Source: UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA submitted to
THE ARIZONA PEST MANAGEMENT CENTER: ADDRESSING STATEWIDE IPM PRIORITIES WITH HIGH-IMPACT EXTENSION PROGRAMS
Sponsoring Institution
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Project Status
EXTENDED
Funding Source
OTHER GRANTS
Reporting Frequency
Annual
Accession No.
1013783
Grant No.
2017-70006-27145
Project No.
ARZT-XXXXXXX-G31-542
Proposal No.
2017-04398
Multistate No.
(N/A)
Program Code
EIP
Project Start Date
Sep 1, 2017
Project End Date
Aug 31, 2019
Grant Year
2018
Project Director
Ellsworth, P.
Recipient Organization
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
888 N EUCLID AVE
TUCSON,AZ 85719-4824
Performing Department
Entomology
Non Technical Summary
Arizona is characterized by extremely productive irrigated agricultural lands, unique flora and fauna, extreme and sensitive environments, and large urban centers made-up of transplanted people and cultures. Our diverse stakeholders require information on the safe and effective management of pests including ways to reduce risks to human health and the environment while sustaining economically viable industry in our state. At the University of Arizona, we have limited and shrinking human and fiscal resources available to address these needs. The Arizona Pest Management Center (APMC), formed in response to stakeholders' demands for greater transparency, engagement and relevance, encompasses the full set of University of Arizona research and Extension resources involved in the implementation of IPM in Arizona. This reorganization of IPM efforts has improved our capacity to identify and address stakeholder IPM needs across all emphasis areas, and to document outcomes and impacts. We support IPM implementation in agricultural, natural and urban environments and systematically measure the economic and environmental impacts of our programs. The APMC provides proven support for stakeholder engagement, needs assessment, strategic planning, outreach and evaluation of IPM in all our systems. It is a structure that both our faculty and partner organizations have embraced.Our overall goal is to sustain and enhance our capacity to develop, implement and evaluate high-impact IPM programs consistent with stakeholder-identified priorities in the following priority areas: IPM Implementation for Agronomic Crops, IPM Implementation for Specialty Crops, IPM Education for Pesticide Applicators and IPM Training and Implementation in Schools. The goal of our IPM programs is to support and advance IPM implementation by end-users in Arizona through a systems approach to education and outreach that empowers pest managers to put IPM knowledge into practice, resulting in measurable reductions in economic, environmental, and human health risks from pests and pest management practices in these diverse environments. We accomplish this through applied research funded through leveraged resources and development and dissemination of educational outputs, as coordinated by leadership teams in each emphasis area. We measure changes in knowledge and practice and impacts of IPM through the development of tools and impact measures and a dedicated IPM Assessment Leadership Team. The expected impact of our overall efforts is increased implementation of IPM in all areas of emphasis and a reduction in environmental, economic and human health risks as a result.
Animal Health Component
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Research Effort Categories
Basic
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Applied
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Developmental
(N/A)
Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)Subject of Investigation (SOI)Field of Science (FOS)Percent
2161710113010%
2161710114010%
2161499113010%
2161499114010%
2161499116010%
2161420113010%
2161420116010%
2166050113010%
2166050114010%
2161420114010%
Knowledge Area
216 - Integrated Pest Management Systems;

Subject Of Investigation
6050 - Communities, areas, and regions; 1499 - Vegetables, general/other; 1420 - Melons; 1710 - Upland cotton;

Field Of Science
1130 - Entomology and acarology; 1160 - Pathology; 1140 - Weed science;
Goals / Objectives
Our overall goal across all focus areas is to enhance our capacity to develop, implement and evaluate high-impact IPM programs consistent with stakeholder-identified priorities in the following emphasis areas: IPM Implementation for Agronomic Crops, IPM Implementation for Specialty Crops, IPM Training and Implementation in Schools, and IPM Education for Pesticide Applicators. The goal of our IPM programs is to support and advance IPM implementation by end-users in Arizona through a coordinated systems approach to education and outreach that empowers pest managers to put IPM knowledge into practice, resulting in measurable reductions in economic, environmental, and health risks from pests and pest management practices in these diverse environments.
