On Target Newsletter of the Northeastern Integrated Pest Management Center vol. 4, no.4 April 2004

Northeastern Region

Northeastern IPM Center

IPM Partnership Grants Awarded: We are pleased to announce projects funded by the first year of our IPM Parntership Grants Program.

State, Principal Investigator, Organization,
Project Title, Amount
(Project Types)

• Delaware, Susan Whitney King, University of Delaware
  Mid-Atlantic Information Network for Pesticides and Alternative Strategies - DE $27,933
  (State Network Project; Surveys, Crop Profiles & PMSPs)
  
• Maine, Jeffry Dorman Jr., University of Maine
  Pocket Pesticide Calibration Guide $9,242
  (Regional Publications)
  
• Massachusetts, Ruth V. Hazzard, University of Massachusetts
  Development of a Region-wide Strategic Pest Management Plan for Sweet Corn in the Northeastern U.S. $19,136
  (Surveys, Crop Profiles & PMSPs)
  
• Massachusetts, William M. Coli, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  Measurement of Worker/Scout Exposure to Pesticides in "Standard" and "Reduced Risk" IPM Systems for New England Apples $40,000
  (Critical and Emerging Issues)
  
• Maryland, Amy E. Brown, University of Maryland Maryland Information Network for Pesticides and Alternative Strategies
  (MINPAS) $20,000
  (State Network Project)
  
• Maryland, Galen P. Dively,University of Maryland
  Monitoring Resistance to the Colorado Potato Beetle $14,674
  (Critical and Emerging Issues)
  
• Maryland, Carol A. Holko, Maryland Department of Agriculture
  Regional Pest Alert on the Brown Marmorated Stinkbug, Halyomorpha Halys (Stal) $3,000
  (Regional Publications)
  
• New England, James F. Dill and Glen Koehler, University of Maine
  New England Pest Managment Network $196,276
  (State Network Project for 6 states; IPM Working Group priorities; Surveys, Crop Profiles & PMSPs)
  
• New Jersey, George C. Hamilton, Rutgers University
  New Jersey Information Network for Pesticides and Alternative Strategies $39,935
  (State Network Project; Surveys, Crop Profiles & PMSPs)
  
• New York,A. M. Agnello, Cornell University
  A Field Guide to Tree Fruit Insect Pests, Beneficials, and Diseases of Eastern North America $10,000
  (Regional Publications)
  
• New York, Jill Shultz, Cornell University
  Developing the First Regional IPM Core Training Manual for Wildlife Control Operators in the Northeast $10,000
  (Regional Publications)
  
• New York & Massachusetts, Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann & C. Hollingsworth, Cornell University & University of Massachusetts
  Development of a Pest Profile and a Strategic Plan for the Resurgence of Bed Bugs in the United States $25,000
  (Surveys, Crop Profiles & PMSPs)
  
• New York, Lynn Braband, Cornell University
  School IPM Leadership Training Program: Developing a Learning Community $53,785
  (IPM Working Group priorities)
  
• New York, W. H. Reissig, Cornell University
  Multi-Tactic Management Strategies for Internal Lepidoptera Infesting Northeast Apples $35,957
  (Critical and Emerging Issues)
  
• Pennsylvania, Robert D. Weaver, Penn State University
  State Network Project-Pennsylvania Pest Management $28,580
  (State Network Project; Surveys, Crop Profiles & PMSPs)
  
• West Virginia, John F. Baniecki, West Virginia University
  Mid-Atlantic Information Network for Pesticides and Alternative Strategies - WV $20,000
  (State Network Project)

EPA Region 2

FY 2004 Pollution Prevention Grant Competition: EPA Region 2, Division of Environmental Planning and Protection, Strategic Planning and Multi-Media Programs Branch has announced a Request for Initial Proposals for the FY 2004 Pollution Prevention Grant Competition. These funds are to be used to build and support State and tribal pollution prevention approaches and methodologies.

