PMSP for the Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, and North Dakota Potato Industry

Priorities

Category Rank Pest Type Pest Crop Stage Priority
Extension/Outreach 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Area wide mapping of pest populations.
Extension/Outreach 2 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Pesticide resistance management education. - CPB Resistance management education - Mapping of aster and potato leafhopper distribution - Real time website communication and leafhopper prediction - Aphid mapping network in north central region - Distribution maps for cutworms - Mapping of European corn borer populations
Extension/Outreach 3 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Herbicide resistance management.
Extension/Outreach 4 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Develop focused symposia on early dying, common scab, soil fumigation, pink eye and resistance management.
Extension/Outreach 5 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Biology and identification of soil insects. - White grub identification – soil insect bulletin
Extension/Outreach 6 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Educating growers on herbicide modes of action and their impact on production practices.
Extension/Outreach 7 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot New species introductions, identification and control
Regulatory 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Retain CIPC registration as a sprout inhibitor.
Regulatory 2 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Retain metam-sodium registration.
Regulatory 3 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Retain Monitor for aphid and virus control.
Regulatory 4 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Retain OPs for wireworm and white grub control.
Regulatory 5 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Section 3 label for Purogene.
Regulatory 6 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Retain labels for chlorothalonil, EBDC, tin, and fumigants and pursue new, reduced-risk fungicides to expand the chemical tool box for resistance management for strobilurins.
Regulatory 7 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Register fipronil, Diamond and mectins as nicotinyl alternative.
Regulatory 8 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Retain dimethoate registration for leafhopper management.
Regulatory 9 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Encourage expansion of labels to contain information on resistance management directions of use.
Regulatory 10 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Registration of Balance for use in sweet corn for control of wild proso millet.
Regulatory 11 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Retain registration of metribuzin.
Regulatory 12 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Registration of Callisto in sweet corn to control volunteer potatoes.
Regulatory 13 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Registration of Spartan.
Research 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Production practices and their affects on storability.
Research 1 Insects 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Chemical Control & Pesticide Resistance Management.
Research 1 Pathogens 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Improved tools for post harvest management of diseases.
Research 1 Weeds 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Herbicide issues
Research 2 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Host plant resistance for current and new varieties to insects and diseases.
Research 2 Nematodes 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Pest Impacts and Thresholds.
Research 2 Pathogens 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Increase emphasis on breeding for disease resistance.
Research 2 Weeds 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Precision Agriculture
Research 3 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Fumigation alternatives for effective management of early dying (Verticillium & nematodes.
Research 3 Insects 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Host Plant Resistance.
Research 3 Pathogens 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Develop resistance management plans for mefenoxam and strobilurin chemistries and all new site-specific chemistries before introduction.
Research 3 Weeds 6- to 12-Inch Shoot System Scale Research
Research 4 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Sprout inhibitors for use in potato storage - alternatives to CIPC.
Research 4 Insects 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Area-wide Management
Research 4 Pathogens 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Develop effective alternatives to fumigation.
Research 4 Weeds 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Creation of Crop and Weed Development Models
Research 5 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Post Harvest disease management - Improve efficacy of chemistries which includes post harvest disease management and alternative strategies in storage.
Research 5 Insects 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Beneficial Insect Management.
Research 5 Pathogens 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Improve pathogen diagnostics and application of diagnostic technology in production.
Research 6 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Pesticide resistance management.
Research 6 Pathogens 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Encourage collaboration between states in updating disease prediction tools to reflect current agricultural practices.
Research 7 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Development of environmentally friendly crop and pest management tools, i.e. BMPs and reduced risk tools.
Research 7 Pathogens 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Improved tools for management for seed and soil borne diseases.
Research 8 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Develop new varieties with improved fresh market and processing quality and better adapted for regional growing conditions including improved heat tolerance and nitrogen-use efficiency.
Research 8 Pathogens 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Issues related to virus and vector management
Research 9 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Bacteria for biocontrol of post harvest diseases.
Research 10 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Implementation of precision agriculture technologies into site specific management systems.
Research 11 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Use of MH30 and other growth regulators to improve processing qualities.