2024 Northeast Integrated Pest Management Research Update Conference
Recorded December 10, 2024
Description
This conference hosted by the Northeastern IPM Center (NEIPMC) features updates from active projects funded by the NEIPMC’s Partnership Grants Program, plus updates from IPM-related projects funded through the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (NESARE) Program, and USDA-NIFA’s Applied Research and Development Program (ARDP) and Extension Implementation Program (EIP).
The rapid style conference features 5-minute pre-recorded presentations in which the speakers discuss 1 or 2 highlights from their projects followed by a live Q and A. The purpose of the conference is to increase collaboration and awareness about current IPM-related research and extension in the Northeast in a fun way.
Anyone with an internet connection is invited to watch this exciting event hosted by the Northeastern IPM Center. Below is a list of projects discussed during the 90-minute event. The conference took place via Zoom and was recorded for later viewing.
Conference Agenda
December 10, 2024
| Time | Speaker – “Title of Project” (Funded By) – Affiliation |
|---|---|
| 10:30 a.m. | Welcome |
| 10:35 a.m. | Flor Acevedo – “Update on the development of action thresholds for managing spotted lanternfly in vineyards” (ARDP) – Penn State |
| 10:40 a.m. | Cameron Cedeno – “Resistance among arugula cultivars to Pseudomonas cannabina pv. alisalensis and Xanthomonas campestris” (NESARE) – Penn State–Univ Park |
| 10:45 a.m. | Veronica Yurchak – “Creating an ecofriendly pest suppression program in sweet corn” (NESARE) – University of Maryland |
| 10:50 a.m. | Leo Kerner – “Using red clover to recruit natural enemies to control pests in cantaloupe” (ARDP) – University of Maryland |
| 10:55 a.m. | Q and A Discussion |
| 11:00 a.m. | Carlos Quesada – “Evaluation of insect exclusion screens on pests and biocontrol agents in commercial high tunnels” (NEIPMC) – West Virginia University |
| 11:05 a.m. | Simon Zebelo – “Empowering small-scaled, limited-resource and other farmers with IPM knowledge” (EIPM) – University of Maryland, Eastern Shore |
| 11:10 a.m. | Q and A Discussion |
| 11:15 a.m. | Charles Colvin – “Investigating the insecticidal properties of maize flavonoids against fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda)” (ARDP) – Penn State |
| 11:20 a.m. | Philip Fanning – “Classical biological control for spotted-wing drosophila in the northeastern United States” (ARDP) – University of Maine |
| 11:20 a.m. | Q and A Discussion |
| 11:25 a.m. | Bryan Panek – “Development of specialty corn lines for plant and animal health” (ARDP) – Penn State |
| 11:30 a.m. | Patrice Sison – “Identifying grass weed patches in Maine wild blueberry fields using drone aerial images for post-emergent application of herbicides” (NEIPMC) – University of Maine |
| 11:35 a.m. | Quinn Loudy – “Flavonoid and benzoxazinoid accumulation in maize: Implications for fall armyworm resistance” (ARDP) – Penn State |
| 11:40 a.m. | Q and A Discussion |
| 11:45 a.m. | Mike Monzon – “Early American Colonial period (CA. 1680s) funerary archaeoentomology as a tool for observing a local entomofaunal baseline at Historic St. Mary’s City, Maryland, USA” (NESARE) – Purdue University & Rutgers Cooperative Extension |
| 11:50 a.m. | Carl Majewski – “Promoting IPM practices for improved perennial forage management in the Northeast (NEIPM) – University of New Hampshire Extension |
| 11:55 a.m. | Q and A Discussion |
| 12:00 noon | End of conference – Recorded presentations available online (www.NortheastIPM.org) |