PMSP for Citrus Production in California

Priorities

Category Rank Pest Type Pest Crop Stage Priority
Extension/Outreach 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Educate State and Federal regulatory community. Recent EPA/CDPR tour. Real need for season-long understanding of how management methods fit into IPM
Extension/Outreach 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Educate local regulators with respect to proper timing of GWSS treatments.
Extension/Outreach 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Understanding of impact of invasive pests
Extension/Outreach 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Educate citrus industry re Citrus IPM: new insecticides/proper use & compatibility with IPM. pH education for Success and Veratran. Need to keep Success above 6 pH and acidify Veratran to 4.5 pH. Need to not treat flower thrips population, easily confused with citrus thrips. Education re: managing pesticide resistance, in general, and withholding unnecessary treatments. Unlikely to have new insecticides registered. Scarring related to pest damage. Late season applications of pesticides for red scale are not very effective because you have multiple stages and overlapping generations.
Extension/Outreach 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Continue existing educational programs. Includes mobile lab, book on GWSS (update), grower seminars.
Extension/Outreach 1 Insects Pesticide resistance issues: New products such as Success, Admire, and Esteem are heavily relied upon for citrus thrips, GWSS, and red scale, respectively. This will eventually lead to resistance. Growers need to be taught to rotate chemistries and use nonchemical methods to reduce the rate of resistance development. In particular, Admire & Esteem/tank mixing/GWSS treatments.
Extension/Outreach 1 Insects Late season applications of pesticides for red scale are not very effective because you have multiple stages and overlapping generations.
Extension/Outreach 1 Insects Rosette Continue existing educational programs, including mobile lab, citrus industry booklet on GWSS (update), and grower seminars.
Extension/Outreach 1 Insects Seed Maturation Education of registrants as to the need for ant bait stations. Need for more cost-effective bait stations
Extension/Outreach 1 Insects Stem Elongation To Full Branching Educate growers as to pH requirement when using Success and Veratran. Need to keep Success above 6 pH and acidify Veratran to 4.5 pH.
Extension/Outreach 1 Pathogens Irrigation: Alternate row middle irrigation
Extension/Outreach 1 Pathogens Bloom Need for instructional video detailing proper post-harvest handling of fruit. Focus on prevention of injuries, temperature management, treatments, washes, etc.
Extension/Outreach 1 Weeds Reduce weeds. When preparing for the frost season, weed growth should be minimized. The application of preemergence herbicides in the fall will prevent the emergence of winter weeds; post emergence herbicide applications will eliminate established weed growth. Disking the orchard floor to eliminate weeds should be avoided in the fall because nighttime temperatures tend to be lower on disked ground compared to nondisturbed soil on a cold night.
Extension/Outreach 1 Weeds Citrus IPM Manual needs to be updated, especially in the weed section. Add updated UC IPM Guidelines weed control to Citrus IPM Manual.
Extension/Outreach 1 Weeds Rosette Citrus IPM Manual needs to be updated, especially in the weed section.
Extension/Outreach 1 Weeds Seed Maturation New, onerous restrictions on chemigation.
Extension/Outreach 2 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Methyl salicylate and temperature: Need research on driving bean thrips from navel oranges.
Extension/Outreach 2 Insects Overuse of insecticides when they are not needed because the pests are below an economic threshold.
Extension/Outreach 2 Insects Rosette Educate regulatory community. Recent EPA/CDPR citrus tour, as an example.
Extension/Outreach 2 Insects Stem Elongation To Full Branching Need to avoid treating populations of flower thrips; they are easily confused with citrus thrips.
Extension/Outreach 2 Pathogens Resistance management when same tools become available for both pre and post harvest use. (Tear stain)
Extension/Outreach 2 Pathogens Bloom Need for educational materials (for packing house managers and crew) re: use of new materials and strategies for resistance management, overuse, rotation of chemistries, etc.
Extension/Outreach 2 Weeds Pictures need to be included of various stages of weed development for each species. Need to characterize the cost/benefit of weed control.
Extension/Outreach 2 Weeds Rosette Pictures need to be included.
Extension/Outreach 3 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Need weed identification/Citrus IPM Manual needs to be updated. Pictures need to be included.
Extension/Outreach 3 Insects Rosette Need better understanding of the impact of invasive pests
Extension/Outreach 3 Insects Stem Elongation To Full Branching Educate growers regarding managing pesticide resistance, in general, and withholding unnecessary treatments. Unlikely to have new insecticides registered.
Extension/Outreach 3 Pathogens Bloom Need for growers continued education on the value of use of PGRs on lemons to delay senescence/color in order to better respond to market supply and demand.
