Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

Outgoing chair Diane Alston opened the meeting at 8:30 am with welcome and self introductions. WERA-069 administrative business - Tom Holtzer, Colorado State Univ. The present WERA-069 project ends Sept. 2010 & the new proposal has to be accepted by the Directors (15th May was the official deadline). Everyone needs to be included in Appendix E on the NIMSS database to accurately reflect the activity of the group. Send state reports to Diane ASAP after meeting to allow her to file the groups NIMSS report. Focus on the activities, outputs and outcomes (especially impacts and publications) of your IPM program for the past year. USDA NIFA and E-IPM Program updates - Marty Draper, National Program Leader Multi-state committee reports (such as that from WERA-069) are used by Marty every year as a source of reporting impacts within KA216 (IPM) and for responding to congressional information requests (approx. 6 per year). Collaborative and systems-type approaches are being increasingly emphasized in Washington DC and IPM has a lot to offer in this respect. 2010-12 E-IPM RFA: No requests were received for program development grants (none for two years); same number of applications for coordination grants as in 2009; more applications for the support program. We need to make more of an effort to include plant pathology and weed science in our proposals (unless insects are the major problem in the state; if thats the case, it needs to be made clear in the proposal). More Extension funding is likely to transition from a formula model to a competitive one in future. WIPM Center & WRIPM Grant Program updates - Linda Herbst, UC Davis The RIPM panel funded 7 projects (4 research only, 1 research and extension, 2 Extension only). The last WIPM RFA will be released in July; this will be for 1 year of funding for projects such as working groups, outreach publication projects (and possibly surveys) that can be completed in a 1 year time-frame (NOT research). $5,000 is available for funding special projects (critical issues); limited money for PMSPs because of the time-frame involved if/when the IPM centers close. Projects funded for 2010 included 3 working groups ($22,189), 7 Western IPM issues ($205,633) 7 outreach publication projects ($84,000) and 2 PMSPs. New Water Quality-IPM Coordinating Committee  Linda Herbst, UC Davis A symposium on IPM and water quality was held at the 2010 Pacific Branch meeting of the Entomological Society of America. One of the main outcomes of that symposium was the possibility of developing a regional committee for IPM and water quality; Bob Mahler of the University of Idaho and Pete Goodell of the University of California agreed to lead this effort. New AFRI funding opportunities for IPM  Paul Jepson, Oregon State Univ. Concern expressed over the loss of the IPM regional centers: can their role be taken up by the IPM coordinators and groups like WERA 069? Suggestion to form a sub-group to network with colleagues in other states to seek funding for an overarching body for IPM in the next round of AFRI funding. We also need to be proactive in working together to develop ideas for proposals to submit to AFRI in 2011 (e.g. on the issues of food safety and quality/pesticides in the food supply); we also need to assert the importance of applied research within AFRI. The group voted to hold an initial conference call between members of WERA 069 to address these issues (in about a months time) and a mid-July teleconference. WERA-069 Project Renewal The current WERA-069 project period ends Sept. 30th 2010. The project renewal committee consists of Diane Alston, Doug Walsh, Paul Jepson, Tess Grasswitz, and Barry Jacobsen. New issues and challenges facing WERA-069: (i) the group still lacks research representatives; states are encouraged to send two representatives to the meetings - 1 Extension, 1 research; (ii) concerns for loss of the Western IPM Center, PMSP coordinator and WIPM website that hosts completed PMSPs. Possible future objectives for WERA-069 might include (i) the coordination of regular stakeholder input (including PMSPs  with funding from commodity groups if necessary); this would include updating existing PMSPs, if needed; (ii) promoting IPM through education and advocacy. Objective 1 can be strengthened by having WERA-069 adopt a coordination and leadership role explicitly to develop larger regional grant proposals that reflect IPM research and Extension needs. Suggestion to set aside time at the annual meetings to discuss proposal ideas and development; perhaps adopt a similar approach to developing eXtension communities of practice. Other issues/ideas include strengthening our educational