestmanagement.rutgers.edu/NJinPAS/listservs.htm
- School IPM website. Funded by EPA. Includes several new pages on the School IPM Act.
Download the Act; printable key requirements handout; and the newly-published model policy template!- School IPM brochure defines School IPM; and provides contacts
and ordering information. Online.- School IPM Resource Guide is an easy-to-use booklet of agencies, publications, and web resources. Contact Pat Hastings to order. FREE! Browsable version online
- School IPM Report Cards online. IPM practices for schoolgrounds precisely outlined; great tool for assessing or specifying contractor performance. Contact Pat Hastings to order. FREE!
Lab Results, LLC Offers Schools Free Canine-Assisted Mold Inspection (see New Jersey item, above)
Potato IPM Elements Now Available IPM Elements for potatoes are now available from the New York State Integrated Pest Management Program. IPM Elements are lists of crop and pest management practices that describe in general terms the key items in an IPM program.
NEWA is FREE for 2003 The Northeast Weather Association (NEWA) has just received word that the New York State Integrated Pest Management Program will provide funding to allow continued free access to the NEWA information website in 2003. The IPM Program has indicated that the suspension of NEWA membership fees is only guaranteed for 1 year and the fees may need to be reinstated next year depending on future funding of the IPM Program. NEWA is grateful to the IPM Program for this opportunity. details
both items submitted by Curt Petzoldt, NY IPM Program
Summer 2003 PA IPM News is now available online in PDF format.You can also view individual articles in the newsletter online. Articles include:
Fly Control Info on Hotline
IPM Part of EQIP Incentive Program
School IPM - PA IPM Participates in National Symposium
Environment and Education Grants Focus on IPM
IPM Success Stories - Grant Awarded to Study Honey Bee Insect Pests
Non-chemical Control Strategies Network
Useful Web Sites and Information
Coming EventsEQIP and IPM
From the PA IPM news release IPM Reimbursement Part of EQIP Incentive Program:
USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation may pay up to 75 percent of the costs of certain conservation practices, such as grassed waterways, filter strips, manure management facilities, capping abandoned wells, and other practices important to improving and maintaining the health of natural resources in the area. Incentive payments can also be made to encourage a producer to perform a land management practice that would not otherwise be done without financial assistance. Incentive payments can be made for up to 3 years, enough time for a producer to decide if they want to continue using the practice at their own cost or not. Land management practices such as IPM, nutrient management, prescribed grazing, and residue management may qualify for incentive payments. "If a producer qualifies for an EQIP contract, they can receive $6 to $12 per acre in incentive payments to begin using IPM, which is one of the more common practices promoted through incentive payments," says Frantz. These payments can be used for a variety of IPM activities covered under the Pest Management practice, including scouting (crop monitoring), pheromone and light trap purchases, pest prediction services, etc.
IPM for Teachers
"IPM for Teachers: Meeting New Academic Standards for Environment and Ecology" is a course to be offered by PA IPM June 24 - 27. Learn more about the course on the web page.
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is kicking in $10,000 to help the IPM Program present the course. For details, see the news release.
all submitted by Kristie Auman-Bauer, Pennsylvania IPM
Arizona:
Baby Killed By Fire Ants During Nap A 3-month-old girl was killed by ants while she was napping in a crib at a baby-sitter's home May 19. item in PCT Online News
Florida:
Recent items on the Florida Pest Alert Site:
- New CEU/Training Maxforce bait Label Tutorial now available
- New Featured Creatures - Pharaoh ant
- Monkey Pox - an alert from the State Veterinarian of Florida
- Lobate lac scale is killing south Florida "dooryard" Melaleuca trees and other plants
- 06/06/03 - Florida DoH Arbovirus Summary - May 27 - June 3, 2003 - Arbovirus Summary Archives
- 1st International Symposium on Tomato Diseases and 19th Annual Tomato Disease Workshop - June 21-24, 2004
- First report of septoria leaf spot on Rudbeckia fulgida in Florida
- USDA developing a promising new insect repellent
- New Featured Creatures - citrus leafminer parasitoid
- Florida DoH Arbovirus Summary - May 13-19, 2003 - Arbovirus Summary Archives
- USDA to hold public meeting on genetically engineered trees - July 8-9, 2003
- USDA announces availability of environmental assessment for the control of pigeonpea pod fly - Biology and management of the pigeonpea pod fly
- Traveling with your pet? Some APHIS guidelines
- USDA requires phytosanitary certificates for imported garden plants to prevent potato brown rot
- USDA develops fertility test for beneficial insects
- An exotic aphid from Asia found in Florida on Ficus sp.
- Stripe rust of wheat found in Florida
- Suspected Mexican fruit fly larvae found in Pinellas County - Division on Plant Industry Web site on the find - see Featured Creatures Mexican fruit fly article
- Florida announces expanded citrus canker quarantine area into Palm Beach County
- Florida citrus canker quarantine area maps
- Florida launches biocontrol program against invasive tropical soda apple - DOACS tropical soda apple Web site - additonal information on tropical soda apple
- UF looks to the Caribbean to control invasive species
- Cogongrass research in Africa could help control the weed in U.S.
