SAES-422 Multistate Research Activity Accomplishments Report
Sections
Status: Approved
Basic Information
- Project No. and Title: NEERA2104 : Northeast Region Technical Committee on Integrated Pest Management
- Period Covered: 10/01/2021 to 02/18/2022
- Date of Report: 11/01/2024
- Annual Meeting Dates: 02/18/2022 to 02/18/2022
Participants
Deb Grantham, Cornell University Vijay Nandula, USDA NIFA NPL Andrea Szylvian, US EPA Region 1 Margaret Smith, Cornell University, Admin Advisor Glen Koehler, Maine Mary Conklin, Connecticut Rosa Ogutu, Delaware Anna Wallingford, New Hampshire George Hamilton, New Jersey Kelly Hamby, Maryland Hilary Sandler, Massachusetts Ed Rajotte, Pennsylvania Ann Hazelrigg, Vermont Dion Lehman, Pennsylvania Lisa Tewksbury, Rhode Island Alejandro Calixto, New York Rakesh Chandran, West Virginia James Dill, Maine Simon Zebelo, Maryland David Owens, Delaware
Vijay Nandula shared comments about NIFA staffing, 2022 priorities,, and several relevant grants programs.
Reports were presented by Rutgers University, University of Vermont, University of Massachusetts, University of Maryland, University of Maryland - Eastern Shore, University of Maine, University of New Hampshire, West Virginia University, University of Connecticut, and Cornell University.
Accomplishments
Rutgers University is tackling the challenge of spotten lanternfly, which is everywhere in NJ now.
University of Vermont is building a database of IPM questions and answers based on the "ask Extension" website, which is staffed by Master Gardeners.
Priorities at University of Maryland include herbicide resistance management and frog eye leaf spot.
At University of Maryland - Eastern Shore, they are hiring an IPM coordinator as this is a new program. Industrial hemp work will be one of the new priorities.
University of Maine handled 6,500 tick samples in 2021, which was twice that from the previous year. Black legged tick samples were 45% positive for Lyme, 12% for anaplasmosis, and 10% for babesiosis. A fee of $!5/sample covers a panel of three tests. They are investigating a new tick-borne disease (from black legged ticks but mostly woodchuck ticks) that can cause life-long neurological problems.
The IPM program at University of New Hampshire is in a rebuilding phase after a number of retirements.
New York's IPM program is expanding their work with the NEWA weather monitoring system, and may receive a funding increase in the state budget.