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Northeastern IPM Center - Fall Webinar Series
Got an IPM question? Need to know the latest IPM information? The Northeastern IPM Center has scheduled three webinars in September 2017. For more details and links to join the webinars, visit: http://neipmc.org/go/ipmtoolbox Laura Harrington (Cornell University) will discuss the new Northeast Regional Center of Excellence in Vector Borne Diseases and latest research to understand, prevent and treat diseases passed from insects to people, such as West Nile, Dengue, Zika and tick-borne Lyme disease. Monday, September 11, 2017. 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Scott Isard, Director, and Julie Golod, (Penn State) will discuss the integrated Pest Information Platform for Extension and Education or iPiPE – which is designed to share local, regional, and national observations of agricultural pests (pathogens, insects and weeds) and beneficial insects in real-time for making more timely and informed management decisions. Wednesday, September 13, 2017. 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Ben Chambers (Virginia Tech), Rick Cooper (Cooper Pest Solutions), Tom Kuhar (Virginia Tech), Mike Raupp (University of Maryland) Moderators: Tracy Leskey, (Appalachian Fruit Research Station) & George Hamilton (Rutgers University). These leading experts will be talking about proven techniques to avert and control Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) infestations. Monday, September 25, 2017. 11:00 am – 12:00 pm |
iPiPE Intern creates two promotional cards for iPiPE
Rachel Kempker from Iowa State University designed two promotional cards (iPiPE Twitter Card and iPiPE Ad Card) for iPiPE. The cards have been tweeted as well as posted on the Iowa State IPM Website. The posted cards include links that enable viewers to access additional information on iPiPE. |
iPiPE Intern creates Post Card to send to stakeholders
Rachel Kempker from Iowa State University designed an iPiPE Post Card which will be sent to specialists, growers, and crop consultants. It encourages stakeholders to tweet images of soybean disease (@soydisease) found in their fields. Her motto is: "Scout, Snap and Share what you're finding in your field!" |
iPiPE Interns create video of pseudothecium removal from an apple leaf
Paul O'Connor and Nicole Foley, iPiPE Interns in the 2017 Apple (New York/New England) Crop-Pest Program have created an interesting video showing psudothecium removal from an apple leaf (https://plus.google.com/photos/photo/102587176979889664215/6411549232833943122?icm=false&sqid=102290311899614601087&ssid=184e98dc-606e-4c5b-bab4-8ddef0f5e5670). Using a small hook, the leaf's cuticle is peeled back, allowing access to the pseudothecium itself, which is then placed on a slide, topped with a coverslip and gently squashed to reveal the asci housed within it. Ten pseudothecia per slide (two pseudothecia from each leaf of a five leaf sample) are removed, and analyzed for ascus maturity and spore count under greater magnification. |
iPiPE Intern featured in Texas A&M AgriLife Pest Cast
iPiPE Intern Alma Olguin scouting for sugarcane aphid in sorghum was featured in Texas AgriLife Pest Cast, (Issue 1, March 31, 2017), The Row Crops Newsletter for the LRGV, a cooperative project of Texas AgriLife Extension Service and the Cotton and Grain Producers of the lower Rio Grande Valley. |
Call for 2018 iPiPE CAP Crop Pest Programs just released
The call will be distributed through the regional IPM Centers to Extension professionals and is available here. Proposals will be 1-2 pages in length and due by May 4, 2017. |
iPiPE Participant Mixer for Year 3 (iPMx3)
The iPiPE Participnat Mixer for Year 3 (iPmx3) was held in Raleigh, North Carolina on January 31-February 01, 2017. Check Posters and Photos at https://sites.google.com/site/ipipeed/annual-meetings/ipmx3. |
Shock and Awe Pest Management: Time for Change
An interesting article about the issues raised by one-size-fits-all, prophylactic crop management approaches. |
Results of iPiPE Summer Internship
Ashley Van Vliet and Kathleen Reyes, iPiPE summer interns at the University of California Cooperative Extension - Riverside County working with Dr. Vonny Barlow, have produced two UC internet blogs describing the results of their work with Brown stink bug in California’s southern desert: http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=22018 - iPiPE: a current platform for collaboration efforts in creating “progress through sharing” in the agricultural industry. http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=22016 - Brown Stink Bug, Euschistus servus: Cotton Losses Update |
KX News Interview on IPM Practices in North Dakota
Taylor Senger and Shelby Booth, iPiPE interns at North Dakota State University, together with Dr. Sam Markell, Extension Plant Pathologist and Associated Professor, appeared in an interview on KX News of Minot, North Dakota. The interview was focused on IPM and disease scouting practices and was aired in the Eye on Ag section . The video was posted on the internet on July 27th and can be found at the following address: http://www.kxnet.com/story/32558422/eye-on-ag-crop-scouts |
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