Extension/Outreach 3 Weeds Educate on mitigation of groundwater and other off-target effects of herbicides. ??
Extension/Outreach 4 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Education of registrants as to the need for ant bait stations.
Extension/Outreach 4 Insects Rosette Educate regulators with respect to the proper timing of GWSS treatments.
Extension/Outreach 4 Insects Stem Elongation To Full Branching Educate growers regarding timing of use of Glyphosate.
Extension/Outreach 4 Weeds New application technologies.
Extension/Outreach 5 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Chemigation-examine new restrictions associated with chemigation.
Extension/Outreach 5 Insects Rosette Educate citrus industry regarding new insecticides and their proper use and compatibility with existing Integrated Pest Management Programs.
Extension/Outreach 5 Weeds Use of mulches as a weed suppressant (possible insect control as side benefit)
Extension/Outreach 6 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Timing of Glyphosate use.
Regulatory 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Codex MRLs for all markets: Assail, Esteem, Applaud, Provado, Baythroid, Danitol, Success. Expedite registration of Platinum for GWSS. Need to change Japanese MRL to Codex MRL for Lorsban.
Regulatory 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Quarantine issues: GWSS issues for harvest and movement.
Regulatory 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Need registration of ant bait stations. What is the holdup?
Regulatory 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Registration of alternative products for resistance management of citrus thrips, CA red scale, silver/rust mite.
Regulatory 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Regulations governing movement of exotic pests need to be strengthened.
Regulatory 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Expedite the registrations of three new active ingredients for post-harvest fungicides.
Regulatory 1 Insects REIs need to be equal to, or shorter than, PHIs.
Regulatory 1 Insects Rosette There is a need for Codex MRLs for insecticides for all foreign markets: (examples include: Assail, Esteem, Applaud, Provado, Baythroid, Danitol, Success)
Regulatory 1 Insects Stem Elongation To Full Branching Obtain Section 18 for Micromite for grasshopper and citrus leafminer.
Regulatory 1 Pathogens Need expedited registration of Pyrimethanil, Fludioxinil, and Azoxystrobin Guazatine materials have multiple active isomers which EPA has made difficult to register (need toxicity data for each a.i. within each product). Not cost effective for registrant to conduct studies. Places U.S. growers at a competitive disadvantage.
Regulatory 1 Pathogens Expedite registration of Topsin (expected by 2006)
Regulatory 1 Weeds Impact of regulations surrounding ground and surface water runoff. Great need for consistency between agencies at all levels, i.e. county, state, and federal.
Regulatory 1 Weeds Rosette Impact of regulations surrounding ground and surface water runoff. Great need for consistency between agencies at all levels, i.e. county, state, and federal.
Regulatory 1 Weeds Seed Maturation Need new products.
Regulatory 2 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Applaud 60 day PHI is problem. Cannot be used for Valencias. Good IPM tool, need shorter PHI so it can be more effectively used.
Regulatory 2 Insects Need to change Japanese MRL to Codex MRL for Lorsban.
Regulatory 2 Insects Rosette Allow orchard floor uses of ant controls as an incentive for broader registrations (in an attempt to get exemption from tolerance)
Regulatory 2 Insects Seed Maturation There is a need for more realistic label restrictions relating to bees. See “bee language” on both the Success and Agri-mek labels.
Regulatory 2 Insects Seed Maturation There is a need for registration of ant bait stations and pesticides that might be used in them.
Regulatory 2 Weeds Register additional (newer) herbicides.
Regulatory 3 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Impact of ground and surface water runoff. Need consistency between agencies (counties, state, Fed)
Regulatory 3 Insects Rosette Expedite registration of Platinum for GWSS
Regulatory 4 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Realistic label restrictions relating to bees (see Success/Agrimek labels).
Regulatory 4 Insects Rosette The PHI for Applaud is 60 days thus making it unusable on Valencias. Applaud is a good IPM tool. There is a need for a shorter PHI to make this available to growers.
Regulatory 5 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Obtain Section 18 for Micromite for grasshopper and citrus leafminer
Regulatory 5 Insects Rosette Quarantine issues: GWSS issues for harvest and movement and protection from invasive pests.
Regulatory 6 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot REIs need to be equal to, or shorter than, PHIs.
Research 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Overall objective to develop an economical and effective integrated program that maximizes biological control and minimizes non-selective insecticides.
Research 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Need better understanding of the impact of the GWSS suppression program on natural enemies. Research winter/fall treatments for GWSS vs. Spring treatments (which is the least disruptive). Search for GWSS treatments that are compatible w/ IPM.
