IPM - Integrated Pest Management
Projects
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) combines multiple management practices
to achieve efficient, high-quality, high-yield field and horticultural crop
and animal production with effective environmental stewardship.
One example of IPM application in Northern New York is Northern New York
Agricultural Development Program work to control the alfalfa snout beetle (ASB),
an invasive insect pest peculiar to Northern New York and parts of Canada
across the St. Lawrence River. ASB eats the roots of alfalfa, destroying a
vital forage crop for dairy cattle and other livestock. Field surveys funded
by the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program in 2005 and 2006
showed the areas infested with ASB continue to expand in Franklin,
Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties. Cornell researchers are working
to advance biological control measures for ASB.
Click on the links below to learn more about NNYADP IPM projects and other
resources related to integrated pest management.
Articles
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ASB – New Infestations of Alfalfa Snout Beetles Found in Jefferson
County (Oct. 2006)
- Biological Control of
Alfalfa Snout Beetle with a multi-species application of locally adapted
persistent entomopathogenic nematodes: The first success.
Fact Sheets
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Biological Controls for Alfalfa Snout Beetle (PDF)
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Breeding Alfalfa Snout Beetle-Resistant
Alfalfa (PDF)
Press Releases
- Cornell Researchers and Farmer Report More Progress Against Pest
Peculiar to Northern New York
- Battle to Beat Alfalfa Pest Shows Progress,
Testing of Control Methods Continues in 2006
- September to Mid-November Optimal Time to
Scout for Invasive Pest Crop Damage
- NNY Farmers and Researchers Battling
Invasive Beetle Destroying Alfalfa Crop
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Breeding Alfalfa Snout Beetle Resistant Alfalfa Varieties:
2007-2008 Report
Click Here for links to the following resource
websites:
- Cornell IPM Program
- Northeastern IPM Center
