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Mika Pringle Tolson
Field Program Assistant
IR-4 Western Region
Western Region Ornamental Program
• Overview of the program • 2011 research and progress • 2012 research
• Changes • Priorities • Western Region projects
• Future changes
WR Ornamental Program 2011-12
IR-4 Ornamental Program • Added to IR-4 in 1977 • Goals
– to support research on crop protection products
– expand product uses on ornamental crops (greenhouse, nursery, floral, turf, landscape, interiorscape, tree farms)
– to allow management of new and important pest species
•Efficacy •Crop safety •Test both chemical and biological products •4 disciplines
•Entomology •Plant Pathology •Weed Science •Plant Growth Regulators
Focus of Ornamental Program
• Very similar to Food Use Program 1. Biennial workshop 2. Set priorities 3. Seek out researchers 4. Design protocols
Process
January
April
July
Oct
ober
Ornamental Horticulture Program:
Research Cycle
Biennual Workshop
Annual National Research Planning Meeting
Establish Research Trials
Identify Grower Needs Project Request Form
Grower/Extension Survey
Receive & Summarize Trial Data
How to Provide Input on Priorities
•Online Survey
•Contact Becky or me
•Attend Biennial workshop
2011 WR Research Crop Safety
• Herbicides, some fungicides and insecticides (CA, OR, CO) Weed Science
• Liverwort efficacy (CA, OR) Plant Pathology
• Agrobacterium, Fusarium, Pseudomonas, Swiss Needle Cast, Botrytis (CA, OR, WA)
Entomology • Thrips, mealybug, eriophyid mite, and snail efficacy, and
impact on beneficials (CA, NM, HI) Plant Growth Regulators
• Woody and herbaceous PGRs (CA)
Research Results
• 2011 projects are 65% complete with more reports on the way
• View results on IR-4 Website • Individual trial reports • Summary reports
prepared by Cristi Palmer’s team at headquarters
• Good source of comparative efficacy and crop safety information
Changes for 2012 Program
• More focused • 50% fewer protocols than 2011 • Funding spread less thin among
trials and researchers • Completing crops
2012 Priorities from Workshop
Entomology Thrips Efficacy Whitefly Efficacy Scale Efficacy Borer & Foliar Feeding Beetle Efficacy Crop Safety for Recently Registered Thrips Management Tools
Pathology
Pythium Efficacy Bacterial Disease Efficacy Crop Safety for Seven New Disease Management Tools
Weed Science
Crop Safety for In Season Liquid Preemergent Herbicides Crop Safety for Liverwort Management Tools
2012 WR Research Entomology
• Thrips and scale efficacy (CA) Plant Pathology
• Pythium, Fusarium, Pseudomonas, Botrytis (CA, OR, WA, CO)
• Disease products crop safety (CA, OR) Weed Science
• Liverwort crop safety and efficacy (CA) • Herbicide crop safety (CA, CO)
Western Regional Projects
• Herbicide crop safety for succulents • Fusarium on conifers and bulbs • Botrytis on lilies
Future Changes
• Priority setting by email/web • Workshop may become a webinar or
may be combined with other events • Lots of questions and few answers
Questions