Regional funding priorities include: Integration of Source Reduction and Waste Minimization Practices in Agriculture... ; Food Quality
Protection Act/Strategic Agriculture Initiative [including Worker Safety and Water Quality]

Proposals are due May 15, 2004. Please go to the following web site for details: http://www.epa.gov/region02/rfp/2004/p2.htm

For any questions regarding this RFP, please contact Tristan Gillespieof EPA Region 2 at 212-637-3753 or at gillespie.tristan@epa.gov

FY 2004 Pollution Prevention Small Grant Competition: EPA Region 2, Division of Environmental Planning and Protection,Strategic Planning and Multi-Media Programs Branch has announced a Request for Initial Proposals for the FY 2004 Pollution Prevention Small Grant Competition. The intended use of these funds is to support Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Training, Demonstrations, Educational Outreach and Special Purpose assistance relating to the protection of public health and the environment from potential risk from toxic chemicals to come.

Regional funding priorities include: Integration of Source Reduction and Waste Minimization Practices in Agriculture... ; Food Quality
Protection Act/Strategic Agriculture Initiative [including Worker Safety and Water Quality].

Proposals are due May 15, 2004. Please go to the following web site for details: http://www.epa.gov/region02/rfp/2004/p2_small.htm

For any questions regarding this RFP, please contact Tristan Gillespie of EPA Region 2 at 212-637-3753 or at gillespie.tristan@epa.gov

Audrey Moore, US EPA Region 2

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Maine

IPM Council Activities: The Maine IPM Council welcomed three new members at their semiannual meeting in Augusta, ME on March 10th. Chris Reberg-Horton (Umaine Cooperative Extension), Marilyn Meyerhans (apple grower and president of the Maine Pomological Society), and Tom Qualey (potato farmer and Maine Potato Board member) will serve on the 11-member IPM Council until 2007. The Maine IPM Council was on hand to talk to thousands of home gardeners about IPM at the annual Bangor (Maine) Garden Show, March 19-21, 2004. Visit the Maine IPM Council’s new website.

The Maine School IPM Program is hosting a free workshop aimed at helping schools adopt IPM practices. The workshop will be held in Caribou, Bangor, Augusta, and South Portland, Maine on April 20, 2004. Contact Kathy Murray (Kathy.murray@maine.gov) for more information.

Greenhouse IPM training: The Maine Department of Education, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, and the Maine Board of Pesticides Control held a greenhouse IPM training for K-12 agriculture educators on Apr. 1, 2004.

School Gardens Network: More than 70 educators participated in an all-day workshop organized by the Maine School Gardens Network on March 13th, 2004. The workshop included a session on ‘IPM in the Classroom’.

Organic blueberry pest management: University of Maine researchers and Maine organic blueberry growers have teamed up with to develop and test organic approaches to managing insects, weeds, plant diseases and soil fertility in a 3-year research project headed by University of Maine entomologist Frank Drummond and funded through a USDA ‘Organic Transitions’ grant. Growers, researchers and others have participated in project planning during several meetings and study plots will be established before the 2004 growing season.

Kathy Murray, Maine Dept. of Agriculture

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Maryland

Cicada Invasion:

• The University of Maryland College Website launches Cicadamania Information Campaign led by Mike Raupp, Entomologist/IPM Specialist.See the website for timely updates.
• Michael Raupp, professor of entomology (Life Sciences), is the media-driven Paul Revere out in front of the 17-year cicada invasion that is noisily hitting acreage close to your abode. “This will be a big, crazy horde of loud insects. It will be an extravaganza.” But are they louder than the Art Attack concert? Annapolis Capital, March 9 article.

Master Gardener

• Program on National Website: The Frederick County MG Program is featured on the home page of the National Jr. MG Program web site. They started a chapter called the "Snap Dragons" at South Frederick Elementary School.
• Master Gardener Conference: The Web Page for the 2004 Northeast Regional Master Gardener Conference, Baltimore, MD- October 5-9, 2004, is now online.

Herbaceous Perrenials TCM: Maryland Cooperative Extension’s Total Crop Management of Herbaceous Perennial Plants (2004)
Pest and weed control recommendations have been updated and a new section on plant growth regulators has been added. It also has sections on integrated pest management programs, diagnosing plant problems, and irrigation and fertility management. See the web site for details.

