| Extension/Outreach |
1 |
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Current information on tomato IPM for each State needs to be centrally linked on a university maintained Tomato IPM website and then linked between States. |
| Extension/Outreach |
1 |
Insects |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Current information on tomato IPM for each State needs to be centrally linked on a university maintained Tomato IPM website and then linked between States. |
| Extension/Outreach |
1 |
Pathogens |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Current information on tomato disease best management practices for each State needs to be centrally linked on a university maintained Tomato IPM website and then linked between States |
| Extension/Outreach |
2 |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Web based or hard copies of pest identification are needed that are user friendly. |
| Extension/Outreach |
2 |
Insects |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
On-site extension visits including hands-on training need to be maintained and increased in frequency. |
| Extension/Outreach |
2 |
Pathogens |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Web-based or hard copy publications of pest identification are needed that are user friendly. |
| Extension/Outreach |
3 |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Fact sheets and training for resistance management (mode of action) especially for glyphosate resistance are needed. |
| Extension/Outreach |
3 |
Insects |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Need to maintain local-level (county) delivery system. |
| Extension/Outreach |
3 |
Pathogens |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Greater information and outreach is needed on post-harvest problems associated with diseases and other pests. |
| Extension/Outreach |
4 |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
On-site extension visits including hands-on training needs to be expanded. |
| Extension/Outreach |
4 |
Insects |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Need to maintain insect diagnostic services. |
| Extension/Outreach |
4 |
Pathogens |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Field visits and hands-on IPM training of governmental regulatory personnel could result in better interaction regulators and end users. |
| Extension/Outreach |
5 |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Maintain local-level (county) delivery system! |
| Extension/Outreach |
5 |
Insects |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Need user friendly, web-based (and hard copy) pest identification and management publications. |
| Extension/Outreach |
5 |
Pathogens |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Fact sheets for resistance management (mode of action) are needed. |
| Extension/Outreach |
6 |
Insects |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Training of other government agencies (IPM training) needs to be promoted. |
| Extension/Outreach |
6 |
Pathogens |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Modeling of diseases (prediction), epidemiology of virus and vectors needs both research and extension efforts. |
| Extension/Outreach |
7 |
Insects |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Database for registered pesticides by state and commodity needs to be linked with extension services since they have to answer questions on this all of the time. |
| Extension/Outreach |
7 |
Pathogens |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Need more public awareness of impacts of use restrictions on products and crops. |
| Extension/Outreach |
8 |
Insects |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Fact sheets and training are needed for resistance management (e.g., rotation by mode of action). |
| Extension/Outreach |
9 |
Insects |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Tools for monitoring pests continue to be needed. Scouting is the foundation for all IPM activities. |
| Regulatory |
1 |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Pesticide regulators should consider new labeling requirements for the management of herbicide resistance in the State. |
| Regulatory |
1 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Pesticide Regulatory decisions should thoroughly consider resistance management concerns. It is imperative to maintain multiple modes of action for use against key pests. Support for pesticide resistance management is of vital concern to both growers and the pesticide industry. |
| Regulatory |
1 |
Insects |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Pesticide regulators should promote the dissemination of information on labels relative to secondary pest outbreaks from the use of certain insecticides. |
| Regulatory |
1 |
Pathogens |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Monitoring by the departments of agriculture of diseases that could affect shipment of live materials into and out of the State should be increased. |
| Regulatory |
2 |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Critical use exemptions should be continued for methyl bromide. |
| Regulatory |
2 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Databases for registered pesticides by state and commodity are needed that are highly user friendly and easily accessible. |
| Regulatory |
2 |
Insects |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
A database for registered pesticides by state and commodity needs to be easily accessible and user friendly. |
| Regulatory |
2 |
Pathogens |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Database for registered pesticides by state and commodity are needed. |
| Regulatory |
3 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
New miticides with different modes of action (rotations); or other insecticides for same purpose need to be registered. Again, maintaining multiple modes of action for resistance management and requiring compliance to regulations designed to stave off resistant pests should be a priority for regulators. |
| Regulatory |
3 |
Insects |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
New miticides with different modes of action (rotations); or other insecticides for resistance management purposes need to be registered. |
| Regulatory |
3 |
Pathogens |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Consequences of labeling changes of copper (bacterial spot) i.e. reduction in number of applications needs to be looked at. |
| Regulatory |
4 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
On-site extension visits including hands-on training need more support, not less. It is a mistake to think that regionalization of services and web-based delivery is an adequate substitute for traditional extension services. |
| Regulatory |
4 |
Insects |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Application technology for existing and new chemistries (chemigation) needs to be promoted, but also regulated relative to crop-stage effects, per acre versus actual target application, etc. |
| Regulatory |
4 |
Pathogens |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Maintaining multiple modes of action for resistance management is critical. |
| Regulatory |
5 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Maintain the local-level (county) delivery system. This was repeated more than once in the discussion. |
| Regulatory |
5 |
Pathogens |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Science-based buffer restrictions are needed accounting for impact on agricultural land usage. |
| Regulatory |
6 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Consequences of labeling changes of copper (bacterial spot) need to be looked into, i.e. reduction in number of applications. |
| Regulatory |
6 |
Pathogens |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Monitoring and regulation is needed of seed-borne diseases and transplants— including importation from other countries. |
| Regulatory |