- Tree termite eradication project
- Microscopic mites may be linked to acne, thinning hair and other skin disorders
Tom Fasulo, et. al., University of Florida
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Pest Alert
Indiana (Purdue)
topMidwest school and childcare IPM update posted. News items and links to several state school IPM programs and resources are featured, as well as notes from some school-related sessions of the 4th National IPM Symposium.
New Child Care IPM section of the website
An IPM in School Activity Book for kids, published by Purdue University Cooperative Extension Serivce, is now available in pdf format on The Purdue IPM Technical Resource Center website. The book contains activities (coloring, games, and puzzels) for elementary students.To access the Activity Book, visit the Teacher's Page or download the pdf.
Al Fournier, IPM in Schools Coordinator
Purdue University Department of Entomology
Texas:
New crop profiles for cabbage, carrot, peaches and sweet potatoes have been added to the national database
Washington:
WSU seeks Urban IPM/Pesticide Education Coordinator, complete applications will be reviewed starting June 27 announcement (PDF)
Catherine Daniels, Washington State Pest Management Resource Service
A new crop profile for sweet cherry is now online in the national system
Wisconsin: The Forest Insect Ecology Lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the area of Interactions among trees, subcortical insects, and fungal associates. A brief description of this project is below. This project is funded by USDA NRI, and is part of an ongoing collaboration between Kenneth Raffa (UW) and Kier Klepzig (USDA-Forest Service). For more, contact Ken Raffa
Ed Rajotte, Pennsylvania IPM
Office of Pesticide Programs News on the OPP Website :
- Pesticide Science Peer Review Meetings Announced - The FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel will meet three times in June and July.
- Farmworker Fairs Target Pesticide Exposure - EPA Region 4, the Georgia Department of Agriculture, and the Southeast Georgia Communities Project are cooperating to assist workers in eliminating or reducing exposure to pesticides by providing outreach materials and showing ways for agricultural workers to protect themselves from pesticides to more than 1000 workers attending a Farmworker Community Fair in April.
- EPA cities five Colorado growers for failing to comply with agricultural worker protection regulation - Largest worker protection standard penalty in EPA history proposed for case involving over 200 pesticide safety violations - Press Announcement
- Pesticide science panel will review key information on herbicide atrazine, possible amphibian effects - Press Announcement
- Alabama man arrested on charges of selling counterfeit and adulterated pesticides - Press Announcement
- Public comment sought regarding human testing data - Press Announcement
EPA Cites five Colorado growers for failing to comply with agricultural worker protection regulation
Largest Worker Protection Standard Penalty in EPAHistory Proposed for Case Involving Over 200 Pesticide Safety Violations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued administrative complaints against five Colorado growers June 3, 2003 for violations of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Acts (FIFRA) Worker Protection Standard (WPS), a regulation aimed at reducing the risk of pesticide poisonings and injuries among agricultural workers and pesticide handlers. More on this from EPA Newsroom
Court Strikes Down EPA Statement on Human Testing If the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants to refuse data from human experimentation used to evaluate the safety of pesticides, it must propose a formal rule, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled...In doing so, the court voided an EPA press release dated December 14, 2001, which reversed the agency's previous position of considering the results of pesticide industry human tests on a case by case basis.
From an Environmental News Service report
A sampling of additions to the website (all listed here were added in the first few days of June):
- "A Bug's Life" article explains the use of integrated pest management in schools. More.
- "The Minds Behind the Schools" article highlights three individuals whose ideas have contributed to some groundbreaking educational facilities. More.
- The Healthy School Handbook, written in 1995, is entitled Conquering the Sick Building Syndrome and Other Environmental Hazards In and Around Your School. More.
- The Environmental Working Group provides a 40-page study called An Ill Wind: Methyl Bromide Use Near California Schools. More.
- The Illinois State Department of Public Health provides A Practical Guide to Management of Common Pests in Schools. More.
- NCAP provides a 5-page supplementary package entitled Unintended Casualties: Five Stories of Children Whose Lives Were Profoundly Affected by Exposure to Pesticides at School. More.
- Are Schools Making the Grade? is a 10-page report that documents many school districts that have adopted safer pest management policies. More.
- Model Least Toxic IPM Policy from Washington Toxics Coalition. More.
- 2-page fact sheet from Beyond Pesticides entitled "Schools Save Money With Integrated Pest Management" available. More.
- "Fundamentals of a Low Maintenance, Integrated Pest Management Approach to Landscape Design" discusses key considerations for low maintenance IPM-based landscape designs. More.
- "Policing Pests; Why Boards Need Pest Management Policies" article discusses alternatives to pesticide bans. More.
