PMSP for the Michigan Carrot Industry

Priorities

Category Rank Pest Type Pest Crop Stage Priority
Extension/Outreach 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Educate and provide technical support to growers and consultants as new materials and strategies are developed.
Extension/Outreach 2 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Continue IPM education and on-farm demonstration plots.
Extension/Outreach 3 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Educate growers and consumers regarding the risks and benefits of Genetically Enhanced Organisms.
Extension/Outreach 4 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Promote on-farm diagnostic tests for blight (microscopes and training needed).
Extension/Outreach 5 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Educate consumers on recent strides in integrated pest management and production practices.
Regulatory 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Lorox and Fusilade are essential for weed control in commercial production; need registration of Prowl, Dual and Select as alternatives.
Regulatory 2 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot The broad spectrum fungicide Bravo is essential to alternate with other site-specific pipeline fungicides for foliar disease resistance management.
Regulatory 3 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Vydate, Vapam and the Telones are essential for nematode control.
Research 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Identify effective reduced-risk fungicides and/or biocontrol agents and develop disease predictors to manage foliar blights.
Research 2 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Develop effective methods to manage and determine the infectivity of aster leafhoppers.
Research 3 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Identify carrot varieties suitable for Michigan that are resistant to nematodes, plant diseases and insects.
Research 4 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Identify effective reduced-risk herbicides and develop alternative weed control methods.
Research 5 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Identify factors that contribute to culls such as soil quality, nematode populations, and soilborne diseases.
Research 6 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Develop improved facilities and disease management strategies for storing fresh and processing carrots.
Research 7 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Develop precision agriculture techniques.