Eggplant PMSP

Priorities

Category Rank Pest Type Pest Crop Stage Priority
Extension/Outreach 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Education of growers/pest managers with regard to new chemistries and resistance management of new chemistries
Regulatory 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Continue processing ongoing registrant/IR-4 registration requests (abamectin, spiromesifen, pyridalyl, flumioxazin, and s-metolachlor).
Regulatory 2 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Continue investigation into the potential pesticide candidates etoxazole, clofentezine, buprofezin, cyromazine, and novaluron.
Regulatory 3 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Determine if the 14-day PHI for pyriproxyfen can be reduced to 7 days.
Research 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Construct and test an integrated mite management plan for eggplant.
Research 2 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Determine the feasibility/utility of pinworm pheromone “attract and kill schemes.
Research 3 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Examine the current levels of spinosad resistance in pinworm and melon thrips populations.
Research 4 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Conduct efficacy/phytotoxicity trials for etoxazole, clofentezine, buprofezin, and novaluron.