1043 - Integrated Plant Pest Management | ||
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1043.1) | 0 |
Number of producers who plan to integrate a new cultural management tactic with their current spray program |
1043.2) | 0 |
Number of producers who Integrated a new cultural management tactic with current spray programs |
1043.3) | 0 |
Number of producers that plan to alter existing spray programs to reduce non-target impacts |
1043.5) | 0 |
Number of producers who plan to scout fields weekly for pest pressure |
1043.6) | 0 |
Number of producers who scouted fields weekly for pest pressure |
1043.7) | 2 |
Number of producers who will begin using biological control |
1043.8) | 0 |
Number of producers who used biological control |
1043.9) | 0 |
Number of producers who plan to research multiple options before selecting and applying pesticides |
1043.10) | 0 |
Number of producers who researched multiple options before selecting and applying pesticides |
1043.4) | 0 |
Number of producers who altered existing spray program to reduce non-target impacts |
Author: Dee Heimgartner
Major Program: Integrated Plant Pest Management
Many times an Extension agents gets a call that starts with the phrase, I just don't know who to call. That is what Crittenden County ANR agent Dee Heimgartner encounter in Spring of 2019. Heimgartner had a client call about a wasp that had gotten into their house. The client was afraid that if they were stung it would complicate their health issues which included breathing issues.Heimgartner worked with the client by going to the house to retrieve the insect for identification. The client w