- Article, "School Pesticide Question Challenges Policymakers," discusses federal and state's school pesticide legislation. More.
- "Inspect, Detect, Correct: Structural Integrated Pest Management Strategies at School" article describes a model integrated pest management program for schools. More.
- Article written about Madison, Ohio incident entitled "Spraying of weed killer at a school sends 40 to the hospital." More.
- English/Spanish Healthy Schools Campaign Pesticide Action Kit contains resource materials that school administrators and parents can use. More.
- U.S. Senate provides 18-page report online entitled Pesticides: Use, Effects, and Alternatives to Pesticides in Schools. More.
- Unthinkable Risk: How Children are Exposed and Harmed When Pesticides are Used at School is a 50-page report available online by NCAP. More.
- "Ten Myths Behind Pesticide-Dependent Pest Management in Schools" is a 4-page fact sheet developed by Beyond Pesticides that "debunks opponents to school IPM. More.
- U.S. House of Representatives School Pesticide Provision to H.R. document available. More.
- Journal of Pesticide Reform writes article entitled "A Pesticide-free School for a Chemically Sensitive Family in Boise, Idaho." More.
- School Planning and Management provides an article entitled "Keep Pests from Becoming a Problem in Your School." More.
- Athletic Business article "Fowl Play" discusses ways some universities have dealt with eliminating insects and wildlife from their athletic fields. More.
- Cleaning and Maintenance Management Online provides article entitled "EPA Encourages Schools to Adopt Pest-Control Option." More.
Tom Green, et. al., IPM Institute
topFood Use Workshop
The 27th annual IR-4/USDA Food-Use Workshop will be held September 16-18, 2003 at the Doubletree Hotel Columbia River, Portland, Oregon. Input is needed from research scientists, extension personnel, commodity groups, growers and ag chemical industry representatives on specific pest control needs for minor food crops (fruits, nuts, vegetables, herbs, and others). The outcome of the Workshop will determine the prioritization of IR-4's 2004 research projects. more
Api Life VAR-Section 18 Approved for Varroa mite Control in Beehives.
The EPA has approved a Section 18 emergency exemption use permit for ApiLife-Var, a thymol based product used to control varroa mites in beehives, for use in Indiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, South Carolina and Utah. The product, when registered in each of these states will be available from Brushy Mountain Bee Supply in North Carolina. They must still apply to each of these states for registration, and have that registration approved before the product can be used. Typically, this is a fairly routine process and, when complete, the product should be available about August 1, 2003. When available, ApiLife-Var can be used ONLY in late summer or fall applications.
Several other states have also applied for a Section 18 so check with your State Apiculturist or Extension Specialist for the status within your state. State Apiarists or Extension Specialists can contact Michael Braverman IR-4 directly (732)932-9575, ext. 610 for additional information.
Currently, IR-4 is conducting additional residue trials, so a Section 3 (general use) label may be considered next season. more
Ornamental Program Manager (New Jersey) sought: Position Announcement
Agricultural Chemical Usage, Field Crop Summary report was released last week (5/15). Access it at the NASS web page
Aubrey Davis, New England Agricultural Statistics Service
The Spring 2003 issue of the Resistance Pest Managmeent Newsletter is now available online.
topAll received efficacy information against soybean rust has now been posted on the USDA Regional Pest Management Centers national website. We anticipate that additional efficacy information from registrants and USDA ARS will be received later this year and over the next couple of years.
Teung F. Chin, Ph.D. USDA, Office of Pest Management Policy
Australia: New South Wales GM Crop Moratorium SYDNEY, Australia, May 22, 2003 (ENS) - The Gene Technology (GM Crop Moratorium) Bill 2003 was tabled in the New South Wales Parliament on Wednesday in an attempt by the state government to establish a three year moratorium on the planting of genetically modified crops...But Greenpeace Australia says a provision in the bill that allows the agriculture minister to grant exemptions to the moratorium leaves the door open for large scale biotech crop trials, "effectively circumventing the moratorium" From an Environmental News Service report.
Canada: Toronto Restricts Use Of 'Non-Essential' Pesticides City councillours adopted a bylaw to restrict the use of pesticides for non-essential or cosmetic purposes on private property on Thursday.item in PCT Online News
IPMNet News: The Consortium for International Crop Protection produces and provides IPMnet NEWS as a free, electronic, global, IPM Information resource. IPMnet News is issued monthly via email (subscribe by sending the message "subscribe" to: IPMnet@bcc.orst.edu and include your e-mail address). Issues through March 2003 are available online.
UK May Allow GM Crops over Public Resistance Environment Minister Michael Meacher has suggested that the UK government may allow genetically modified crops to be grown commercially in the UK regardless of public opinion. Speaking on the BBC radio program "Farming Today" on Monday the minister said a ban on transgenic crops would be illegal unless there is scientific proof that they harm people or the environment.
From an Environmental News Service report
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