PMSP for Strawberries in FL, NC, SC, VA

Priorities

Category Rank Pest Type Pest Crop Stage Priority
Extension/Outreach 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Increasing understanding of pest management tools: uses, rates, when, how, and why
Extension/Outreach 2 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Increase skills and understanding of pest identification, life cycles, monitoring, and scouting.
Extension/Outreach 3 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Implementation of new tools
Extension/Outreach 4 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot On-farm demonstration, research, and replication
Extension/Outreach 5 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Provide "basic agricultural science" education programs for consumers and growers
Extension/Outreach 6 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Awareness and availability of USDA/EPA-funded educational programs
Extension/Outreach 7 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Awareness of changes as FQPA is implemented
Regulatory 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Registrations for the following fungicides and herbicides: Azoxystrobin (Quadris), Cyprodinil/Fludioxonil (Switch), quinmerac plus metazachlor (Novall), and Clopyralid (Stinger)
Regulatory 2 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Registrations for the following insecticides/miticides: bifenazate, thiomethoxam, hexythiazox, pyridaben, Spinosad
Regulatory 3 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Plant certification (both state and imported) for disease/insect free plants
Regulatory 4 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Streamlined Section-18 process
Regulatory 5 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Loss of Captan will increase incidence of pests and the use of other chemicals
Research 1 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Methyl bromide replacements and cost-effective alternatives
Research 2 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Plant breeding and nursery programs for the Southeast that deal with anthracnose, Botrytis, spider mites, powdery mildew, cyclamen mite, angular leaf spot, black root rot, etc.
Research 3 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Cost effective chemical controls for Botrytis and anthracnose, and studies on the epidemiology of these diseases in annual strawberry production systems.
Research 4 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot 4. Spider mite management
Research 5 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Lack of weed control products – look for efficacious herbicides and or cultural methods
Research 6 All 6- to 12-Inch Shoot Monitoring of economic implications of new tools, to maintain farm profitability