Project Methods
Methods. The Arizona Pest Management Center (APMC) was conceived to encompass and enhance the full set of University of Arizona research and Extension resources involved in the implementation of IPM in Arizona. The APMC Director / State IPM Coordinator (program leadership & administrative contact for this grant; Dr. Peter C. Ellsworth) in consultation with the APMC Associate Director / IPM Program Manager (Dr. Al Fournier) and a 20-member multidisciplinary stakeholder advisory group administer the APMC and serve as resources across all program areas. The IPM Coordinator has statewide responsibility for all IPM programs, manages resources, convenes the IPM Coordinating Committee, and submits federal reports, and also serves as state Pesticide Coordinator. The IPM Program Manager manages the daily APMC activities, including communication and faculty support for needs assessment activities, proposal development and program evaluation. He coordinates in-state and multi-state collaborations and sits on all IPM Leadership Teams and provides expertise in IPM Assessment.The APMC is organized into focal areas that reflect both our internal strengths and priority needs as determined through stakeholder engagement. Within each focal area, program teams actively develop, manage, support and implement our IPM programs. Five Assistants in Extension (i.e., Extension educators; AiE) work with our five IPM Teams (Agronomic Crops IPM, Vegetable IPM, Community IPM, Pesticide Safety Education, and IPM Assessment). Most AiEs receive 50% of their salary line through this grant. IPM teams are formed around specific agricultural systems or target audiences and encompass the County Agents and Specialists who provide the full range of IPM expertise (arthropod, weed, vertebrate, pathogen, and nematode pests) in our system. Leadership Teams have been formed from a subset of these experts including, in some cases, stakeholders external to the University with the obligation to oversee IPM program development and to efficiently manage our AiE investments, because of their importance to our efficient functioning in development, dissemination and delivery of high-impact IPM programs.Our methods for implementing the objectives of this grant can be generalized across priority areas as consisting of 4 types of activities: stakeholder engagement, program development (including translational research), program delivery through outreach and education, and program evaluation. Various methods will be used across each type of activity. An example of stakeholder engagement is the leveraged Crop Pest Losses and Impact Assessment Signature Program (funded through the Western IPM Center), in which we will conduct pest manager surveys in a workshop environment to quantify pest losses and pest management needs and practices in key crops. However, stakeholder engagement occurs across all emphasis areas and includes open discussion at meetings, advisory groups and committees, focus groups, participatory research, pest management strategic plans and informal dialog with stakeholders. Program development includes applied research activities engaged in by Specialists and Agents to develop science-based solutions to stakeholder needs. Development of specific program outputs and outreach education plans are facilitated through our IPM Leadership Teams. Fournier and Dixon of the IPM Assessment leadership team coordinate with other teams across focal areas to develop and implement program evaluations.Efforts. Program delivery occurs through workshops, field days, demonstrations, cooperative extension meetings, educational presentations, websites, online videos, smart phone updates, radio broadcasts, newspaper articles, blog entries, newsletters, trade publications, extension publications, reports, stakeholder dialog sessions, needs assessments, crop pest losses surveys, informal discussion groups, one-on-one consultations, scientific publications, presentations and symposia, short courses, database development to track outcomes.Evaluation. IPM assessment is a major focus for the APMC, coordinated through our IPM Assessment Leadership Team with efforts of a dedicated AiE 50% funded through EIPM. Across IPM programs and emphasis areas, we discuss and develop methodologies to document changes in knowledge, changes in practice and condition changes or long-term impacts. Changes in knowledge, attitudes and skills are often assessed in live meetings using audience response technology to implement self-assessments or pre-then-post questionnaires. We also use online survey tools to collect information more broadly across the state for specific target audiences, including changes in knowledge and changes in practice (e.g., adoption of IPM). An example would be our annual online survey of school district IPM practices. In agricultural IPM programs, we engage stakeholders in crop pest losses and impact assessment surveys implemented via face-to-face workshops for key crops (lettuce, cotton), a process that helps us quantify economic impact of key pests and document standard management practices. Our APMC Pesticide Use Database, developed in collaboration with the Arizona Department of Agriculture and user stakeholders, contains over 26 years of Arizona agricultural pesticide use reports with which we have documented impressive reductions in the use (no. of sprays & lbs on the ground) of broad-spectrum insecticides in cotton, lettuce and other crops. Through collaborations with Paul Jepson et al. of Oregon State University's (OSU) Integrated Plant Protection Center, we have developed capacity to quantify risks associated with all types of pesticide use in agricultural crops using the Pesticide Risk Mitigation Engine (ipmPRiME.org), a sophisticated, data-based, peer-reviewed risk assessment and mitigation tool. Through ongoing collaborations with the IPPC and their leveraged Western SARE project, we are further examining drivers of remaining pesticide risk in lettuce and similar pesticide risks in cotton and other crops based on international standards published for Highly Hazardous Pesticides. We will focus on human health risks in particular and promote adoption of mitigating alternatives and/or pesticide substitutions through outreach programs.