objective/activities by, for example, selecting an annual theme to promote greater attendance from the IPM community, hosting tours, inviting key-note speakers, etc. Our networking activities could be strengthened by establishing a regional clearing house (website) for IPM information, with links to individual states & their IPM products. We could also increase our efforts to network with other agencies (already part of objective 1) by, for example, inviting the water quality representatives to the next meeting. Bark Beetle Research at the Logan Forestry Sciences Lab  Matt Hansen (US Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station) Current research focuses on developing landscape-scale models of outbreak risk using tree temperature data & detailed insect monitoring. Mountain Pine Beetle range is expanding in North & East into hybrid zone of lodegpole & jack pines  poses a risk to Eastern pines (incl. jack pines). Spruce beetle is a high elevation species with a 2 yr lifecycle, but if climate warms sufficiently, it can switch to a univoltine cycle that will increase the risk of large-scale outbreaks; the prediction is that nearly all spruce areas will be warm enough to support univoltinism by the end of the century. Management tactics for bark beetles include improved semiochemicals for monitoring, using verbenone pouches to repel Mountain Pine Beetle, stand thinning, and protective trunk sprays with carbaryl or pyrethroids. Western Region Small-Farm-IPM Working Group  Tess Grasswitz This new working group is funded by the E-IPM support program for 3 years ($150K); 6 western states are involved (NM, UT, CA, WA, ID, OR). Small farms are characterized by their diversity  perhaps more so in the Western region than anywhere else. Wanted an implementation phase in the WGs activities; to produce results applicable to small farms elsewhere, evaluation will focus not just on the technical outcomes of the IPM projects in each state, but on the implementation phase itself (how projects/audiences are selected, degree of stakeholder involvement, etc.). Member states asked to consult with their evaluation specialists to come up with a set of guidelines on process evaluation for discussion & agreement. Other new items/business Next International IPM symposium will be held in Memphis, TN. Reminder of AFRI public comment meeting on 2nd June, 2010. Discussion of possibility of group Chair attending meetings of other regional IPM groups, or having a future WERA-069 meeting in Washington DC (together with another regional IPM group); would have to have clear goals to justify the expense. Suggestion that if regional IPM centers are disbanded, we should have quarterly conference calls to maintain functionality as a group. Final business Next meeting (2011) will be in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Tess Grasswitz, NMSU, will host. 2012 Chair: Barry Jacobsen, Montana State University. Meeting adjourned at 12 noon, May 19th, 2010.

Alaska  Tom Jahns Maintaining collaborative partnerships with public outreach (for pest monitoring to safeguard Alaskas Natural Resources) in strategic projects with federal, state & local organizations including: the USDA Forest Service, USDA APHIS, The State of Alaska DNR, the State of Alaska DEC, The Municipality of Anchorage, the Delta Farm Bureau and dozens of others across the state. ** Gypsy Moth & Exotic Lepidoptera monitoring: The IPM Program has collaborated with the Division of Agriculture since 2002 for the purpose of monitoring for Gypsy moth across the state. Gypsy moths are ranked in the top three insect threats to Alaska. During two different seasons, positive ID's have occurred in the State along with increased monitoring. The early detection & prevention of this destructive pest is the goal of this collaboration. ** WPDN 1st Detectors: The Alaska IPM Program hires six seasonal, statewide IPM Pest Scout Technicians (solely from USDA/NIFA funding) who have been trained as "First Detectors" in the WPDN (Western Plant Diagnostic Network) system. This is a collaborative partnership with Oregon State University, USDA-APHIS, UAF, and the State of Alaska DOA. The system is in place across western states to share knowledge and information concerning potential insect, plant and disease threats to their respective states. (This project is associated with national homeland security measures.) ** Biological Control Project: IPM personnel have collaborated with USFS, State and Private Forestry on a biological control program for the imported insect pest, Amber-marked birch leaf miner. Community forest health is a major focus of the IPM program; and with monitoring and education, this collaboration has made significant progress towards accomplishing