| Extension/Outreach |
1 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Interaction of thrips and tomato spotted wilt virus: educate growers on how disease is spread and
how vectors play a role in this process. |
| Extension/Outreach |
2 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Make growers more aware of the Southern corn rootworm advisory (i.e., improve the advisory,
educate growers, and promote the Southern corn rootworm advisory index). |
| Extension/Outreach |
3 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Potato leafhopper control decisions: educate growers on estimating 25 percent potato leafhopper
damage (threshold) and on management strategies. |
| Extension/Outreach |
4 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Inform growers about generic pesticides (i.e., identify where generic pesticides work as well as
trademark brands and how generic pesticides compare to trademark brands). |
| Extension/Outreach |
5 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Weed identification/production guides: develop diagnostic guides, Internet-based resources, and
other educational materials to help growers and county Extension agents identify weed problems. |
| Extension/Outreach |
6 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Improve decision-making tools for disease management (e.g., improve old and develop new
advisories). |
| Extension/Outreach |
7 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Promote the greater use of computer technology (i.e., the Internet) for information exchange and
outreach. Specifically, use the Internet to supply pest management information, increase the
exchange of information between growers, county Extension agents and agricultural consultants,
and make publications more timely and available at lower costs to users. |
| Regulatory |
1 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Need to involve the IR-4 Program in the registration of new insecticides for use on peanuts (insect
pest management currently is very dependent on organophosphate insecticides), and also for the
registrations of new fungicides and herbicides. |
| Regulatory |
2 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Section 18 emergency registrations: encourage the pursuit of full (Section 3) registrations of
pesticides registered under Section 18 and contact U.S. Department of Agriculture to assure that
Section 18 registrations are issued in time to be useful to growers (comment by Ted Rogers). |
| Regulatory |
3 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Maintain the availability of Temik and metam-sodium for nematode and CBR contro |
| Regulatory |
4 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Maintain the availability of chlorothalonil for resistance management to triazole and stobilurim
fungicides for primarily foliar diseases (i.e., early leaf spot). |
| Regulatory |
5 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Promote the fast track registrations of BASF 500 (Headline) for early leaf spot and web blotch and
BASF 510 (nicobifen) as an alternative to Omega 500 for sclerotinia blight and web blotch control.Both products have reduced risk status. |
| Regulatory |
6 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Promote the fast track registration of glyphosate (Roundup) for use on peanuts. Advantages of
glyphosate include controlling weeds for which there is no control and controlling some weeds very
effectively (i.e., sicklepod). Disadvantages of glyphosate include allowing volunteer peanuts
(competition) in other crops (e.g., cotton). |
| Research |
1 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Develop an effective strategy for the control of tomato spotted wilt. Need information on etiology
of the disease/biology of the organism, timing, identification, and the interaction mechanism with
certain herbicides, insecticides, tillage practices, plant populations and varieties [i.e., response of
peanuts after burn back with certain herbicides, spread of disease by insects (thrips)]. Learn about
these interactions and use them to educate growers on control of the disease. |
| Research |
2 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Refine existing economic thresholds for potato leafhopper. Need more research on this threshold
to make it work properly. |
| Research |
3 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Research on strip-till versus no-till peanut production, relative to cover crops, herbicide
performance, positive impacts on fungal diseases, and potential problems with soil insects (e.g.,
cutworms and wireworms) |
| Research |
4 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Research on Southern corn rootworm management, i.e., improve treatment decisions (improve risk
index) and development of more insecticide products to control these through the IR-4 Program.
The current index tells growers to treat with insecticide more than is possibly needed. The index
needs improvement [revise rootworm advisory (risk index) right now]. |
| Research |
5 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Need an ovicide for two-spotted spider mites (one ovicide spray would replace two sprays for
adult mites). No ovicide is labeled; Kelthane currently is used off-label. |
| Research |
6 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Need information on the conditions where growers can reduce (cut) herbicide rates |
| Research |
7 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Research on herbicide application variables, including the timing of applications, rates, volume
(some need to be used at low volume, others at high), surfactants (efficacy and will they allow
growers to decrease herbicide rates versus herbicide use without surfactants), and tank mixes (need
compatibility guide). |
| Research |
8 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Reduce the dependency of peanut growers on fungicides (concern with the cost of disease
management). Need non-chemical disease management alternatives. The main concern of growers
is the high cost of peanut production (i.e., pesticides, seed, tillage, etc.) which limits their pest
management options. |
| Research |
9 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Improve disease resistance in Virginia-type peanut varieties. |