| Extension/Outreach |
1 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Increase knowledge of growers so they may properly and most effective ly control
cucumber beetles. This may be accomplished by reviewing current practices that
are available. |
| Extension/Outreach |
2 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Increase skills and understanding of pest identification, life cycles, monitoring
and scouting. Hold training sessions for pest management of cucurbits and
review these techniques. |
| Extension/Outreach |
3 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Increase access and availability of information concerning integrated pest
management (IPM) to growers and public. Development of production guides in
hard bound format and make available in electronic format. |
| Extension/Outreach |
4 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Increase access to information and release information concerning GMOs to the
public and growers. Develop informational seminars held in county and regional
meetings. Write newspaper articles concerning these issues. |
| Extension/Outreach |
5 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
On-farm demonstrations which include methods, research and replication |
| Extension/Outreach |
6 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Loss of Diazinon and Benomyl will increase dependency on other expensive
products. Inform growers of available alternatives and proper methods of
application. |
| Extension/Outreach |
7 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Inform growers how to use available products to maintain economic stability. |
| Extension/Outreach |
8 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Inform growers how to find markets for marketing fresh market products. |
| Regulatory |
1 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Registrations for seed treatments with the insecticides imidacloprid (Admire) and
thiomethoxam (Platinum). Since the meeting, imidacloprid was approved for
application to direct seed. Thiomethoxam (Platinum) is only labeled for soil or
trickle irrigation applications. |
| Regulatory |
2 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Streamlined Section-18 Process |
| Regulatory |
3 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
When new chemistries are developed and determined to be effective and
environmentally sound, provisions should be made to quickly expedite
registrations in manner that is beneficial for all concerned. |
| Regulatory |
4 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Limited modes of action may increase the chance of resistance developing within
the pest population. New pesticide chemistries are needed to replace the loss of
diazinon (an organophosphate) and benomyl (a carbamate). |
| Research |
1 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Cucumber beetle management |
| Research |
2 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Plant breeding and control programs for yellow vine, aphids, powdery mildew,
Phytophthora blight, downy mildew and improved control of bacterial wilt in
pumpkin and cantaloupes. |
| Research |
3 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Lack of weed control products – investigate herbicide products for efficacy and/or
cultural control methods of broadleaf weeds |
| Research |
4 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Develop improvements in spider mite management |
| Research |
5 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Determine economic threshold for pests of cucurbits |
| Research |
6 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Post harvest disease control (Fusarium spp., Phytophthora, Xanthamonas spp.
and other diseases) |
| Research |
7 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Methyl bromide replacements and cost-effective alternatives |