this goal. Arizona  Peter Ellsworth For the new 3-year E-IPM grant, Arizona requested funds to support 40-50% of the salaries for 3 Assistant in Extension positions for 3 areas of emphasis: High Value Crops, Agronomic Crops, and Consumer / Urban IPM. The AZ vegetable IPM program has benefited from 2009 EIPM funding by hiring an Assistant in Extension based in Yuma, AZ. With his help, our Vegetable IPM Team now issues bi-weekly pest advisories (aimed mainly at pest control advisors); videos on You-Tube are linked to updates delivered via mobile phone. Current issues of concern include the Bagrada bug, which was found in Orange County, CA, 2 years ago and in Yuma County, AZ last year. This species is smaller than the harlequin bug but has a broader host range (including cotton); it is an important issue for growers of organic cole crops (transplants). AZ has demonstration projects in cotton; Bt cotton comprises 90% of AZ crop; no sprays have been applied for pink bollworm (a key pest in AZ) for the past 2 years; cotton can now be grown with an average of 1.5 sprays/year (all reduced risk/selective products). However, Bt cotton in China has recently suffered increased mirid outbreaks as a result of reduced spraying of broad-spectrum compounds for H. armigera. In AZ, 91% of cotton growers now use Carbine® (a feeding inhibitor) to control Lygus bugs, despite it being twice the price of acephate. AZ is in the fourth year of a Lygus RAMP project aimed at providing a better regional understanding of source/sink relationships for Lygus bugs. A major output this year was a revised PCA study manual compiled by 19 authors (mainly from the U of A) and covering both vertebrate and invertebrate management in a number of crops. An IPM needs assessment was conducted for agronomic crops (incl. alfalfa (hay &seed) and wheat). A certification program is being developed for structural IPM practitioners in the Phoenix area. California  Kassim Al-Khatib State support for the IPM program has been cut by 20%; there has been some restructuring & reorganization, but in the current hiring freeze, extension positions have low priority. UC ANR has 5 initiatives for the next 5 years, including sustainable food systems, endemic & invasive pests and diseases, sustainable natural ecosystems, and water quality & security. IPM activities are focused on 3 main areas: urban/community, agriculture, and natural resources. The urban IPM program includes advanced training for Master Gardeners, training in pesticide use for garden maintenance crews, and on-line training for garden center & other retail employees (an important source of pest control information for consumers, but generally not well trained in this area); these on-line courses are free & have been viewed by >1000 people. Other tools include a new set of landscape pest identification cards ($20) and an on-line video on managing Argentine ants without toxic products (66% of homeowner pesticide use is for ant control, but the commonly used products pose a risk to water quality). 16 UC IPM Kiosks are now in use & have been accessed by 30,000 people in 2.5 years; these consist of a touch-screen computer-based information system placed in retail stores, libraries, etc. IPM products within the agriculture program include IPM manuals for citrus & rice and a fish toxicity video; the IPM in Practice textbook is being updated and a new edition should be available next year. IPM workshops were conducted for almond growers. Grape IPM products include pest identification cards in English & Spanish & updates on mealybugs. Research is being conducted on using puffers for codling moth mating disruption in walnuts, and on using blue orchard bees for pollinating almonds (0.5 million acres in CA: need 2 honeybee hives per acre at a cost of $200/hive). Rapid responses have been mounted to combat new pests, including European grapevine moth, spotted wing Drosphila, and the gold-spotted oak borer, as well as glassy-winged sharp-shooter and Asian citrus psyllid (vector of citrus bacterial canker & Huanglongbing (HLB)). The natural resources IPM program has active partnerships with the NRCS. A needs survey was conducted for IPM of wildlife pests & results included voles in artichoke crops, gophers, and both Norway & roof rats. The UC-IPM website receives 50,000 hits per day from all over the world. Colorado - Ned Tisserat Colorado has IPM funding from WIPM, NCIPM and E-IPM. Current projects include: Russian Wheat Aphid (Frank Peairs) (examining new, moderately virulent biotypes in mountain environments & re-examining biological control); brown wheat mite (more important in the northern part of state); High Plains IPM Wiki (a multi-state collaboration) and WIPM-funded