Mika Pringle Tolson

Field Program Assistant

IR-4 Western Region

Western Region Ornamental Program

• Overview of the program • 2011 research and progress • 2012 research

• Changes • Priorities • Western Region projects

• Future changes

WR Ornamental Program 2011-12

IR-4 Ornamental Program • Added to IR-4 in 1977 • Goals

– to support research on crop protection products

– expand product uses on ornamental crops (greenhouse, nursery, floral, turf, landscape, interiorscape, tree farms)

– to allow management of new and important pest species

•Efficacy •Crop safety •Test both chemical and biological products •4 disciplines

•Entomology •Plant Pathology •Weed Science •Plant Growth Regulators

Focus of Ornamental Program

• Very similar to Food Use Program 1. Biennial workshop 2. Set priorities 3. Seek out researchers 4. Design protocols

Process

January

April

July

Oct

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Ornamental Horticulture Program:

Research Cycle

Biennual Workshop

Annual National Research Planning Meeting

Establish Research Trials

Identify Grower Needs Project Request Form

Grower/Extension Survey

Receive & Summarize Trial Data

How to Provide Input on Priorities

•Online Survey

•Contact Becky or me

•Attend Biennial workshop

2011 WR Research Crop Safety

• Herbicides, some fungicides and insecticides (CA, OR, CO) Weed Science

• Liverwort efficacy (CA, OR) Plant Pathology

• Agrobacterium, Fusarium, Pseudomonas, Swiss Needle Cast, Botrytis (CA, OR, WA)

Entomology • Thrips, mealybug, eriophyid mite, and snail efficacy, and

impact on beneficials (CA, NM, HI) Plant Growth Regulators

• Woody and herbaceous PGRs (CA)

Research Results

• 2011 projects are 65% complete with more reports on the way

• View results on IR-4 Website • Individual trial reports • Summary reports

prepared by Cristi Palmer’s team at headquarters

• Good source of comparative efficacy and crop safety information

Changes for 2012 Program

• More focused • 50% fewer protocols than 2011 • Funding spread less thin among

trials and researchers • Completing crops

2012 Priorities from Workshop

Entomology Thrips Efficacy Whitefly Efficacy Scale Efficacy Borer & Foliar Feeding Beetle Efficacy Crop Safety for Recently Registered Thrips Management Tools

Pathology

Pythium Efficacy Bacterial Disease Efficacy Crop Safety for Seven New Disease Management Tools

Weed Science

Crop Safety for In Season Liquid Preemergent Herbicides Crop Safety for Liverwort Management Tools

2012 WR Research Entomology

• Thrips and scale efficacy (CA) Plant Pathology

• Pythium, Fusarium, Pseudomonas, Botrytis (CA, OR, WA, CO)

• Disease products crop safety (CA, OR) Weed Science

• Liverwort crop safety and efficacy (CA) • Herbicide crop safety (CA, CO)

Western Regional Projects

• Herbicide crop safety for succulents • Fusarium on conifers and bulbs • Botrytis on lilies

Future Changes

• Priority setting by email/web • Workshop may become a webinar or

may be combined with other events • Lots of questions and few answers

Questions

Thank You!

Mika Pringle Tolson mptolson@ucdavis.edu

530-752-7635