El Paso & Hudspeth County IPM Steering Committee Meeting
7-21-09
Issues and Needs for the next 3-5 years
- Economic Competitiveness
- Water
- Quantity
- Quality
- Salt Content
- Buffering
- Use and Efficiency
- Pecan Pests
- Pecan Nut Casebearer
- Yellow Pecan Aphid
- Black Pecan Aphid
- Value of Transgenic Varieties – Cost vs. Returns
- Cotton
- Other Crops
- Weeds – Herbicide Resistance
- Transgenic Crops (Cotton)
- Physiological State of Weeds when Treated
- Production Issues
- Crop Varieties
- Fuel/Fertilizer Efficiency
- GPS Systems – Fertilizer Rates and Placement
- Row Spacing/Tillage Systems
- Cotton Pests
- Southwest Cotton Rust
- Lygus
- Environmental Issues
- Green Issues and Education
- Environmental Sustainability
- Water Quality and Quantity