Progress 09/01/17 to 08/31/18

Outputs
Target Audience: Pest Control Advisors (PCAs), growers, agricultural industry representatives, pesticide applicators, State and Federal agencies and pesticide regulators, nursery and landscape industry, associations, commodity groups, Master Gardeners, homeowners, public school staff, non-governmental organizations, pest management professionals, representatives from numerous tribes and tribal organizations, racial and ethnic minorities that work in agricultural and urban sectors. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?At least 5 members of the APMC have actively participated in the Western Region work group onPesticide Risk Reduction through Professional Development, led by Paul Jepson ofOregon State University and funded through a USDA-SARE grant. This includes monthly conference calls which are focused on topics such as understanding risk assessments, how to evaluate levels of pesticide risk and hazard based on tools and standards in the literature, and how to integrate effective communication about pesticide risk into Extension programs. Five of us participated in a face to face workshop held in Portland, OR in May 2018, following the WERA 1017 meeting (see below); this was a follow up to a successful workshop held July 2017 in Irvine, CA. At both of those workshops, Arizona participants (Gouge, Ellsworth, Fournier, Wierda and Pier) gave presentations or worked in groups to develop pesticide risk case studies. Through these interactions, we have all learned a great deal about pesticide risk and hazards and how to improve Extension IPM communications and publications to better reduce risks from the most hazardous of pesticides. The WERA-1017, Western Region IPM Coordinators group offers professional development through annual meetings, including agricultural IPM tours, and presentations as well as IPM updates from all western state IPM coordinators and substantive discussion. This year, Ellsworth, Fournier, Gouge, Pier and Wierda participated at the meeting in Oregon in May. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Workshops, field days, demonstrations, cooperative extension meetings, educational presentations, websites, webinars, smart phone updates, newspaper articles, videos, IPM guidelines, newsletters, trade publications, extension publications, reports, stakeholder dialog sessions, needs assessments, crop pest losses surveys, informal discussion groups, one-on-one consultations, scientific publications, presentations and symposia. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?As this report is coming 9 months into Year 1 of our EIP funding, our continued activities over the summer will ensure that we meet the commitments outlined in our Project Initiation document. In some cases, specific commitments have been met or exceeded (e.g., our School IPM team already has delivered 3 demonstration workshops and 3 Extension publications). More importantly, our efforts remain focused on improving knowledge and adoption of IPM, as well as measuring these changes and the impacts of IPM implementation (environmental, economic and human health). We provide a brief list of planned activities for the coming year, by Priority Area. IPM Implementation for Specialty Crops We will continue to deliver timely information to support IPM adoption and reduced risk management of insects, weeds and diseases of high-value vegetable crops, in biweekly Vegetable IPM Updates; conduct one or more additional IPM demonstration / workshops, provide CEUs for professional training of pest managers, and additional Extension publications, presentations, and stakeholder dialog meetings and interactions. IPM Implementation for Agronomic Crops We will implement demonstration trials this fall at the Maricopa Agricultural Center and others throughout the year at various grower field locations statewide. We will deliver training and CEUs for pest managers at 9 or more Extension meetings annually, and present results at 2 major statewide industry conferences (typically in March and May). We will deliver 3 new Extension publications, which may include updated pest management guidelines for Lygus and whitefly. Major themes in our trainings include resistance management, conservation of natural enemies and selective insect pest management, and documenting economic and environmental impacts of our cotton IPM program. IPM Training and Implementation in Schools We will continue our School IPM Inside and Out implementation program in 8 schools, including annual needs evaluations of IPM in participating schools in Dec 2018. We have already completed 6 demonstration workshops this term (committed to 3) to extend program outcomes to neighboring school district personnel, pest management professionals, turf and landscape managers and pesticide applicators. We are planning a School IPM Workshop for Fall 2018. We will respond as needed to priority pest issues in school districts; we anticipate more calls now that the warm weather is here. We are on track with Extension publications and newsletters and will continue to meet or exceed commitments in those categories. IPM Training for Pesticide Applicators We will continue informal needs assessment to inform training priorities and program planning for all priority areas to broadly address the IPM education needs of pesticide applicators. We will deliver IPM education for pesticide applicators, growers and PCAs at Cooperative Extension trainings, workshops and field days in collaboration with IPM teams, and develop and disseminate technical resources and training materials at meetings, online and via mobile technologies. Products will focus on the relationship between IPM and pesticide safety and target all types and categories of applicators.

