The Texas Pest Management Center was established in cooperation with the Southern Region Pest Management located at the University of Florida as a part of the USDA National Pest Management Center initiative. The Centers' most basic function is to develop and maintain a pest management information network that will contribute to environmentally and economically sound pest management decisions. The network serves two major purposes: to facilitate communication among key groups of people, and to provide these groups with broad access to pest management information. Another major function is to assist governmental policy makers in pesticide regulatory maters.

Director: Dr. Don Renchie, Assistant Professor and Extension Program Leader, Texas Cooperative Extension, Texas A&M University, College Station
Telephone: 979-845-3849
Email: d-renchie@tamu.edu

Advisory Committee

Dr. Sid Hopkins- Private Agricultural Consultant- Portland
Dr. Webb Wallace- Private Agricultural Consultant- Harlingen
Mark Scott- Private Agricultural Consultant- Lubbock
Dr. Jerrell Lemunyon- Soil Conservation Service- Ft. Worth
Rick Leopold- Regional Conservationist, USDA/NRCS- Bryan
Joseph Davidson- State Plant Health Director- PPQ- Austin
Dr. Ted Wilson- Center Director and Entomologist- Beaumont Research and Extension Center
Dr. Jim Starr- Plant Pathology Department, Texas A&M University- College Station
David Kostroun- Assistant Commissioner, Texas Department of Agriculture- Austin
Dr. Joe Krausz- Extension Plant Pathology and Associate Head, Plant Pathology- College Station
Dr. Juan Lopez- USDA/ARS Research Entomologist- College Station
Dr. Paul Baumann- Extension Weed Scientist, Texas Cooperative Extension- College Station
Dr. Mike Merchant- Extension Entomologist, Texas Cooperative Extension- Dallas
Dr. Dudley Smith- Soil and Crop Science Department, Texas A&M University- College Station
David Oefinger- Executive Director, Texas Pest Management Association- Austin
Dr. Greta Schuster- Plant Pathologist, West Texas A&M University- Canyon
Dr. John Westbrook- Laboratory Director and Meteorologist, USDA/ARS- College Station
George Nash- USDA APHIS PPQ, San Saba
Dr. Carlos Bogran- Extension Entomologist and Plant Pathologist, Texas Cooperative Extension- College Station
Dr. John Jackman- Extension Entomologist, Texas Cooperative Extension- College Station
Dr. Tom Fuchs- Extension IPM Coordinator- Texas Cooperative Extension- San Angelo

Products

Crop Profiles- see at http://pestdata.ncsu.edu/cropprofiles/cropprofiles.cfm
Pest Management Strategic Plans- see at http://pestdata.ncsu.edu/pmsp/

Links

Agricultural and Environmental Safety - http://agenvsafety.tamu.edu
National Pest Management Centers- http://www.pmcenters.org/about.cfm
IR4 Minor Use Pesticide Program- http://pestdata.ncsu.edu/ir-4/index.cfm
Pesticide Labels- http://www.cdms.net/manuf/manuf.asp
EPA Pesticide Programs- http://www.epa.gov
Environmental Protection Agency- http://www.epa.gov
Texas Department of Agriculture- http://www.agr.state.tx.us/
Extension Toxicology- http://ace.orst.edu/info/extoxnet
Texas Agricultural Statistics Service (TASS)- http://www.nass.usda.gov/tx/index.htm
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)- http://www.usda.gov/nass/