NCERA-201 Priorities
Biotechnology
- Tactics to address resistance issues due to GMO crops, Bt corn, glyphosphate resistant weeds, etc.
- Corn and soybean IPM tactics that can be adopted into GMO cropping systems.
Education
- Educational programs on IPM practices for avoiding pesticide resistance
- Grower based IPM planners/schedules
- Invasive species education and mitigation practices
- Develop IPM elements
- Educational resources on topics where regional expertise is limited, e.g. mycotoxins in animal feed, livestock IPM, stored grain IPM
- Develop research-based recommendations on use of pesticides for 'plant health' in absence of disease/pests.
- Develop adjusted economic thresholds for high value crops or crops whose value fluctuates (e.g. corn).
- Identify methods to increase economic return on cost of IPM practices at the grower level
- Develop predictive models and economic thresholds for multiple pests
- Identify IPM tactics for Organic systems
Large scale issues
- Environmental and economic impacts associated with adoption of IPM practices at the farm-level or regional level.
- Economics vs. risk management (risk abatement sometimes favors non-IPM practices; how to address this?)
- How to increase IPM adoption where we have developed IPM practices; what is limiting adoption?
Emerging issues
- Impact of Biofuels demand on crop rotations and impacts on pests and pest resistance
- Increased adoption of seed treatments applied prophylactically leading to decreased use of standard IPM practices.
- Global warming impacts on pest/crops; long-term planning
- IPM Options for homeowners
- Secondary pests becoming primary pests because of loss of broad spectrum pesticides; identify priority pests and alternate control methods
- Pollinator protection