Landscape & Nursery IPM Site: The Maryland Cooperative Extension Insect and Disease Monitoring Program for Landscapes and Nurseries is now online

Sandy Sardanelli, MD IPM Program

Emerald Ash Borer Eradication in Maryland
The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) reports that initial emerald ash borer eradication efforts in Maryland are nearly complete. Through a cooperative effort involving federal, state and local officials, private contractors, public utilities, landowners, and business people, approximately 1000 potentially infested ash trees have been destroyed on 500 acres of public and private land around the site of the 2003 introduction. MDA will continue to monitor for emerald ash borer in Maryland at all sites where exposed trees are known to have been planted. MDA issued a Quarantine Order on March 16, 2003 to restrict the movement of ash trees and ash material into, out of, or through an area around the initially affected nursery in southern Prince George's County. Visit the Emerald Ash Borer in Maryland Web site, for more information.

Sudden Oak Death Activities in Maryland Visit http://www.mda.state.md.us/plant/sod2004.htm for a summary of the most current information on the recent discovery of Phytophthora ramorum in California nurseries and the Maryland Department of Agriculture response to this evolving situation.

Carol Holko, UMD Dept. of Agriculture

NE SARE

Grants Awarded to Northeast Farmers: Thirty-eight farmers in the Northeast were recently awarded $219,593 in grants under the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Farmer/Grower program. Awards ranged from $1,121 to see if nitrogen needs to be applied to pumpkins after an earlier planting of peas in New Jersey to $10,000 to see if residues of antibiotics and pesticides are contributing to heath problems in honeybees in Pennsylvania. The average grant was about $5,800. Projects are chosen for their relevance, innovative design, and potential impact on the sustainability of farms across the region. Read about the awards online.

Helen Husher
Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (SARE)

 

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New Jersey

Carrot Pest Management Strategic Plan Work Group Meeting

There was a Carrot PMSP Work Group Meeting at the Rutgers Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Bridgeton, New Jersey on Tuesday March 16, 2004. The Work Group was led by Joseph Ingerson-Mahar, Vegetable IPM Coordinator for Rutgers Cooperative Extension. The participants in the Work Group included sixteen commodity and technical specialists: scouts, growers, a leading processor (Campbell), IR-4, and researchers and specialists in entomology, diseases, weeds, and pest management.

A website with background materials was created for the Work Group. The Work Group identified what the most serious threats are to the production of carrots in NJ, as well as what are the most pressing research, regulatory, and educational needs. A draft PMSP Plan was used as a working document at the meeting. It will be revised according to the Work Groupâs input and is due to be released for Work Group review and comment at the end of April.

Report on Carrot RAMP (Risk Avoidance and Mitigation Program) Project:

During the Carrot PMSP meeting, Meredyth Fogg, doctoral student of Dr. Steven A. Johnston, recently deceased Vegetable Pathologist of Rutgers Cooperative Extension presented results of their work, 'A Partnership Among Eastern US Carrot Stakeholders to Develop and Implement IPM' under a USDA CSREES Risk Avoidance and Mitigation Program (RAMP) GRANT.

Their research on carrot in New Jersey dealt specifically with 1.) controlling foliar blights using the Tom-Cast disease forecasting program for optimizing fungicide applications integrated with cultivar resistance; 2.) determining the efficacy of reduced risk fungicides as compared to standard fungicides in controlling foliar blight throughout the season; and 3.) evaluating carrot cultivars for foliar disease resistance. This research was conducted over two growing seasons (2002 and 2003). These studies are summarized in four reports which we have posted online at the Carrot PMSP webpage for your convenience.    

NJDA HPDE Container Recycling Summer 2004

The New Jersey Department of Agriculture (NJDA) has organized a statewide program recycling pesticide containers (up to 55 gallons) and nursery pots to be conducted in 3 regional locations. This is a free program and there is no charge to participants. Items accepted for recycling should be empty and composed of high density polyethylene (HDPE) #2 plastic.

