PMSP for Wine Grapes in Virginia and North Carolina

Priorities

Category Rank Pest Type Pest Crop Stage Priority
Extension/Outreach 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot How to ensure clean plant material
Extension/Outreach 2 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot New grower education – General information, especially how to develop healthier vines
Extension/Outreach 3 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot How to brand/market IPM, which is easier than trying to carve out a niche that is not strictly organic
Extension/Outreach 4 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Teach growers about variety selection and hybrids; some are much less susceptible to certain diseases/pests. Also explain how this affects the spray schedule.
Extension/Outreach 5 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Crop sensitivity – states with database of locations for crops sensitive to herbicide 2,4-D
Regulatory 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot How to ensure clean plant material
Regulatory 2 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Crop sensitivity – states with database of locations for crops sensitive to herbicide 2,4-D, WA growers have to record all application data and report to state Department of Agriculture
Regulatory 3 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Get clearance for grape root borer pheromone (available in Europe)
Research 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Sprayer technology/drift mitigation/coverage –important to integrated pest management (IPM)
Research 2 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Buffers to minimize drift, what species to plant, distance between
Research 3 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot When to spray, thresholds for our specific weather/environmental conditions, phenological models (time when things are active) – for arthropods and diseases – need to get local data
Research 4 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot How to ensure clean plant material
Research 5 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Develop healthier vines
Research 6 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Soil organisms, nematodes, impact on vineyard/soil health
Research 7 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Organic practices – soft chemistry, especially organic black rot control
Research 8 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Variety selection, hybrids much less susceptible to certain diseases/pests, how it affects spray schedule, affects layout of vineyard
Research 9 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Crop sensitivity – states with database of locations for crops sensitive to herbicide 2,4-D