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? IPM Implementation for Specialty Crops Our Vegetable IPM Updates, sent out biweekly via smart phone and web, have over 900 followers and are routinely picked up in the ag press. Timely IPM tips, pest management guidelines for key insect, weed and disease pests, data updates from areawide pest sampling, educational videos and more are featured. Two surveys of pest managers and growers representing the majority of vegetable production acres in 2015 and 2016 revealed high levels of IPM adoption and economic benefits. In 2015, 80% of surveyed growers & pest managers adopted reduced-risk pest management practices because of timely research & information from our Vegetable IPM program, with reported increased yields and fewer toxic pesticides used. 83% of respondents reported increased yields and 80% reported decreased use of broad-spectrum chemistries as a result our team's IPM outreach. In 2016, 70% of surveyed growers & pest managers reported that outreach from our Vegetable IPM Team helped them avoid economic losses from insects, weeds and diseases. Most growers saved $60 - $189 / acre on insect management alone, or $480,000 - $1,512,000 in annual savings for a typical grower. IPM Implementation for Agronomic Crops The Arizona Cotton IPM program reduced environmental and human health risks by preventing >21 million pounds of insecticide active ingredient from reaching the environment (since 1996). Cotton growers reduced broadly toxic insecticides by 92% and all insecticides by 82%, comparing 2006-2014 to 1991-1995 levels. On average, about 20% of cotton acres are never sprayed for insect pests. The Arizona Cotton IPM program has saved growers more than $542 mil since 1996, based on fewer sprays and improved yields. Research on brown stink bug control in cotton showed thatnot sprayingfor this insect increased economic returns for growers.After outreach, growers reduced sprays from 39% of acres to 3% of acres, saving over $8 million in just 1 year. In a multi-crop whitefly resistance management project funded in part by an ARDP grant (Ellsworth et al. 2014), we developed and deployed in our Extension programs "Chemical Use Maps." The maps showed the relative use of six different modes of action for whitefly management and stimulated and enabled proactive resistance management practices. 75% of Extension program participants said the maps woulddefinitelyorlikelyinfluence their insecticide choices. IPM Training and Implementation in Schools Presented here are human health outcomes of our Community IPM Team which are recent, though not directly limited to school environments. West Nile Virus can be deadly. Arizona has among the highest incidents of this mosquito-transmitted virus. In 2017, 109 confirmed cases resulted in 8 deaths. A University-County agency (Phoenix metro area) collaboration prompted control of 8 mosquito populations carrying the virus, reducing disease risk. ~100 Arizona residents die yearly due to asthma, and 615,000 are afflicted. Bed bugs & cockroach allergens can trigger asthma attacks. Low-income elderly housing residents are particularly vulnerable. Our Community IPM team reduced cockroaches by 87% and bed bugs by 93% on average across 5 Phoenix public housing sites for elderly & disabled. IPM Training for Pesticide Applicators Our Pesticide Safety Education Program, now into its fourth year with a dedicated Assistant in Extension and program coordinator, Dr. Mike Wierda, has reached maturity. Mike brings every day interest and relevance through his engaging teaching style and has worked effectively with our IPM Team members across all Priority Areas to integrate IPM training into PSEP, and pesticide safety topics into IPM programs. IPM Assessment The Crop Pest Losses and Impact Assessments, supported in part through a Signature Program of the Western IPM Center, explicitly engage stakeholders so that they can establish the current state or condition of their industry, including yield losses to pests, pesticide use, and economic outcomes. While these data are most useful in measuring the economics of IPM, there are opportunities to infer progress in environmental and human health safety as well. Only through routine measurement systems will IPM programs be able to live up to the challenge of the IPM Roadmap. This signature program provides tested, reliable metrics to document the impacts of IPM. Cotton Pest Losses workshops. Locally in Arizona and Blythe CA, we held 4 Cotton Pest Losses workshops attended by 29 PCAs; 34 surveys were completed (a new record, 5 submitted by email or mail), representing 64.9% of cotton acres in Arizona (plus some CA acres). 4 AZ and CA CEUs were provided to 34 participants. Lettuce Pest Losses. Implemented in Yuma, AZ, 5/15/18 in paper format. 25 responses (a few more yet to come in), covered a total of 77,900 acres of lettuce. Unlike previous years, participants included pest control advisors (PCAs) exclusively from Imperial Valley of California, and 1 PCA from Maricopa County, Arizona, so the estimates reflect a much broader area than just Yuma/Bard this year. 4 AZ and CA CEUsand 3 Certified Crop Advisor CEUs were provided to 50 participants. Arizona Cotton IPM: International Impacts The Arizona Cotton IPM program, focused on targeted use of selective insecticides for key pests to enhance conservation biological control has been adopted in the Mexicali region of Mexico, an area with over 210,930 ha. of agriculture and about 30,000 ha of cotton. Over 1 million people populate the region, where rural towns and villages are interspersed with agriculture, and about 15,177 are working directly in agriculture. Cotton is a major feature of the agroecosystem of the Mexicali Valley region and has often been subject to the most broadly toxic pesticide use in the region. Since a 2012 Border IPM grant funded by EPA, Peter Ellsworth has maintained an ongoing relationship with growers and "technicos" (professional pest managers) in the region, and through ongoing Extension efforts has seen widescale adoption of selective insecticides, sampling and thresholds for key pests, including whiteflies and Lygus. Initial results comparing previous practices in 2011 to IPM program results in 2012 included an average yield increase of 17% and a 34% reduction in control costs for one major operation, which saved $45/ha. We estimate that we helped growers save >$1.6M in 2012 alone, with more savings accruing and accelerating in 2013, with large reductions in numbers of sprays and in use of broadly toxic insecticides. In a recent informal interview, a key Mexican contact for the project reflected on the change in pest management culture there, when asked about potential resistance to using an IPM approach for an endemic but increasingly problematic mealybug pest (paraphrased below). "This is exactly what they said prior to 2010 when the entire industry was using generic, "cheap", broad spectrum insecticides here for the control of all insects, including whiteflies and Lygus. No one thought they would ever do the things needed. We had you [Ellsworth] come here and teach them about the proper IPM for our situation, and now there is no one that does not follow the whitefly and Lygus IPM you helped them with here. Everyone knows about and uses the selective materials they did not know about or thought were too expensive previously. They know about sampling both Lygus and whiteflies and about the proper thresholds, and the important role that 'benéficos' play. They will learn again now that mealybug management requires a complete IPM plan. It will take some time, but they will learn it and implement it; they have to." These comments demonstrate the transferability and resiliency of some of our IPM approaches in cotton and provide evidence of widespread adoption.