Additionally, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) will issue one CORE credit for the recycling of pesticide containers only. Containers that previously contained pesticides that have been properly 'triple rinsed' or pressure rinsed and drained are not considered hazardous waste by the NJDEP and are acceptable for recycling in this program.

For the specific steps you must take in processing the containers you bring in, see the NJDA's announcement Pesticide Container and Nursery Pot Collection Program 2004 Summer Collection Schedule. See the announcement for dates and location information. To register for the program, contact Program Manager Karen Kritz of the New Jersey Department of Agriculture at (609) 984-2506 or karen.kritz@ag.state.nj.us with an estimate of what you will be bringing.

See the complete announcement and schedule from NJDA online (PDF) for your convenience in getting the word out about this important program. For more information, please contact Karen Kritz at 609-984-2506 or karen.kritz@ag.state.nj.us.

Trainers: PowerPoint 'NJDEP Recertification Credit Form' Now Online!

Pesticide applicator recertification credits awarded vary from course to course according to course subject matter and are assigned by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. See http://www.pestmanagement.rutgers.edu/PAT/recertification.htm for a listing of the current courses and a new tool for recertification trainers as described below:

We have made a PowerPoint slide of the 'NJDEP recertification credit form' for use of those conducting training sessions for recertification. Click here (PDF) save the file, and you can directly edit it. Specifically, you can insert the credits your course is awarded for your attendees to copy down onto their forms at the close of your courses; it is animated so you can give them each piece of information to write on the form separately.

Two Rutgers Cooperative Extension Pest Management Recommendations Releases

• Pest Control Recommendations for Shade Trees and Commercial Nursery: Now available on the web @ www.rce.rutgers.edu is the following: E036 - "Pest Control Recommendations for Shade Trees and Commercial NurseryCrops, 2004", authored by Dr. Ann B. Gould, Extension Specialist in PlantPathology, Dr. Stephen Hart, Extension Specialist in Weed Science, and Dr.James Lashomb, Extension Specialist in Entomology. This is a 59 page document. Direct link to this document is http://www.rce.rutgers.edu/pubs/pdfs/e036.pdf.
  
• Pest Management Recommendations for Field Crops, 2004 (300 pp.): New posting (3/9/2004) of EB237 Pest Management Recommendations for Field Crops, 2004 to Rutgers Cooperative Extension Publications page The direct link to the document is here (PDF) ; it leads to a Maryland Cooperative Extension Publications page.

Pat Hastings, NJinPAS

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New York

Medical Entomology Extension Website: I am pleased to announce the new Medical Entomology Extension Website created by Medical Entomology Extension Associate Renee Anderson! The website (http://www.entomology.cornell.edu/MedEnt/index.html) provides information about arthropods of public health importance in New York State. It currently contains fact sheets on "West Nile Virus", "Mosquito Biology for the Homeowner" and "Tick Biology". Additional fact sheets will be placed on the site in the coming months.

Laura C. Harrington
Dept. of Entomology, Cornell University

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Pennsylvania

School IPM Manual Now Included in PAT Training Packets: Individuals studying to become certified pesticide applicators for parks and schools now have access to a manual that specifically addresses Pennsylvania regulations, conditions and pest problems for IPM in schools. Included for the first time in Penn State's "Parks and Schools Pest Control Pesticide Applicator Training Packet", the recently revised "Pennsylvania School IPM Manual" helps schools develop and implement an IPM program and policy. from PSU IPM press release

Winter edition of the PA IPM News is available as html or as a downloadable PDF file from the web site.

Identify Insect Pests in the Garden with New Publication:Whether you are trying to identify what six-legged creature is damaging your tomato plants or determine if that yellow-striped beetle on your cucumbers is a pest, the Pennsylvania IPM Program’s new publication “Identifying Vegetable Insect Pests in Pennsylvania” will help you find the answer. Targeted to the home gardener, the guide includes pictures and descriptions of vegetable pests commonly found in the garden and flower beds. It is available as a downloadable PDF file from the Pennsylvania IPM Program’s Web site at http://paipm.cas.psu.edu/pdf/vegpests.pdf.

The Pennsylvania snap beans crop profile has been added to the national database.

