Post on 16-Jan-2016
Mika Pringle Tolson
Field Program AssistantIR-4 Western Region
Western Region Ornamental Program
• Overview of the program
• Participation
• Specifics of 2010 and 2011 research
• Strengths and challenges
WR Ornamental Program 2010-11
IR-4 Ornamental Program• Added to IR-4 in 1977• Goals
– to support research on crop protection products
– expand product uses on ornamental crops (greenhouse, nursery, floral, turf, landscape, interiorscape, tree farms)
– to allow management of new and important pest species
• Efficacy• Crop safety• Test both chemical and biological products• 4 disciplines
• Entomology• Plant Pathology• Weed Science• Plant Growth Regulators
Focus of Ornamental Program
• Very similar to Food Use Program
1. Workshop
2. Set priorities
3. Seek out researchers
4. Design protocols
Process
January
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July
Oct
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Ornamental Horticulture Program:Research Cycle
Biennual Workshop
Annual National Research Planning Meeting
Establish Research Trials
Identify Grower NeedsProject Request Form
Grower/Extension Survey
Receive & Summarize Trial Data
Encourage Participation
• Researchers in your state• Growers• Extension Specialists• Companies with products that need
efficacy or crop safety testing
How to Provide Input on Priorities
• Attend the Ornamental Workshop
• Annual Survey
2011 Ornamental Workshop
October 5-7, 2011
Sheraton Grand Hotel
Sacramento, CA
2010 WR ResearchCrop Safety
• Mostly herbicides, some fungicides and insecticides (CA, OR, CO)
Weed Science• Liverwort and early post emergent efficacy (CA, OR)
Plant Pathology• Pseudomonas, Pythium, Fusarium, rust, Swiss Needle
Cast (CA, OR, WA)
Entomology• Thrips, mites, and snail efficacy (CA)
Research Protocol
2011 WR ResearchCrop Safety
• Mostly herbicides, some fungicides and insecticides (CA, OR, CO)
Weed Science• Liverwort efficacy (CA, OR)
Plant Pathology• Agrobacterium, Fusarium, Pseudomonas, Swiss
Needle Cast (CA, OR, WA)
Entomology• Thrips, mealybug, and snail efficacy (CA, NM, HI)
Plant Growth Regulators• Woody and herbaceous PGRs (CA)
Research Results
• IR-4 Website• Individual trial reports• Summary reports
• Good source of comparative efficacy and crop safety information
• Summaries are prepared by Cristi Palmer’s team at HQ• Ely Vea• Lori Harrison• Kathleen Hester
Searching the Online Database
Detailed Search
State
Year
Search Results
Report Link
Individual Report
• Researcher interaction
• Balance between national and regional needs
• Focus on completing data packages for label changes
• Registrants are well represented in the process
Strengths
• Resource intensive
• Effort to $ ratio is high
• $180k annual funding for regions
• As little as $4,000/researcher/year
• Cascading effects of incremental updates
• Prescriptive nature of work doesn’t allow for innovative solutions to pest problems
• Are we serving all the stakeholders?
Challenges
Questions