PMSP for Pacific Northwest Mint Production

Priorities

Category Rank Pest Type Pest Crop Stage Priority
Extension/Outreach 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Continue to educate regulators about interactions of pesticides and predators
Extension/Outreach 1 Insects Educate growers about the benefits of using certified root stock
Extension/Outreach 1 Insects Educate growers about the impacts of non-selective synthetic pesticides on natural predators
Extension/Outreach 1 Pathogens Educate growers about sequential applications of Quadris (azoxystrobin) and Tilt (propiconazole) to avoid resistance
Extension/Outreach 1 Pathogens Continue to stress importance of disease- free planting material, and using clean ground
Extension/Outreach 1 Pathogens Rosette Continue to educate growers about equipment sanitation
Extension/Outreach 1 Weeds Educate growers about risk of moving new weeds into new areas
Extension/Outreach 1 Weeds Educate registrants on importance of discontinued products and encourage continued manufacturing
Extension/Outreach 1 Weeds Rosette Educate growers concerning label instructions for mint straw treated with Stinger (clopyralid)
Extension/Outreach 2 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Educate growers concerning new research developments
Extension/Outreach 2 Insects Emphasize the need for pre-plant soil sampling
Extension/Outreach 2 Insects Educate regulators on externally imposed restrictions and limitations related to currently registered pesticides when justifying registrations for new pesticides (Sec. 18’s and SLN’s)
Extension/Outreach 2 Pathogens Educate registrant about need for spot treatment fumigation for Verticillium wilt
Extension/Outreach 2 Pathogens Educate growers about using proper crop rotations
Extension/Outreach 2 Pathogens Rosette Disseminate information about new research and new disease management practices
Extension/Outreach 2 Weeds Educate growers on herbicide resistance management
Extension/Outreach 3 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Develop and distribute symptom- identification field guides
Extension/Outreach 3 Insects Educate regulators regarding resistance concerns when they are evaluating new registrations
Extension/Outreach 3 Pathogens Rosette Educate general population on the benefits and safety margin of most agricultural chemicals.
Extension/Outreach 3 Weeds Educate growers on benefits and need for crop rotation and site selection to avoid any perennial weeds
Extension/Outreach 4 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Create list-serve discussions
Extension/Outreach 4 Pathogens Disseminate research results
Extension/Outreach 4 Pathogens Educate growers on cultivar selections
Extension/Outreach 5 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Develop and disseminate educational materials for growers concerning cultural and biological control (e.g. site selection, crop histories)
Extension/Outreach 6 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Educate growers about using new techniques with existing control measures (more conventional pesticides and methodology)
Extension/Outreach 7 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Educate the general public on the benefits and safety margin of most agricultural chemicals
Regulatory 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Register Mocap (ethoprop)
Regulatory 1 Insects Expedite registration for Success (spinosad), Actara/Platium (thiamethoxam), Acramite (bifenazate), and Fujimite (fenpyroximate)
Regulatory 1 Insects Obtain full registration for Mocap (ethoprop) in all growing regions
Regulatory 1 Insects Maintain availability of Vapam (sodium methyldithiocarbamate) for fumigation in nurseries
Regulatory 1 Insects Rosette Register granular formulation of Mocap (ethoprop) for mint root borer and symphylan control
Regulatory 1 Nematodes Obtain registration of Mocap (ethoprop)
Regulatory 1 Nematodes Rosette Support Mocap (ethoprop) registration
Regulatory 1 Pathogens Reduce PHI to 30 days for Tilt (propiconazole ); currently 90 days
Regulatory 1 Pathogens Maintain registrations of current fumigants
Regulatory 1 Weeds Maintain fumigant registrations
Regulatory 1 Weeds Support registration of MCPB for field bindweed suppression
Regulatory 1 Weeds Bed Preparation Support registration of Valor (flumioxazin) and Spartan (sulfentrazone)
Regulatory 2 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Register Prowl (pendimethalin)
Regulatory 2 Insects Retain seven day REI for Comite (propargite)
Regulatory 2 Pathogens Expand Tilt (propiconazole) label to include all mint growing areas of the PNW (currently registered only west of the Cascade Mountains in OR and WA)
Regulatory 2 Weeds Obtain Section 3 registration for Prowl (pendimethalin)
Regulatory 3 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Maintain workable REI’s and PHI’s during the risk assessment processes
Regulatory 3 Insects Obtain registration for Acramite (bifenazate), which is needed for the mint tea market, due to EU restrictions on Comite (propargite)
Regulatory 3 Pathogens Obtain registration for spot treatment fumigation with Vapam (sodium methyldithiocarbamate) for Verticillium wilt
Research 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Develop a long term, interdisciplinary research program that investigates the critical interactions of pests in the mint crop and rotational sequences, utilizing a systems approach
Research 1 Insects Develop economic threshold or action level for wireworms in field nurseries established from rooted tip cuttings
Research 1 Insects Investigate effectiveness of Confirm (tebufenozide) for control of Lepidopteran insects
Research 1 Insects Rosette Develop a systemic insecticide and other alternatives to (Lorsban) chlorpyrifos for mint root borer control
Research 1 Nematodes Continue to screen nematicides for efficacy
Research 1 Nematodes Develop alternative products that are effective on nematodes
Research 1 Nematodes Rosette Develop alternatives to Vydate (oxamyl)
Research 1 Pathogens Investigate the relationship of plant stress or vigor to disease occurrence and severity through interdisciplinary and long term studies.
