Issues and Needs for the next 3-5 years
6-23-09
- Economic Competitiveness
- Cost of Inputs
- Pumping Water, fuel, fertilizer, seed, equipment
- Impacts of IPM Scouting and Applied Research Programs
- Early Warning and Management Information from Statewide IPM Network
- Impact of Federal and State programs on Economic Competitiveness
- Impacts of IPM Scouting and Applied Research Programs
- Water Availability and Efficiency
- Irrigation Technology
- Drought Tolerance
- New Chemistry/Technology for Pest Management
- IPM Program Scouting and Research Programs
- Resistance
- Precision application/farming
- Diseases/Weeds/Insects
- Corn
- Western Bean Cutworm
- Spider mites
- Rootworms
- Corn Borers
- Armyworms
- Aflatoxin
- Grey Leaf Spot
- Rust
- nematodes
- Cotton
- Armyworms
- Thrips
- Cotton Fleahoppers
- Lygus
- Verticillium
- Fusarium
- Seedling Disease
- Wheat
- Virus (insect transmitted)
- Rust
- Low Seedling Vigor
- Variety/Hybrid testing
Environmental Issues
- Water
- Quality – fertilizers/pesticides
- Quantity
- Green Technology
- Carbon Sequestration
- Limited Pesticides – IPM Practices (scouting, economic thresholds, natural enemies)
Communication/Education
- Educate non-Agriculture Audiences (Environmental Consciousness in Agriculture)
- Youth
- Legislature
- Communication Technology – Advances
IPM Program
- Research
- Scouting
- Information Dissemination
- Newsletters
- Meetings