Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

Motions/Consent Items:

1. Consensus: To approve the proposed 2022 Food Program Priority setting key dates and agenda as proposed.
2. A motion for approval of the Fall 2021 PMC Minutes was made by Matt Hengel, seconded by Liwei Gu. Unanimously approved.
3. A motion for approval of the Class C list (below) appointing new members and reappoint members was made by: Todd Scholz, seconded by Jerry Baron. Unanimously approved.

• Armando Monterroso
• Johnathan Sarager
• Ann George
• Maggie Elliot
• Kam Quarles
• Michael Martin

4. A motion was made to adjourn the meeting at 10:59 am by Todd Scholz, seconded by Matt Hengel. Unanimously approved.

Action Items:

1. Action Item (Marconi): It was requested that the training committee provide the PMC with financial impact of each location information about a potential agricultural tour (in PR) via email.
2. Action Item (Palmer): Direction was given for the Environmental Horticulture Program to explore the potential of join a collaborative research project on Beech Leaf Disease, and bring back feasibility information to the PMC for approval.
3. Action item (PMC led by Rossi): Conduct a 5 year review of Executive Director, Jerry Baron, in 2022.
4. Action item (Baron): Establish a path forward response committee.
5. Action item (Baron): Create an electronics cross-cutting task force to develop proposals for new technologies.
6. Action item (Baron): Host an all hands meeting following PMC meetings.

Action item (Baron): Initiate a strategic plan update and review mission and vision statements and keywords.

Accomplishments

• EPA publication of 14 actions that established 115 new tolerances for 13 active ingredients. These tolerances support 640 potential new uses on food crops
• One new registration was approved by EPA and one amended registration was approved by a state to expand the registrations and impact 1511 Environmental Horticulture crops

• Regulatory Actions
  • Food Program - IR-4 submitted to EPA 20 tolerance petitions that covered 103 unique requests for assistance and crop group tolerance updates (PR #s)
  • Environmental Horticulture Program - 20 submissions of data reports to companies to support new or update existing registrations
• Research
  • Food Program
    • 48 new Magnitude of the Residue Studies, and a total of 341 residue trials
    • 79 efficacy/crop safety trials that contributed to 37 Product Performance projects
    • 41 field trials that contributed to 21 Integrated Solutions projects
  • Environmental Horticulture Program
    • 598 field and greenhouse trials (233 efficacy, 365 crop safety) that contributed to 54 projects
  • Other
    • Completed the move of IR-4 Headquarters from New Jersey to its new home at NC State University in Raleigh
      • Hired 14 people, team members at IR-4 Headquarters; started training for many who were not previously connected to IR-4 or are new to their position
      • Established new offices on campus
      • Moved nearly 60 years of paper files from their previous home
      • Moved IR-4 databases and other IT components to new home on NC State servers
      • Completed the shutdown of the Rutgers offices on time and under budget
    • Converted IR-4 funding process to a single grant to run the national operations of IR-4; previously the funds were split from HQ and the Regions
    • Reworking of IR-4’s communications/outreach including updated/enhanced website, and more active presence on various social media platforms

Batts, R.B., J. J. Baron, D. Kunkel, and M. P. Braverman. 2021. Update on IR-4 Weed Science Projects - Food Crops. Proc Northeastern Plant, Pest, and Soils Conference, Abstract #135.

Batts, R.B., J. J. Baron, D. L. Kunkel, and M. P Braverman. 2021. IR-4: Weed Control Project Updates - Food Crops. Proc. Southern Weed Science Society, Abstract #149.

Batts, R.B., J. J. Baron, D. L. Kunkel, and M. P Braverman. 2021. IR-4: Weed Control Project Updates - Food Crops. Weed Science Society of America, Abstract #24.

Homa, K., Barney, W.P., Davis, W.P., Guerrero, D., Berger, M.J., Lopez, J.L., Wyenandt, C.A. and Simon, J.E., 2021. Cold Plasma Treatment Strategies for the Control of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. basilici in Sweet Basil.

HortScience, 56(1):42-51.

Khang Huynh, Lea Corkidi, Elizabeth Leonard, Cristi Palmer, James Bethke, Nishanth Tharayil. 2021. Dissipation and transformation of the diamide insecticide cyantraniliprole in ornamental snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus).

Chemosphere, Volume 281, 130753, ISSN 0045-6535, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130753.

Palmer, C.L., E. Vea. 2021. Update on 2020 Weed Science Research in the IR-4 Environmental Horticulture Program. Northeastern Plant, Pest, and Soils Conference. January 2021.

Palmer, C.L., E. Vea. 2021 Crop Vignette: Cacti. Crop Vignette: Cacti – IR-4 Project (ir4project.org)

Vea, E. J. Cavaliere. 2021 Crop Vignette: Flowering Cherry. Crop Vignette: Flowering Cherry – IR-4 Project (ir4project.org)

Vea, E. J. Cavaliere. 2021 Crop Vignette: Holly. Crop Vignette: Holly – IR-4 Project (ir4project.org)

Vea, E. J. Cavaliere. 2021 Crop Vignette: Impatiens. Crop Vignette: Impatiens – IR-4 Project (ir4project.org)

Vea, E. J. Cavaliere. 2021 Crop Vignette: Crapemyrtle. Crop Vignette: Crapemyrtle – IR-4 Project (ir4project.org)

Vea, E. J. Cavaliere. 2021 Crop Vignette: Daylillies. Crop Vignette: Daylilies – IR-4 Project (ir4project.org)