7 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Web-based and hard copy publications of pest identification and management (that are user friendly) should be promoted and used by regulators. |
| Regulatory |
8 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Support for research on post-harvest problems associated with diseases and other pests need to be provided. Post harvest pest problems need regulator oversight, not just industry self-regulation. |
| Regulatory |
9 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Critical-use exemptions need to be continued for methyl bromide. |
| Regulatory |
10 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Provide more funding for research and extension programs targeted at tomato and other economically important vegetables in Georgia and South Carolina. |
| Research |
1 |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Herbicide resistance in weeds needs to be monitored and its distribution mapped for the State. |
| Research |
1 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Basic biology of all of the major pest complexes of tomato should be further elucidated, especially difficult-to-manage complexes such as insect-vectored plant pathogens. |
| Research |
1 |
Insects |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
The population dynamics of thrips vectors of Tomato spotted wilt virus of tomato should be further elucidated, particularly with regard to prediction of TSWV outbreaks and economically viable management practices. |
| Research |
1 |
Pathogens |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Phytophthera management tactics need to be developed and validated for efficacy in commercial tomato production systems. |
| Research |
2 |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Effect of methyl bromide alternatives on common weeds such as morning glory, nutsedges, and pigweed (including new chemistries and tactics) needs research. |
| Research |
2 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
In tomato, we still need to establish economic thresholds and refine existing action threshold for most pests. For arthropod pests we need to In tomato, we still need to establish economic thresholds and refine existing action threshold for most pests. For arthropod pests we need to re-examine curative thresholds for Lepidoptera (e.g. beet armyworm, tomato fruit worm, tobacco hornworm), aphids, thrips (distinct thresholds for virus transmission prevention or blossom and fruit damage), spider mites, stinkbugs, other plant bugs. For disease and weed pests, best management practices based on quantifiable risk continue to be needed. This information is critical for precision agriculture. |
| Research |
2 |
Insects |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Economic thresholds and refinement of existing action threshold for most insect pests need investigating. Specifically, for arthropod pests we need to re-examine curative thresholds for Lepidoptera (e.g. beet armyworm, tomato fruit worm, tobacco hornworm), aphids, thrips (distinct thresholds for virus transmission prevention or blossom and fruit damage), spider mites, stinkbugs, other plant bugs, beet armyworm, tomato fruitworm, aphids, thrips (relative to dimpling and scarring of fruit), spider mites, stinkbugs |
| Research |
2 |
Pathogens |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Effect of methyl bromide alternatives on soil-borne diseases—rhizoctonia, phytopthora, nematodes, pythium need investigation. |
| Research |
3 |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Science-based justification for fumigant use restrictions (buffers, etc) should be further studied. |
| Research |
3 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Host plant resistance studies for diseases, insect vectors, and other pests are sorely needed since it is a highly desirable pest control tactic that reduces the overall pesticide load. |
| Research |
3 |
Insects |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Host plant resistance studies for disease, insect vectors and other insect pests are sorely needed since is a highly desirable pest control tactic that reduces the overall pesticide load. |
| Research |
3 |
Pathogens |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Host plant resistance needs to be further developed—TSWV, bacterial spot; including relationship of TSWV to fruit quality and irregular ripening |
| Research |
4 |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Geo-reference mapping of emerging pests (herbicide resistant and exotic weeds) needs to be done in Georgia and South Carolina. |
| Research |
4 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Effect of methyl bromide alternatives on soil-borne diseases—Rhizoctonia, Phytopthora, nematodes, Pythium is also needed as quickly as possible. |
| Research |
4 |
Insects |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Efficacy trials of insecticides are needed that include behavioral studies, for example, reduced feeding or settling that reduces pathogen transmission. |
| Research |
4 |
Pathogens |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Seed-borne disease—bacterial spot, viruses need investigation. |
| Research |
5 |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Weed host interaction with disease, insect, and nematode pests needs further investigation to help with farmscape management. |
| Research |
5 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Seed-borne diseases such as bacterial spot and seed borne viruses need to be investigated. |
| Research |
5 |
Insects |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Production practices and plant nutrition influences on pest populations are needed. |
| Research |
5 |
Pathogens |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Annual evaluations of efficacy continue to be critical. |
| Research |
6 |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Research for IR-4 labeling continues to be critical. |
| Research |
6 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Effect of methyl bromide alternatives on purslane and other weeds such as morning glory, nutsedges, and pigweed needs to be studied relative to new chemistries and tactics. |
| Research |
6 |
Insects |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Cultural practices for reducing key pests need to be investigated to reduce the overall reliance on pesticides in vegetables such as tomato. |
| Research |
6 |
Pathogens |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Disease agent/insect vector interactions need much more study. |
| Research |
7 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Science-based justification for use restrictions (buffers, etc) needs more investigation before being applied to regulation practices. |
| Research |
7 |
Insects |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
The effectiveness of beneficial insects and interactions with pesticides need further investigation. |
| Research |
7 |
Pathogens |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Application of chemicals using drip irrigation/chemigation needs refinement. |
| Research |
8 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Other specific research priorities are listed with the pest sections of this report. |
| Research |
8 |
Insects |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Emerging pests, especially due to loss of certain pesticides (including biology and management) need to be studied. |
| Research |
9 |
Insects |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Factors leading to mite outbreaks and mite population dynamics need to be clearly identified, such as determining if this is an induced pest from pesticide use. |
| Research |
10 |
Insects |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Movement and control of pests from surrounding plants and adjacent areas to the crop production site needs investigation to improve farmscape pest management. |