| Extension/Outreach |
1 |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Develop topic-specific one- to two-page fact sheets. |
| Extension/Outreach |
2 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Establish pesticide resistance management education programs for insects, diseases, and weeds. |
| Extension/Outreach |
3 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Provide growers with the most current pest management information. |
| Extension/Outreach |
4 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Keep growers and other clientele up to date on management programs including new chemistry, pesticide alternatives, cultural practices, and related technology (including demonstration plots, field tours, on-farm research, and hands-on workshops). |
| Extension/Outreach |
5 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Maintain up-to-date, grower-friendly field and pest management guides on paper and on the web. Also, produce guides with basic pictures and information that have a long shelf life. Out-of-print guides should be reprinted with the latest information. |
| Extension/Outreach |
6 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Adopt grower-friendly technology to ensure the efficient flow of current pest management information to farmers. |
| Extension/Outreach |
7 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Provide better diagnostic tools to identify biotic and abiotic problems in snap beans. |
| Extension/Outreach |
8 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Help growers identify newly emerging pests and diseases such as soybean rust and soybean aphid. |
| Extension/Outreach |
9 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Inform growers of the efficacy of novel seed treatments for control of diseases and insects. |
| Regulatory |
1 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Obtain labels for new chemistry. Many are out there, but few are labeled for snap beans. |
| Regulatory |
2 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Develop viable, effective, low-risk pesticides that are more acceptable to the community. |
| Regulatory |
3 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Maintain the registration of older, broad-spectrum pesticides that are both practical and safe as a rotational tool in resistance management. |
| Regulatory |
4 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Ensure timely clearance of Section 3s, Section 18s, and Section 24Cs to support grower needs. For example: 1) Reflex (fomesafen) – need a Section 3 label for postemergence weed control; 2) Need fungicides for control of soybean rust; 3) Need label expansions for many miticides to include snap beans; 4) Need a label change on mefenoxam to control pod rot. |
| Research |
1 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Study the interaction of herbicides, insecticides, and surfactants for snap bean pest management. |
| Research |
2 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Determine the efficacy of novel seed treatments for control of diseases and insects. |
| Research |
3 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Study pest management strategies for weeds, particularly lambsquarters, wild mustard, pigweed, eastern black nightshade, morningglory, and other broadleaf weeds. |
| Research |
4 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Create new pest management tools for insects, particularly thrips, bean leaf beetle, soybean aphid, and lesser cornstalk borer. |
| Research |
5 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Study diseases, particularly pod rot, root rot complex, white mold, and soybean cyst nematodes. |
| Research |
6 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Study cultural management practices (e.g., rotation, varieties, plant spacing, planting methods, and soil compaction) and their effects on insects, nematodes, weeds, and diseases. |
| Research |
7 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Conduct research on growth enhancement and biological control products to study their efficacy, yield, and costs with respect to pest management. |
| Research |
8 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Investigate the potential impact of soybean rust on snap beans. |
| Research |
9 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Establish monitoring protocols and refine threshold levels for insects, disease organisms, and weeds. |
| Research |
10 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Petition IR-4 for efficacy studies on controls for weeds, diseases, nematodes, and insects. |
| Research |
11 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Study the efficacy of insecticides on nematodes. |
| Research |
12 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Secure funds to test Raptor, which is labeled in some states. Only one year of data has been gathered in VA as of 2005, and an adjuvant needs to be developed. |
| Research |
13 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Determine the effect of soil compaction on diseases and pests. |
| Research |
14 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Study the soil nitrogen requirements of beans and determine the proper time to apply side-dressing. |
| Research |
15 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Conduct variety trials, e.g., darker colored beans. |
| Research |
16 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Identify optimal plant spacing to control pests and diseases. |
| Research |
17 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Develop an herbicide equivalent to Reflex. |
| Research |
18 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Determine the extent of crop burning caused by Reflex. |
| Research |
19 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Develop a systemic insecticide like Temik for aphid control. |