Lucid commodity-based identification keys (weeds of small grains & wheat pests); the CSU publication on insects and diseases of woody plants of the central Rockies is also being updated and web-enabled. Howard Schwartz is part of the onion IPM-PIPE project (with NM, NY, MI, ID, UT and WA) for identifying & addressing threats from new onion pests & diseases. Phil Westra is working on herbicide resistance in weeds, including glyphosate resistance in Kochia and Palmer amaranth (funded from a critical issues seed grant); Scott Nissen leads an aquatic weed program and George Beck a program on invasive weeds. Andrew Norton is conducting a project on the biological control of tamarisk. Diagnostics: Colorado is conducting advanced urban pest diagnostic training for Master Gardeners that includes both lab & field-based training; this program focuses on pests of residential environments that are unique to the Rocky Mountain region. A handout has been developed on identifying and addressing Thousand Cankers disease of black walnut in Colorado (copies distributed at meeting); a workshop on this issue is scheduled for June 23rd in Denver. Guam  Bob Schlub Guams IPM activities included participating in a regional decision-support system to identify & prioritize pest management needs for turf, cucurbits, and now potted orchids. Program members have 2 SARE grants on plant nutrition and disease development. Nutrient deficiencies in some of Guams plants are hard to diagnose, even when grown at a quarter of recommended nutrient levels; soil/nutrient interactions are probably critical in expression of symptoms. The islands ironwood trees (Casuarina) have been in slow decline for approx. 6 years; experts from elsewhere were brought in to examine the trees & brainstorm ideas re cause; degree of decline seems to be related to intensity of management & the levels of abuse wrought by herbicides, lawnmowers, fertilizers, etc. Trees with buttress roots seem to suffer a greater degree of decline. Hawaii  Arnold Hara Exotic & invasive species continue to pose the biggest threat to agriculture on the islands; often there is no time to develop effective IPM programs because the situation is always one of crisis management (e.g. the coqui frog [a nuisance pest with a very loud call]). Within the floriculture IPM program, a hot water shower treatment (120F for ~ 10 minutes) has been developed that kills most pests prior to transport. Steam treatment has been developed to kill reniform nematodes and sterilize volcanic growing media for the California market. A new method of managing swine waste has been developed that mitigates odor & fly problems. New projects are planned to address the needs of immigrant farmers (e.g. from Vietnam, Philippines & Korea), for whom English is a second language. Idaho  Ed Bechinski The IPM team in Idaho is divided into four areas of emphasis: potatoes, cereals, sugar beet and urban/landscape IPM, of which the potato group is the largest. These working groups meet annually to set priorities. The cereals team is conducting a state-wide survey of wheat & barley growers using a revised & updated survey instrument (approx. 14 pages); cost is approx. $16,000 split between E-IPM funds & the commodity commissions. The urban/landscape group focuses on Master Gardeners, homeowners and the professional nursery & landscape sector. This group has developed an interactive video/web-based IPM workshop that can be downloaded as needed by participants. Information on IPM has been compiled for the Idaho Landscape & Nursery Association, and a series of pest guides for homeowners is being developed and released over the next three years. Copies of the guides to yellowjackets, bees and minor stinging insects were passed round at the meeting. Montana  Barry Jacobson Montanas IPM program includes diagnostics, School IPM (Ruth ONeill) and IPM projects for Master Gardeners (pest identification in county offices, IPM demonstration vegetable gardens); for agronomic crops, there are 3 extension regions and a series of 1-day IPM workshops are conducted for a week in each region every 3 years. Kevin Wanner runs a pest prediction network. Mary Burrows is conducting a virus survey in small grains. Work is also being done on honeybees & leafcutter bees. A landscape & turf IPM certification scheme has been developed in collaboration with the State Department of Agriculture in response to industry requests. Extension publications are becoming increasingly web-based to allow county agents to print them off. MT has 14 weather stations & runs fireblight models adapted from Oregon. A quarterly IPM newsletter is produced (funded by Dept. of Ag.). The PMSP for seed potatoes was developed using Survey Monkey and achieved