PMSP for Texas Spinach

Priorities

Category Rank Pest Type Pest Crop Stage Priority
Extension/Outreach 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Need a handout listing plant-back restrictions for herbicides, particularly the sulfonylureas
Extension/Outreach 2 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Need to maintain and preserve IPM agent and Extension Specialist positions working in vegetable production
Extension/Outreach 3 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Need Extension publication on organic vegetable production; this publication should coincide with the National Organic Production (NOP) guidelines for example: address uncomposted N sources, lack of standardized labeling for organic products
Regulatory 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Must have replacement for diazinon – critical for early season control of fire ant, wireworm, and grubs
Regulatory 2 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Need to amend fire ant bait labels to allow use in fields – application may need to be at destruction of previous crop - primarily corn – perhaps a bare ground treatment
Regulatory 3 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot The development of glyphosate-tolerant sugarbeets is causing the loss of older products such as Spin-Aid and Nortron which are still important products for spinach growers
Regulatory 4 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Need to decrease harvest interval of Ridomil Gold from 21 d to 14 or 15 d
Regulatory 5 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Reduce PHI for Dual Magnum (24c) – primarily for fresh market
Research 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Need better herbicides to control troublesome broadleaf weeds such as purslane, Virginia copperleaf, London rocket, lambsquarter, shepherd’s purse, and wild carrot – these weeds have become more prominent since the loss of Bladex and Lasso
Research 2 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Need to evaluate alternative weed control chemistries for pre-plant incorporated, preemergence, and postemergence weed control
Research 3 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Need research on disease management of Phytopthora rot
Research 4 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Need fungicide that can be used on both fresh and processed spinach
Research 5 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot There is a distinct need for fungicides with alternate chemistry to the strobilurins
Research 6 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Need more research on disease management tools for organic spinach production
Research 7 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Need more research on weed management tools for organic spinach production
Research 8 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Need research on disease management of black smutty rot – this disease is not only a processing problem – what effect does crop rotation have?