Kristie Auman-Bauer
PSU IPM Program

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West Virginia

The West Virginia IPM program will fund four mini-grants this year. The funded projects include both research and outreach activities that would address the areas of pest idenification, reduction of pesticide use, and evaluating alternative pest management strategies. The projects funded this year and the respective principal investigators are as follows:

• 'Weeder Geese as an Organic Approach to Weed Control in Market Garden Setting' - Sven Verlinden
• 'IPM for Urban Pest Management in Harrison County' - Larry Campbell
• 'IPM and Cropping Systems - A Comparison of Gardening Methods' - MaryBeth Bennett
• 'Developing Treatment Windows for Effective and Environmentally Sound Herbicide Applications for Controlling Tree-of-Heaven' - Dave McGill

Rakesh Chandran, West Virginia IPM

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Southern Region

Southern Region IPM Center

Updates on the news page, April 7

SRIPMC Committees to Meet Mar-29-2004
The next meetings of the Steering Committee and the Advisory Council for the SRIPMC will be held on April 29 and 30. Both groups will meet jointly on the 29th, and the Steering Committee will meet separately on the 30th. Contact Ron Stinner for more information on times and agendas.

Center RFA for 2004 Announced Mar-08-2004
The Southern Region IPM Center (SRIPMC) is pleased to announce its first Request for Applications. Application deadline is April 30, 2004. We apologize for the quick turnaround, but we would like to have awards in place by July 1, 2004. The RFA has three (3) programmatic areas: State Contacts, Crop Profiles and Pest Management Strategic Plans, and Special Projects. Funding is open to all organizations in the Southern Region

First issue of the newsletter: The inaugural issue of a monthly online newsletter is available online now as a PDF. Besides an introduction from Director Ron Stinner, contents include:

• Center RFA for 2004 Announced
• Raleigh IPM Coordinator Meetings
• Profile - Dr. Ames Herbert, Jr., Ph.D
• Meet Our Steering Committee and Advisory Council
• Alabama Schools Implement IPM Programs
• Gerber Baby Food - Safe for Your Family
• Upcoming Meetings

Florida:

Recent items on the Florida Pest Alert Site: since 03/11/04

• 04/01/04 - Sudden oak death a critical issue for the U.S. nursery industry - A USDA report
• 04/01/04 - Sudden oak death is detected on plants imported into Florida
• 03/31/04 - UF/IFAS fact sheet on the sudden oak death fungus - USDA announces oak disease detection program for California nurseries - Southern Plant Diagnostic Network links for sudden oak death fungus
• 03/26/04 - Florida DoH Arbovirus Summary - March 7-13, 2004 - Arbovirus Summary Archives
• 03/19/04 - FDACS press release on close of Florida's borders to plant nursery stock from California due to sudden oak death (SOD) fungus - DPI Web site on SOD with images of sympotms
• 03/15/04 - New Featured Creatures - bee killers, Mallophora spp.
• 03/12/04 - Oak death fungus found in nursery plants in Los Angeles County - there are implications for Florida and rest of East Coast

North Carolina:

North Carolina Signs IPM In Schools Accord: North Carolina representatives, including state Agriculture Commissioner Britt Cobb signed a memorandum of understanding on March 4 that they hope will pave the way for the adoption of Integrated Pest Management in North Carolina public schools. Several North Carolina school systems, including Wake County, Nash-Rocky Mount and Winston-Salem/Forsyth County already use Integrated Pest Management to control pests and reduce students' exposure to pesticide residues.

"We're really interested in getting schools across the state involved in school IPM," said Dr. Mike Linker, Cooperative Extension's IPM coordinator, based in N.C. State University's Crop Science Department.

PCT Online News , by way of Lynn Braband, NY IPM

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Western Region

Western IPM Center

Link to the Western IPM Center News and Events page.

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Washington

Washington cranberries (revision) crop profile have been added to the crop profile database.

 

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National: National organizations, issues, etc.