an 81% response rate: it was cheap & the growers liked it; the PMSP is a multi-state effort, with results broken down for individual states within the region. New Mexico  Tess Grasswitz A handout was distributed detailing NMs current IPM activities. These include (i) alfalfa - biological control of alfalfa weevil, alfalfa as a source/sink for beneficial insects, distribution/risk of blister beetles in hay; (ii) Pistachio  prevalence of 2 fungal diseases new to the state; distribution/prevalence of navel orange worm; (iii) chile  multi-trophic interactions & control of weeds (e.g. nutsedge), southern root knot nematode & Verticillium (iv) weeds: biological control of invasives & herbicide resistance (v) diagnostics  approx. 2000 pathogens & 1000 arthropods identified each year; active members of National Plant Diagnostic Network and legume IPM-PIPE; (vi) urban/small farms  new program, focusing on fruit & vegetables (including organics); includes farmscaping projects with NRCS, organic IPM farm walks, Master Gardener classes. etc. (vii) School IPM  a new program started last year with E-IPM funding. Oregon  Paul Jepson Oregons IPM program includes a core group of 19 staff whose work includes projects on spotted wing Drosophila, School IPM, Watershed-scale IPM, PRIME (Pesticide Risk Mitigation Engine), IPM guidelines for the NRCS, SP-IPM, beetle banks and a program to reduce occupational exposure to pesticides in West Africa. Oregon participates in a weather work group funded by the Western IPM Center that generates 5-day forecasts from each weather station to predict best spray conditions. The PRIME project involves collaborators from the USDA, NRCS, Environment Canada and elsewhere; it is an information support program that will calculate various pesticide-associated risks (e.g. to earthworms, bees & other beneficial species) from information on soils, products, application rates, etc. Various retail companies are interested in using the system to evaluate producer practices. Utah  Diane Alston Utahs IPM programs concentrate on pests of fruits, vegetables, landscapes and turf (new area). They have a large pest advisory program which sends out scouting-based pest alerts on a semi-weekly basis to 6000 subscribers (a mixture of homeowners (70-80%) & commercial growers); this service has been publicized through information sheets, radio, word-of-mouth, county agents & garden centers (some will print out the weekly newsletter & display it on their bulletin board). Data from 14 weather stations (mainly in tree fruit orchards) are used to run models developed by the Utah Climate Center for degree-day calculations, codling moth & plant diseases. Growers meetings are held weekly, in addition to in-field days, a fireblight workshop, and in-service training for county agents, Master Gardeners, etc. A mini-grant program offers up to $10K to county agents for projects (e.g. developing a poster on diseases of woody ornamentals). IPM research projects include (i) mating disruption of the currant clearwing borer, a rapid molecular test for fireblight and trap thresholds for codling moth in mating disruption orchards; (ii) developing killing stations for cherry fruit fly using GF-120; (iii) earwig trapping & control in peach orchards; (iv) raspberry horntail biology & management. Washington  Doug Walsh WAs IPM program includes livestock IPM, specialty crops, agronomic crops, and consumer/urban IPM, as well as work interfacing with the AgWeather network. Products produced last year included a tri-state IPM manual for hops, a bilingual (English/Spanish) booklet for hops, pollinator protection bulletins for bees in seed alfalfa and an IPM survey for this crop.

Alston, D., B. Black, and M. Murray. 2009. Raspberry horntail (Hartigia cressonii). Utah State University Extension Fact Sheet ENT-132-09, 4 pp , Logan, UT.(http://extension.usu.edu/files/publications/factsheet/raspberry-horntail09.pdf Ashigh J, Corbett CAL, Smith PJ, Laplante, J, and Tardif FJ (2009) Characterization and diagnostic tests of resistance to acetohydroxyacid synthase inhibitors due to an Asp(376)Glu substitution in Amaranthus powellii. Pesticide biochemistry and physiology 95: 38-46 Ashigh J, Tardif FJ (2009) An amino acid substitution at position 205 of acetohydroxyacid synthase reduces fitness under optimal light in resistant populations of Solanum ptychanthum. Weed Research 49: 479-489 Bechinski, E. J., F. Merickel, L. Stoltman and H. Homan. May 2009. Homeowner guide to yellowjackets, bald-faced hornets and paper wasps. University of Idaho Current Information Series 1144. 15-pp. Bechinski, E.J. and F. Merickel. May 2009. Homeowner guide to minor stinging insects. 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