Research 1 Pathogens Develop a disease resistant mint cultivar
Research 1 Pathogens Rosette Investigate cultivar improvement for disease resistance
Research 1 Weeds Develop a new pesticide for nutsedge control
Research 1 Weeds Develop and evaluate an herbicide for control of field bindweed
Research 1 Weeds Bed Preparation Investigate timing of tank mix pre-emerge herbicides application
Research 1 Weeds Rosette Develop resistance management options
Research 2 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Develop new pesticides for resistance management
Research 2 Insects Investigate control measures for mint stem borer
Research 2 Insects Rosette Develop a control method for mint root borer in furrow- irrigated fields
Research 2 Nematodes Investigate the relationship of plant stress or vigor to nematode issues through interdisciplinary and long term studies.
Research 2 Nematodes Investigate bio-types and biology of nematodes
Research 2 Nematodes Rosette Develop better control measures for nematodes
Research 2 Pathogens Investigate the alternative host for powdery mildew on mint; identify species and strain of powdery mildew that affects mint
Research 2 Pathogens Identify and quantify economically viable rotational crops that will reduce Verticillium populations
Research 2 Weeds Investigate pre-plant efficacy of currently registered herbicides
Research 2 Weeds Investigate affect of herbicide on beneficial organisms
Research 2 Weeds Bed Preparation Develop new pre-emergence herbicides
Research 2 Weeds Rosette Develop residue data to enable feeding of straw to livestock (feeding studies)
Research 3 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Develop new, more effective, practical and cost effective control measures for root feeding insects and nematodes
Research 3 Insects Develop additional selective insecticides
Research 3 Insects Rosette Investigate use of trap cropping control system for mint stem borer
Research 3 Pathogens Investigate mint cultivars for disease resistance
Research 3 Pathogens Conduct long-term, large-scale, rotational studies
Research 3 Weeds Investigate interaction of herbicides with diseases (plant stress)
Research 3 Weeds Bed Preparation Develop data on Starane (fluroxypyr)
Research 4 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Investigate control measures for hard-to-control perennial weeds (e.g. field bindweed, yellow nutsedge, yellow toadflax)
Research 4 Insects Investigate pest interactions and their impact on pest populations
Research 4 Insects Rosette Develop affordable and commercially available parasitic nematodes
Research 4 Pathogens Evaluate new fungicides for resistance management
Research 4 Pathogens Investigate economics and efficacy of fumigation when mint is a secondary target (i.e. fumigation of onions, sugarbeets)
Research 4 Weeds Investigate herbicide-resistant weed management
Research 5 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Investigate ways to reduce pesticide inputs
Research 5 Insects Determine the impact of synthetic chemicals on natural predators
Research 5 Insects Rosette Develop new delivery agent/surfactant/mechanical devices (such as a spoke wheel injector) to push control products down into the root zone for control of mint root borer and root weevil larvae
Research 5 Pathogens Evaluate efficacy of Bravo (chlorothanonil)
Research 5 Pathogens Investigate use of antagonistic fungi for disease control
Research 5 Weeds Determine efficacy of herbicide chemigation
Research 6 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Develop high yielding, disease and pest resistant cultivars
Research 6 Insects Investigate the use of mint root borer sex pheromone for mating disruption
Research 6 Insects Rosette Develop an inoculative release program in the fall, so the predator mites are available in the early spring
Research 6 Pathogens Develop preplant rootstock and rooted-tip fungicide treatment to control soil diseases
Research 6 Weeds Determine efficacy of tank mixes and tank additives
Research 7 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Develop an assay for Verticillium, which will also distinguish between the mint strain and other strains of V. dahliae
Research 7 Insects Rosette Continue to investigate symphylan control in Oregon’s Willamette Valley
Research 7 Pathogens Develop a reliable, time efficient, in- field Verticillium wilt assay method
Research 7 Weeds Develop alternative to Tough (pyridate) for postemergence control of pigweed
Research 8 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Develop a replacement for Tough (pyridate)
Research 8 Insects Rosette Continue research to find alternative to Mocap (ethoprop)
Research 8 Weeds Investigate bio-control of perennial weeds