PMSP for Pepper in Georgia and South Carolina

Priorities

Category Rank Pest Type Pest Crop Stage Priority
Extension/Outreach 1 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Current information on pepper IPM for each State needs to be centrally linked on a university maintained Pepper IPM website and then linked between States
Extension/Outreach 1 Insects 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Current information on pepper IPM for each State needs to be centrally linked on a university maintained Pepper IPM website and then linked between States
Extension/Outreach 1 Pathogens 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Current information on pepper disease best management practices for each State needs to be centrally linked on a university maintained Pepper IPM website and then linked between States
Extension/Outreach 2 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Web based or hard copies of pest identification, user friendly
Extension/Outreach 2 Insects 6- to 12-Inch Shoot On-site extension visits including hands-on training
Extension/Outreach 2 Pathogens 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Training of other governmental agencies (IPM training)
Extension/Outreach 3 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Fact sheets and training for resistance management (mode of action) especially for glyphosate resistance
Extension/Outreach 3 Insects 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Maintain local-level (county) delivery system
Extension/Outreach 3 Pathogens 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Fact sheets for resistance management (mode of action)
Extension/Outreach 4 6- to 12-Inch Shoot On-site extension visits including hands-on training
Extension/Outreach 4 Insects 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Distance diagnostics
Extension/Outreach 4 Pathogens 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Web based or hard copies of pest identification, user friendly
Extension/Outreach 5 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Maintain local-level (county) delivery system
Extension/Outreach 5 Insects 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Web based or hard copies of pest identification, user friendly
Extension/Outreach 5 Pathogens 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Research on post-harvest problems associated with diseases and other pests
Extension/Outreach 6 Insects 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Training of other government agencies (IPM training)
Extension/Outreach 7 Insects 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Fact sheets and training for resistance management (mode of action)
Extension/Outreach 8 Insects 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Extension publication on broad mites and other critical pests
Extension/Outreach 9 Insects 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Tools for monitoring
Regulatory 1 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Pesticide regulators should consider new labeling requirements for the management of herbicide resistance in the State
Regulatory 1 All 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.
Regulatory 1 Insects 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 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 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Critical use exemptions continuations for methyl bromide
Regulatory 2 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Database for registered pesticides by state and commodity
Regulatory 2 Insects 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Database for registered pesticides by state and commodity
Regulatory 2 Pathogens 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Database for registered pesticides by state and commodity
Regulatory 3 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot ECB monitoring/marketing program
Regulatory 3 Insects 6- to 12-Inch Shoot ECB monitoring/marketing program
Regulatory 3 Pathogens 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Consequences of labeling changes of copper (bacterial spot) i.e. reduction in number of applications
Regulatory 4 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Establish thresholds: Lepidoptera (BAW & TFW), aphids, thrips, spider mites and broad mites, stinkbugs, pepper weevil
Regulatory 4 Pathogens 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Maintaining multiple modes of action for resistance management
Regulatory 5 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Host plant Resistance—insect vectors and other insect pests
Regulatory 5 Pathogens 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Impacts of use restrictions on products and crops
Regulatory 6 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Consequences of labeling changes of copper (bacterial spot) i.e. reduction in number of applications
Regulatory 6 Pathogens 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Science-based buffer restrictions
Regulatory 7 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Critical use exemptions continuations for methyl bromide
Regulatory 7 Pathogens 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Monitoring and regulation of seed-borne diseases and transplants—including importation from other countries
Regulatory 8 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Web based or hard copies of pest identification, user friendly
Regulatory 9 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Research on post-harvest problems associated with diseases and other pests
Regulatory 10 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot On-site extension visits including hands-on training
Regulatory 11 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Maintain local-level (county) delivery system
Research 1 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Herbicide resistance in weeds needs to be monitored and its distribution mapped for the State
Research 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Basic biology of all of the major pest complexes of pepper should be further elucidated, particularly difficult to manage complexes such as insect-vectored plant pathogens
Research 1 Insects 6- to 12-Inch Shoot The population dynamics of thrips vectors of Tomato spotted wilt virus of pepper should be further elucidated, particularly with regard to prediction of TSWV outbreaks
Research 1 Pathogens 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Phytophthora management tactics need to be developed and validated for efficacy in commercial pepper production systems
Research 2 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Effect of methyl bromide alternatives on nutsedges and other weeds such as purslane and pigweed (including new chemistries and tactics).
Research 2 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot On-site extension visits including hands-on training
Research 2 Insects 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Establish thresholds: Lepidoptera (BAW & TFW), aphids, thrips, spider mites and broad mites, stinkbugs, pepper weevil
Research 2 Pathogens 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Effect of methyl bromide alternatives on soil-borne diseases—rhizoctonia, phytophthora, nematodes, pythium
Research 3 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Science-based justification for use restrictions (buffers, etc.)
Research 3 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Maintain local-level (county) delivery system
Research 3 Insects 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Host plant Resistance—insect vectors and other insect pests
Research 3 Pathogens 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Host Plant Resistance—TSWV, CMV, bacterial spot, anthracnose
Research 4 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Geo-reference mapping of emerging pests (herbicide resistant and exotic weeds)
Research 4 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Effect of methyl bromide alternatives on soil-borne diseases—rhizoctonia, phytopthora, nematodes, pythium
Research 4 Insects 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Efficacy trials of insecticides including behavioral studies
Research 4 Pathogens 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Seed-borne disease—bacterial spot, anthracnose, viruses (CMV?)
Research 5 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Weed host interaction with disease, insect, and nematode pests
Research 5 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Host Plant Resistance—TSWV, CMV, bacterial spot, anthracnose
Research 5 Insects 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Production practice (nutrition) influence on pest populations
Research 5 Pathogens 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Cultural practices and disease incidence
Research 6 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Research for IR-4 labeling
Research 6 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Effect of methyl bromide alternatives on nutsedges and other weeds such as purslane and pigweed (including new chemistries and tactics)
Research 6 Insects 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Role of beneficial insects and effect of pesticides
Research 6 Pathogens 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Annual evaluations of efficacy
Research 7 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Science-based justification for use restrictions (buffers, etc.)
Research 7 Insects 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Emerging pests, especially due to loss of certain pesticides (including biology and management)
Research 7 Pathogens 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Modeling of diseases (prediction), epidemiology of virus and vectors
Research 8 Pathogens 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Disease agent/insect vector interactions