Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

Annual Meeting Summary: The fourth annual meeting of NCR-201 was held at the Adams Mark Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri on April 12  13, 2005. Dr. Chuck Curtis chaired the meeting and Dr. Susan Ratcliffe, North Central IPM Facilitator, developed the agenda for the meeting based on input from members of the NCR-201 Committee. 1. Dr. Curtis called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m., and each person attending introduced himself or herself. The agenda was reviewed. A motion was made and seconded to approve the agenda. The motion was approved unanimously. Dr. Curtis distributed the minutes from the 2004 NCR-201 Committee meeting for review by the members. A motion was made to approve the minutes, seconded and the minutes were unanimously approved. 2. Administration Update Mr. William Hoffman provided updates from CSREES, the Federal FY06 budget outlook and the future of Regional IPM Center funding. Dr. Wendy Wintersteen provided an update on the application for a new IPM Coordinating Committee and regional budget concerns regarding Hatch and 406 funded projects. 3. IPM Center and NCR201 Interactions Drs. Gray and Olsen provided an update from the North Central Regional IPM Center and distributed a brochure about the NC IPM Center activities. The IPM Center Directors and the NCR201 membership agreed that it is beneficial to meet together and for the Center staff to work with the NCR201 Chair to plan and host the annual meeting. In addition, the NCR201 membership will provide recommendations to the Station and Extension Directors regarding issues related to the IPM Center. NCR201 will not function as an Advisory Committee to the IPM Center. The IPM Extension Coordinators are members of NCR201. The role of the IPM Extension Coordinators as the state contacts for the IPM Center was reviewed and it was unanimously agreed to continue with the state contact arrangement. Members of the committee discussed the future role of NCR-201 and the need for a revised Justification and Impact Statement. Dr. Wintersteen provided information regarding the formal review process of the committees request for a new committee. Following discussion, a motion was made and seconded with the committee agreeing unanimously to resubmit the justification and impact statement incorporating suggestions from the reviewer. A Writing Sub-committee was formed to work with Drs. Wintersteen and Ratcliffe in preparing the revised statement. Members of the Writing Sub-committee include Jerry DeWitt, Gary Brewer, and Chris Boerboom. Drs. DeWitt and Ratcliffe prepared a time line to assist the sub-committee in completion of the process. Dr. Wright led a discussion regarding the consolidation of the North Central Region IPM Grants Program, the NC IPM Center Working Group Grants Program and the NC IPM Center Implementation Grants Program Request for Application. Members of NCR-201 recommended a single RFA be crafted to streamline the grant programs. Drs. Gray and Olsen indicated they will explore options with CSREES to consolidate the grants programs in to one RFA for FY2006. 4. Research and Extension Presentations Dr. Michael Brewer and Ms. Lynnae Jess presented information regarding the Natural Resources Conservation Services grower programs. Michigan has increased the per acre payment options for participants in the EQIP program. Members of NCR-201 expressed an interest in a regional training teleconference to explore collaborative opportunities with NRCS in other states. Mr. Shane Sampels, SYSCO Inc., presented information on the new sustainable agriculture/IPM program initiated by SYSCO for their suppliers/growers. The SYSCO program is working with Dr. Thomas Green from the IPM Institute of America. The first IPM practices audit is currently underway for the frozen and canned fruit and vegetable sector. Dr. Gray provided an overview of a survey conducted by Dr. Eldon Ortman, Purdue University, regarding the future of IPM Research in Land Grant Universities. Drs. Ortman and Gray will co-author a paper summarizing the results of the survey. It is anticipated that the article will appear in American Entomologists Postmarked: Extension U.S.A. column. The Committee discussed critical research and extension needs. Research issues identified by the Committee: -Resistance Management -Invasive species -Measurement of research adoption of IPM -Economic thresholds -Toxicity coding for pesticides Extension issues identified by the Committee: -Scouting protocols -Regional thresholds/recommendations -Regional organic program -Assessing biotechnology and other inputs -Emerging technologies Members of NCR-201 submitted written reports on IPM programs within their states. 5. Committee Business Several committee members requested additional information regarding the Center's budget and organizational structure. The Center's Directors will discuss this request with the Steering Committee at the Committee's July meeting. Dr. Michael Brewer, Michigan State University was nominated to serve as Chair-Elect. No other nominations were made. The Committee unanimously voted to elect Dr. Brewer as Chair-Elect. The Committee agreed to hold it 2006 annual meeting in conjunction with the 5th National IPM Symposium. The NCR-201 Committee will meet at the Adams Mark Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri on Monday, April 3, 2006. 6. Dr. Jerry DeWitt presented information about the North Central SARE Program to the group including funding opportunities and grant program review procedures. 7. Dr. Susan Ratcliffe led a discussion regarding the new Plan of Work for the Performance Planning and Reporting System. It was agreed that common indicators within the current CRIS Reporting System should be used to assist with regional reporting efforts. 8. Dr. Larry Olsen introduced each of the IPM Center Working Group Chairs to the Committee: -Potato IPM Working Group Overview, Jeff Wyman, University of Wisconsin -Northern Great Plains Pulse Crops Working Group, Brad Ruden, South Dakota State University -Great Lakes Vegetable Working Group, James Jasinski, The Ohio State University -Implementing IPM for Insect Pests on Ornamental Crops Under Commercial Greenhouse and Nursery Production Working Group, David Margolies, Kansas State University -Measurement and Evaluation Working Group, Jerry DeWitt and Carol Pilcher, Iowa State University A motion was made to adjourn, seconded and the meeting was adjourned meeting at 4:30 p.m. on April 13, 2005. The business meeting was adjourned.

The following project goals were achieved: 1. Multi disciplinary, multistate communication was enhanced through the exchange at the annual meeting. 2. Priority IPM research and educational needs were identified. -Resistance Management -Invasive species -Measurement of research adoption of IPM -Economic thresholds -Toxicity coding for pesticides Extension issues identified by the Committee: -Scouting protocols -Regional thresholds/recommendations -Regional organic program -Assessing biotechnology and other inputs -Emerging technologies 3. Cooperative programmatic development with the North Central Pest Management Center was achieved. Two examples are shown below. Committee members worked with the NC IPM Center to address the threat of soybean rust. Several states cooperated on a regional training program offered via distance technology. In addition, extension IPM coordinators informed producers of the spread and potential threat of soybean rust through the USDA-CSREES soybean rust web site located at http://www.usda.gov/soybeanrust/. The soybean aphid has been a focus of the committee. Six states are currently cooperating on the North Central Regional Soybean Aphid Suction Trap Network ( http://www.ncipmc.org/traps/index.cfm ) that provides research and extension faculty and staff with timely information on soybean aphid populations

Committee members assist the NC IPM Center in developing and/or reviewing publications on new and invasive species. In 2004, the committee assisted with the development of the Pest Alert: Soybean Rust http://ncipmc.org/alerts/soybeanrust/index.cfm