Publications

  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Fournier A.J., P.C. Ellsworth, W.A. Dixon II. 2017. Prometryn Use in Arizona Crops. University of Arizona, Arizona Pest Management Center. https://cals.arizona.edu/apmc/docs/Prometryn_Use_AZ.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Fournier A.J., P.C. Ellsworth. 2017. Imidacloprid, EPA Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0844. University of Arizona, Arizona Pest Management Center. https://cals.arizona.edu/apmc/docs/Imidacloprid_Nov13_2017.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Peterson, J., P.C. Ellsworth, A. Mostafa. 2016. Section 18 Application: Transform WG Insecticide to control for sorghum in Arizona. Arizona Section 18 Specific Exemption Request of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Approved, 22 September  30 November 2016. Streamlined renewals, 15 May  30 November 2017; 15 May  30 November 2018. https://cals.arizona.edu/apmc/docs/Transform_Sorghum_Arizona_9-14-16.pdf
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Correll, J.C., Feng, C., Matheron, M.E., Porchas, M., and Koike, S.T. 2017. Evaluation of spinach varieties for downy mildew resistance, 2017. Plant Disease Management Reports 11: V122.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Matheron, M.E., Correll, J.C., Porchas, M., and Feng, C. 2017. Assessment of fungicides for managing downy mildew of spinach, 2017. Plant Disease Management Reports 11: V121.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Matheron, M.E., Pryor, B.M., and Porchas, M. 2017. Evaluation of conventional fungicides and biofungicides for managing Fusarium wilt of lettuce, 2016. Plant Disease Management Reports 11: V123.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Matheron, M.E., Pryor, B.M., and Porchas, M. 2017. Evaluation of lettuce varieties for resistance to Fusarium wilt, 2016. Plant Disease Management Reports 11: V124.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Matheron, M.E., and Porchas, M. 2018. Comparison of fungicides for managing powdery mildew of muskmelon, 2017. Plant Disease Management Reports 12: V046.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Matheron, M.E., and Porchas, M. 2018. Evaluation of fungicides for managing Sclerotinia lettuce drop, 2017. Plant Disease Management Reports, 12: V004.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Matheron, M.E., and Porchas, M. 2018. Effectiveness of fungicides for managing downy mildew of lettuce, 2017. Plant Disease Management Reports, 12: V003.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Matheron, M.E., and Porchas, M. 2018. Assessment of fungicides for managing powdery mildew of lettuce, 2017. Plant Disease Management Reports, 12: V002.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Carriere, Y., Degain, B., Liesner, L., Dutilleul, P. and Palumbo, J.C. 2017. Validation of a Landscape-Based Model for Whitefly Spread of the Cucurbit Yellow Stunting Disorder Virus to Fall Melons. J. Econ. Entomol. 2017 Oct. 1. 110(5):2002-2009. doi: 10.1093/jee/tox213.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Castle, S.J., Palumbo, J.P. and Merten, P. 2017. Field evaluation of Cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus transmission by Bemisia tabaci. Virus Res. 2017 Sep 15; 241: 220-227. doi: 10.1016/j.virusres.2017.03.017. Epub 2017 Mar 23.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Reed, D.A., Ganjisaffar, F., Palumbo, J.C. and Perring, T.M. 2017. Effects of Temperatures on Immature Development and Survival of the Invasive Stink Bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). J Econ Entomol. 2017 Dec 5; 110(6): 2497-2503. doi: 10.1093/jee/tox289.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Castle, S., Palumbo, J. Merten, P., Cowden, C. and Prabhaker, N. 2017. Effects of foliar and systemic insecticides on whitefly transmission and incidence of Cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus. Pest Manag Sci. 2017 Jul;73(7):1462-1472. doi: 10.1002/ps.4478. Epub 2017 Feb 7.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Submitted Year Published: 2018 Citation: Anderson, J.A., Ellsworth, P.C., Faria, J.C., Head, G.P., Owen, M.D.K., Pilcher, C.D., Shelton, A.M., Meissle, M. 2018. Genetically engineered crops need to be part of a diversified integrated pest management plan for improved durability and sustainability of agricultural systems. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (submitted).