Research 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Develop economical and practical ant control systems that work on sugar-feeding ants (Argentine and native gray ants) in order to improve biological control of various pests. (Problems associated with bait stations: economics, regulatory issues.
Research 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Continue research efforts on biological control of newly introduced pests such as GWSS, citrus peelminer and citrus leafminer (not yet in SJ Valley that we know of but is predicted) as well as, established pests such as citricola scale.
Research 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Continue research efforts on biological control of newly introduced pests such as GWSS, citrus peelminer and citrus leafminer (not yet in SJ Valley that we know of but is predicted) as well as, established pests such as citricola scale.
Research 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Pesticide Resistance issues: red scale (Esteem), GWSS (Admire), and citrus thrips (Success). New insecticides for citrus thrips and red scale will be needed.
Research 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Develop alternative quarantine treatments.
Research 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Continue research on pre-bloom, bloom, petal fall and/or June drop foliar applications of PGRs [2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), 2,4,-dichlorophenoxyproprionic acid (2,4- DP), 3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridyloxyacetic acid (3,5,6-TPA), gibberellic acid (GA3), 6- benzoyladenine (BA), N-(2-cloro-4-pyridinyl)-N-phenylurea (CPPU), aminoethoxyvinylglycine (AVG)] for improving fruit set and size of mandarins, maximum peel thickness foliar PGR applications for increasing fruit size [2,4-DP), 3,5,6-trichloro- 2pyridyloxyacetic acid (3,5,6-TPA), gibberellic acid (GA3), 6-benzoyladenine (BA), N-2- cloro-4-pyridinyl)-N-phenylurea (CPPU)] to increase fruit size, and Preharvest foliar applications to prevent Preharvest fruit drop and improve fruit quality of late harvested fruit [gibberellic acid (GA3), 6-benzoyladenine (BA), N-(2-cloro-4-pyridinyl)-N-phenylurea (CPPU), aminoethoxyvinylglycine (AVG)].
Research 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Need to test the efficacy of non-toxic bee repellents or inhibitors of pollen germination and pollen tube growth to reduce seediness of mandarins.
Research 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Pre-plant fumigants for those citrus replants where pre-plant fumigation is really needed. Current products of interest include methyl iodide and sodium azide.
Research 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Field evaluation of new post-plant nematicides.
Research 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Post-plant nematicide rotation procedures that ensure continued performance of new products that are under study (avoid increased product degradation over time).
Research 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Citrus Bud Mite is the number one problem in the coast region. There is the need for a non-oil dependent control, which is compatible with biological controls.
Research 1 Insects Continued research on management tactics for citrus peelminer
Research 1 Insects Continued research on monitoring and methods to reduce levels of bean thrips in export shipments, post harvest controls.
Research 1 Insects Rosette Need a better understanding of the impact of the GWSS program on natural enemies.
Research 1 Insects Seed Maturation Continue research to develop improved ant control systems or bait stations. Bait stations are needed for sugar-feeding ants (Argentine and native gray ants). There are problems associated with bait stations, i.e. economics and regulatory issues.
Research 1 Insects Stem Elongation To Full Branching Establish economic thresholds for citrus thrips with new and/or selective materials.
Research 1 Pathogens Resistance management tools ranging from sanitation to residual fungicides with new modes of action.
Research 1 Pathogens Biological & chemical controls for Armillaria (tree injections)
Research 1 Weeds Weeds may serve as host for Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter (GWSS) nymphs to complete life cycle in the second generation.
Research 1 Weeds Rosette Weeds may serve as host for Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter (GWSS) nymphs to complete their life cycle in the second generation.
Research 2 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Need to investigate Evergreen, ozone, methyl salicylate and temperature on bean thrips survival. Evergreen and ozone to kill
Research 2 Insects Efficacy of late fall, winter, early spring treatments for GWSS and impact on natural enemies.
Research 2 Insects More research on selective citricola scale treatments
Research 2 Insects Rosette Research winter/fall treatments for GWSS vs. spring treatments (level of disruption of natural enemies).
Research 2 Insects Seed Maturation There is a need to better understand endemic biological control of katydids and what materials cause disruption.
Research 2 Insects Stem Elongation To Full Branching Need to determine resistance levels in thrips for new products.
Research 2 Pathogens Need for more research on Septoria and effective treatments.
Research 2 Pathogens Bloom Support registration of Pyrimethanil (Janssen – registrant): For Penicillium decays.
Research 2 Weeds Weeds serve as hosts for beet leafhoppers who transmit “stubborn” disease
Research 2 Weeds Rosette Weeds serve as hosts for beet leafhoppers who transmit “stubborn” disease
Research 2 Weeds Seed Maturation Need to find effective pre or post emergent herbicide for use on Malva.