EPA

Section 18 for Myclobutanil on Soybean Rust in South Dakota and Minnesota

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted a Section 18 quarantine exemption for the active ingredient myclobutanil to control soybean rust on soybeans in Minnesota and South Dakota. This is the first fungicide to receive a Section 18 exemption for this use. Myclobutanil is a systemic fungicide effective for treating a variety of plant diseases. The Dow AgroSciences formulations of myclobutanil are Laredo? EC and Laredo? EW fungicides. Dow AgroSciences is also working with other states for Section 18 exemption for Laredo for this use.

Use of myclobutanil under this quarantine exemption will not be allowed until the presence of soybean rust has been confirmed in the continental United States by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA-APHIS), and will be limited to a maximum of two applications under this Section 18.

Soybean rust can cause yield losses of 30 to 50 percent.

The Section 18 labeling for the Laredo EC and Laredo EW will be available from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture at www.mda.state.mn.us/, and Dow AgroSciences at www.dowagro.com.

For further information about Laredo EC and Laredo EW fungicides, contact Bob Gordon at bfgordon@dow.com or 317-337-3969.

from "Background Statement 03/26/04"
Darrell Bruggink, Bader Rutter & Associates

Office of Pesticide Programs Recent items on the OPP Website as of 4/06/04:

• March 25, 2004 EPA to Notify Pesticide Retailers and State Agencies of Endangered Species Court Order Notification Requirements in Washington Toxics v. EPA - OPP Update

• March 19, 2004 Preliminary Risk Assessment for Workers Who Contact Wood Preservatives Containing Arsenic and/or Chromium and Ecological Effects Assessment: Questions and Answers

• March 17, 2004 Lock Up Household Poisons - "Lock It Up" is EPA's childhood poison prevention campaign for National Poison Prevention Week, March 21-27.

• March 15, 2004 Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians awarded grant money for pesticide risk reduction work - News story

IPM Institute:

New on the website since Feb. 4, 2004 (website contains more detailed articles):

• Chicago Rodent Inspectors Take Tough Job Mar 26, 2004
• Community IPM Program Receives EPA Urban Initiative Grant Mar 25, 2004
• State Agencies and Partners Sign Agreement on Pesticide Use in Schools Mar 25, 2004
• Food Alliance Hosts Three Course Benefit Dinner Mar 25, 2004
• Ten PESP Grants Funded Apr 1, 2004
• Asthma and Pesticides in Public Schools Mar 26, 2004
• Single Mom Spearheads Spray Fight Mar 26, 2004
• Michigan Requires Pesticide Notices at Schools Mar 25, 2004
• Food Alliance Announces 2004 Keepers of the Vision Awardees Mar 25, 2004

 

Tom Green, et. al., IPM Institute

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IPM Centers (National)

New and Revised Crop Profiles added to national database:

• Pennsylvania snap beans
• Washington cranberries (revision)

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IR-4

2003 Annual Report. The 2003 Annual Report has been published and mailed to internal and external stakeholders. Anyone wishing additional copies may contact Cheryl (732-932-9575 X601).

IR-4 Project

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USDA - Pesticide Data Program

USDA Pesticide Data Program to Release 2002 data: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service today announced that the Pesticide Data Program Annual Summary, Calendar Year 2002 and the 2002 data are available via the Internet at http://www.ams.usda.gov/science/pdp/download.htm. Printed copies of the 2002 Annual Summary will be available in mid-March. AMS is posting the summary and the data in advance of publication to make it available to stakeholders. from a USDA/AMS NEWS RELEASE AMS No. 025-04, Feb.

Therese Murtagh, OPMP

 

International

IPMNet News:

Contents of the April 2004 issue of IPMnet News:

IPM News

New Pesticide Conduct Code Adopted
Insect Resistance Learning Site Opens
GLOBAL IPM SNAPSHOTS

IPM Medley

India's Thriving IPM Center
PUBLICATIONS PERUSED
WEB, PUBLICATION, CD, AND VIDEO NOTES
PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS, & SERVICES

IPM Research/Technical Papers: THIS MONTH'S SELECTED TITLES

U.S. Regional Pest Management Centers: Easing Access to IPM Information

IPM Calendar

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