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Ellsworth, P.C., A.J. Fournier, G. Frisvold, S.E. Naranjo. 2017. Chronicling the Socio-economic Impact of Integrating Biological Control, Technology, and Knowledge over 25 Years of IPM in Arizona. Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods. P.G. Mason, D.R. Gillespie and C. Vincent, eds. CABI, Langkawi, Malaysia. September 1115, 2017. pp. 214216. http://www.isbca-2017.org/download/ISBCA-Proceedings.web.pdf
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Farrar, James J, Peter C Ellsworth, Rebecca Sisco, Matthew E Baur, Amanda Crump, Al J Fournier, M Katie Murray, Paul C Jepson, Cathy M Tarutani, Keith W Dorschner; Assessing Compatibility of a Pesticide in an IPM Program, Journal of Integrated Pest Management, Volume 9, Issue 1, 1 January 2018, 3, https://doi.org/10.1093/jipm/pmx032
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Accepted Year Published: 2017 Citation: Gouge D.H., S. Li, S. Nair. 2017. Integrated Pest Management: Simple Solution to Wicked Problem Pests in Elderly and Disabled Public Housing. Award Publication Abstract. Journal of Integrated Pest Management. (accepted).
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Horowitz, A. Rami, P.C. Ellsworth, R. Mensah and I. Ishaaya. 2018. Integrated Management of Whiteflies in Cotton. In Cotton and Other Fibre Crops, Eds. M.S. Chauhan & R.S. Sangwan. Cotton Research and Development Association, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar  125 004, India, pp. 155168, http://crdaindia.com/downloads/files/n5aa773bae6cab.pdf
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Kou F., H. Li S. Li, H. Xun, Y. Zhang Z. Sun X. Zhou, W. Cai. 2017. Temporaltranscriptomic profiling of the ant-feeding assassin bug Acanthaspis cincticrus reveals a biased expression of genes associated with predation in nymphs. Scientific Reports. Vol. 7 No. 1 doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-12978-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-12978-0
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Naranjo S.E., P.C. Ellsworth. 2017. Methodology for Developing Life Tables for Sessile Insects in the Field Using the Whitefly Bemisia tabaci in Cotton As a Model System. Journal of Visualized Experiments. Vol. 129 No. e56150 doi: 10.3791/56150 https://www.jove.com/video/56150/methodology-for-developing-life-tables-for-sessile-insects-field
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Accepted Year Published: 2018 Citation: Vandervoet, T.F., P.C. Ellsworth, Y. Carriere, S.E. Naranjo. 2018. Quantifying conservation biological control for management of Bemisia tabaci in cotton. J. Econ. Entomol. (accepted, 2-7-18) https://academic.oup.com/jee/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jee/toy049/4932785
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Fournier A. J., A. Crump, P. C. Ellsworth, J. Farrar. 2017. Pesticide use data informs regulatory policies. Managing Pesticide Use and Use Data Symposium American Chemical Society Meeting, Washington, DC. 8/21/17.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Fournier A. J., J. Farrar, P. C. Ellsworth. 2017. Pesticide Use Data to Evaluate the Impact of Integrated Pest Management Programs in Arizona and California. Managing Pesticide Use and Use Data Symposium American Chemical Society Meeting, Washington, DC. 8/21/17.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Ellsworth P.C., A.J. Fournier, G. Frisvold, S.E. Naranjo. 2017. Chronicling the Socioeconomic Impact of Integrating Biological Control Technology and Knowledge over 25 Years of IPM in Arizona. Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International, Langkawi Malaysia. 9/11/17 https://cals.arizona.edu/crops/presentations/2017/17ISBGMOGuadalajaravF1uplo.pdf
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Crump, A., M. Halbleib, J.J. Dubois, A.J. Fournier, J. Hurley, N. McRoberts, M. Baur, H. Bolton, T. Martin, Y. Liu, S. Ratcliffe, P. Mitchell, D.S. Carley. 2018. Path to Success: Evaluating IPM Programs from Planning to Data to Impact Statements. 9th International IPM Symposium, Baltimore, MD. March 20, 2018. (Invited Workshop)
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Halbleib, M., P. Jepson, N. McRoberts, A.J. Fournier. 2018. Novel Approaches to IPM Extension: Transferring Learning across Contexts. 9th International IPM Symposium, Baltimore, MD. March 22, 2018. (Symposium)
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Pier, N., A. Fournier, J. Palumbo, Y. Carri�re, W. Dixon, L. Brown, S. J. Castle, N. Prabhaker, P.C. Ellsworth. 2018. Adoption of proactive resistance management practices to control Bemisia tabaci in Arizona and California. Poster presented at the 9th International IPM Symposium, Baltimore, Maryland, March 19-22, 2018. https://cals.arizona.edu/crops/presentations/2018/IPM_Symposium_Poster_vFinal.pdf