Research 3 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Cutworm indigenous biological control
Research 3 Insects Research on pesticide resistance in red scale (Esteem)
Research 3 Insects Rosette Find GWSS treatments that are more compatible with IPM.
Research 3 Insects Seed Maturation Need to test the efficacy of non-toxic bee repellents or inhibitors of pollen germination and pollen tube growth to reduce seediness of mandarins.
Research 3 Insects Stem Elongation To Full Branching Need for new insecticides to control citrus thrips.
Research 3 Pathogens Support registration of Fludioxinil (Syngenta): For Penicillium decays.
Research 3 Pathogens Birming/Mounding and its effectiveness
Research 3 Weeds Vegetation on the orchard floor during the frost season adds to the risk of frost damage; this vegetation may be in the form of weed species or a seeded cover crop.Dense stands of vegetation pose a greater risk of lowering nighttime temperatures. Where cover cropping is practices, planting in late fall (November) reduces the risk because of minimal growth of the cover during the frost season.
Research 3 Weeds Rosette Vegetation on the orchard floor during the frost season adds to the risk of frost damage; this vegetation may be in the form of weed species or a seeded cover crop. Dense stands of vegetation pose a greater risk of lowering nighttime temperatures. Where cover cropping is practiced, planting in late fall (November) reduces the risk because of minimal growth of the cover during the frost season.
Research 3 Weeds Seed Maturation Bloom sprays for mandarins (thinning and fruit set sprays, PGRs).
Research 4 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Continue research to establish thresholds for treatment requirements. Threshold for GWSS is zero in the eyes of the grape growers.
Research 4 Insects Rosette Cutworm indigenous biological control
Research 4 Insects Stem Elongation To Full Branching Need research on control measures for earwigs and/or other sporadic pests that emerge, i.e. grasshoppers, etc.
Research 4 Pathogens Need for further basic research on the biology and epidemiology of dry root rot. Specifically, predisposition factors that lead towards disease.
Research 4 Pathogens Bloom Support registration of Azoxystrobin (Syngenta): For penicillium decays.
Research 4 Weeds More research on cover crops (need to identify species and mixtures of species and consequences of their use). Study should include an economic analysis of the cost of potential additional water and nutrient needs and impacts on frost hazard
Research 4 Weeds Rosette Emerging weed problems include flax leaf fleabane, malva, and common groundsel, which are becoming more of a problem in the San Joaquin Valley.
Research 4 Weeds Seed Maturation Need to test the efficacy of non-toxic bee repellents or inhibitors of pollen germination and pollen tube growth to reduce seediness of mandarins.
Research 5 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Need to better understand endemic biological control of katydids and what materials cause disruption.
Research 5 Insects Rosette Continue research efforts on biological control of GWSS, citrus peelminer and citrus leafminer. (citrus leafminer has not yet been detected in the San Joaquin Valley but is predicted to be here soo
Research 5 Pathogens Resistance management when same tools become available for both pre and post harvest use. Example: Tear stain.
Research 5 Pathogens Bloom New strategies for Sour Rot control (other countries have residual fungicides available for use that are not available in US). Guazatine materials have multiple active ingredients which EPA has made difficult to register (need tox. Data for each a.i. within each product). Not cost effective for registrant to conduct studies
Research 5 Weeds Research newer herbicides which are generally used at lower rates.
Research 6 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Need to find effective, pre or post emergent herbicide on malva.
Research 6 Insects Rosette Continue research to establish thresholds for GWSS treatment requirements. Population threshold for GWSS is zero in the eyes of the grape growers.
Research 6 Weeds Weed resistance. Which species to what chemicals?
Research 7 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Economic thresholds for citrus thrips with new and/or selective materials.
Research 7 Insects Rosette Citricola Scale (biology and control)
Research 7 Weeds Cost benefit of weed control.
Research 8 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Need for new insecticides for citrus thrips.
Research 8 Insects Rosette Argentine Ant (control)
Research 8 Weeds New application technologies in citrus.
Research 9 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Need research on control measures for earwigs and/or other sporadic pests that emerge, i.e. grasshoppers, etc.
Research 9 Insects Rosette Citrus Bud Mite (control)
Research 10 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot More research controls.
Research 10 Insects Rosette Non target organism effects (infertility, repellency) of new chemistries on beneficial insects
Research 10 Weeds Use of mulches as a weed suppressant (possible insect control as side benefit)
Research 11 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot More research into rootstocks which are truly resistant to aggressive biotypes of citrus nematodes.
Research 12 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Coordinated effort to rotate citrus ground to avoid aggressive biotypes of citrus nematode.