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Nair, S. Welcome and Opening Remarks Symposium: School IPM: Sinking Ship Or soaring Success a Discussion. 9th International IPM Symposium, Baltimore, MD. March 21, 2018. (Symposium)
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Nair, S., Green, T., Gouge, D. H., Umeda, K., Fournier, A. J., Li, S., Schuch, U.K. and Kopec, D. 2018. Recognizing Excellence in School Integrated Pest Management. 9th International IPM Symposium, Baltimore, Maryland. March 19-22, 2018. (poster)
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Gouge, D.H., Li, S. and Nair, S. 2018. Integrated Pest Management  A Simple Solution to Wicked Problem Pests in Elderly and Disabled Public Housing. 2018. 9th International IPM Symposium, Baltimore, Maryland. March 19-22, 2018.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Li, S., Gouge, D.H., Nair, S. and Fournier, A. Implementation of Integrated Pest Management in Elderly/Disabled Public Housing Facilities. CALS Poster Forum. Agricultural and Life Science Research, University of Arizona. Tucson, AZ. March 23, 2018. (poster)
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Nair, S., T.A. Green, D.H. Gouge, K. Umeda, A.J. Fournier, S. Li, U.K. Schuch, D.M. Kopec. Encouraging Schools to Practice Integrated Pest Management. ESA International Branch 1st Virtual Symposium, April 16, 2018. (poster)
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Li, S. and Romero, A. Insecticide Resistance in Bed Bugs. NEHA Enhancing Environmental Health Knowledge (EEK): Vectors and Public Health Pests Virtual Conference, May 15-16, 2018.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Nair, S. Li, S. and Gouge, D.H. 2018. Communicating about bed bugs to diverse audiences using diverse tools. NEHA Enhancing Environmental Health Knowledge (EEK): Vectors and Public Health Pests Virtual Conference, May 15-16, 2018.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Li, S., Gouge, D.H., Nair, S. and Fournier, A. Implementation of Integrated Pest Management in Elderly/Disabled Public Housing Facilities. Poster presentation. NEHA Enhancing Environmental Health Knowledge (EEK): Vectors and Public Health Pests Virtual Conference, May 15-16, 2018. (poster)
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Nair, S., Shaum, K., Bierer, S. Round Tailed ground Squirrels: Do We Need to manage Them and How. NEHA Enhancing Environmental Health Knowledge (EEK): Vectors and Public Health Pests Virtual Conference, May 15-16, 2018. (poster)
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Arizona Pest Management Center (APMC). 2018. National Institute of Food and Agricultures Crop Protection and Pest Management Program Saves Lives, Dollars & the Environment in Arizona. University of Arizona, Arizona Pest Management Center. https://cals.arizona.edu/apmc/docs/AZPM_Impacts_vf.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Gouge D.H., S. Li, C. Bibbs, S. Nair. 2018. Scorpions of the Desert Southwest United States. Extension Publication. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. Publication no. AZ1768 https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/pubs/az1768-2018.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Gouge D.H., S. Li, S. Nair, K.R. Walker, C. Bibbs. 2018. Mosquito and Tick Repellents. Extension Publication. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. Publication no. AZ1761 https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/pubs/az1761-2018.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Hu J.(Alex). 2018. Cotton Stem Blight and Boll Rot. Extension Bulletin. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. Publication no. AZ1770 https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/pubs/az1770-2018.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Li S., D.H. Gouge, S. Nair, A.J. Fournier, U.K. Schuch, K. Umeda, D.M. Kopec, M.R. Wierda. 2018. School Preparation Guidance for Summer Management Teams. IPM Newsletter, May 2018. University of Arizona, Arizona Pest Management Center. https://cals.arizona.edu/apmc/docs/2018MayAZschoolandhomeIPMNewletter.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Li S., D.H. Gouge, S. Nair, A.J. Fournier, U.K. Schuch, K. Umeda, D.M. Kopec, M.R. Wierda. 2018. Spring Preemergence Weed Control in Lawns. IPM Newsletter, March 2018. University of Arizona, Arizona Pest Management Center. https://cals.arizona.edu/apmc/docs/2018MarchAZschoolandhomeIPMNewletter.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Li S., D.H. Gouge, S. Nair, A.J. Fournier, U.K. Schuch, K. Umeda, D.M. Kopec, M.R. Wierda. 2018. IPM for Microorganisms  Focus on Flu Part 2. IPM Newsletter, February 2018. University of Arizona, Arizona Pest Management Center. https://cals.arizona.edu/apmc/docs/2018FebruaryAZschoolandhomeIPMNewletter.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Li S., D.H. Gouge, S. Nair, A.J. Fournier, U.K. Schuch, K. Umeda, D.M. Kopec, M.R. Wierda. 2018. IPM for Microorganisms: Cleaning Disinfecting and Sanitizing. IPM Newsletter, January 2018. University of Arizona, Arizona Pest Management Center. https://cals.arizona.edu/apmc/docs/2018JanuaryAZschoolandhomeIPMNewletter.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Li S., D.H. Gouge, S. Nair, A.J. Fournier, U.K. Schuch, K. Umeda, D.M. Kopec, M.R. Wierda, M.R. Wierda. 2017. Increase in Rabies Cases in Animals School and Home Integrated Pest Management. IPM Newsletter, September 2017. University of Arizona, Arizona Pest Management Center. https://cals.arizona.edu/apmc/docs/2017SeptemberAZschoolandhomeIPMNewletter.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Palumbo J.C. 2017. Insecticide Modes of Action on Desert Vegetable Crops. Arizona Vegetable IPM Updates. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. Vol. 9 No. 6. https://cals.arizona.edu/crops/vegetables/advisories/docs/180321_insecticide_moa_groups_vegetables_2018.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Palumbo J.C. 2018. Aphid Management in Desert Produce Crops, 2018. Arizona Vegetable IPM Updates. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. Vol. 9 No. 1. https://cals.arizona.edu/crops/vegetables/advisories/docs/180110_aphid_control_chart_2018.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Palumbo J.C. 2017. Corn Earworm Management on Desert Produce. Arizona Vegetable IPM Updates. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. Vol. 8 No. 21. https://cals.arizona.edu/crops/vegetables/advisories/docs/171101%20CEW%20%20Management%20on%20Desert%20Produce_2017.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Palumbo J.C. 2017. Bagrada Bug Management Tips, 2017. Arizona Vegetable IPM Updates. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. Vol. 8 No. 17. https://cals.arizona.edu/crops/vegetables/advisories/docs/170920%20Bagrada%20Bug%20Management%20Tips_VegIPMUpdate_Fall%202017.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Palumbo J.C. 2017. Guidelines for Diamondback Moth Management in Fall Cole Crops. Arizona Vegetable IPM Updates. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. Vol. 8 No. 18. https://cals.arizona.edu/crops/vegetables/advisories/docs/170906%20Guidelines%20for%20Diamondback%20Moth%20Management%20in%20Desert%20Cole%20Crops.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Walker K.R., H. Yaglom, D.H. Gouge, M. Brophy, M. Casal, O. Encinas. 2018. The Brown Dog Tick and Epidemic Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Arizona and northwestern Mexico. Extension Bulletin. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. Publication no. AZ1769 https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/pubs/az1769-2018.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Wierda M.R., D.H. Gouge. 2017. Tick & Flea Collars Integrated Pest Management and Your Safety. Extension IPM Short. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. https://cals.arizona.edu/crops/cotton/files/17Flea_Collar_short.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Fournier A.J., D. Kopec, P.C. Ellsworth. 2017. Ethephon Use on Arizona & California Golf Courses: Comments on EPA Proposed Interim Decision, Case no. 0382. University of Arizona, Arizona Pest Management Center. https://cals.arizona.edu/apmc/docs/APMC_Ethephon-Golf-Turf_AZ-CA_vf.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Fournier A.J., P.C. Ellsworth, R. Norton, W.A. Dixon II. 2017. Mepiquat Chloride and Mepiquat Pentaborate Use in Arizona. University of Arizona, Arizona Pest Management Center. https://cals.arizona.edu/apmc/docs/Mepiquat_Arizona_Cotton_vf.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Fournier A.J., P.C. Ellsworth, W.A. Dixon II. 2017. Oxamyl Use in Arizona and New Mexico Crops. University of Arizona, Arizona Pest Management Center. https://cals.arizona.edu/apmc/docs/Oxamyl_Use_AZ_NM_vf.pdf
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Fournier A.J., P.C. Ellsworth, W. McCloskey, W.A. Dixon II. 2017. Pendimethalin Use in Arizona and New Mexico Crops. University of Arizona, Arizona Pest Management Center. https://cals.arizona.edu/apmc/docs/Pendimethalin_Use_AZ_NM_vf.pdf