Over 90 percent of apple and pear orchards are currently treated with mating disruptors. Learn what mating disruptors are and how they work.

Funding to be distributed through two grant programs: “IPM Partnership Grants” and “Pest Management Strategic Plans and Production/Management Profiles.” In addition to reading about this year’s recipients, learn more about our grant programs and how they drive IPM research and innovation throughout the Northeast.

Got an integrated pest management (IPM) question? Need to know the latest IPM information? The Northeastern IPM Center has the answers with our ongoing webinar series, the IPM Toolbox. View recordings of this spring’s webinars, which discussed tarping and a newly released guide, safe/effective use of pesticides as part of an IPM program, slugs as pests of soybeans and corn, and how canopy-level microclimates affect strawberry disease risk.

The St. Lawrence Eastern Lake Ontario Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management (SLELO PRISM) has developed a targeted and measurable strategy for spotted lanternfly outreach in New York State.

Are you curious about how tarps work? The Cornell Small Farms Program’s Reduced Tillage project is happy to share a new publication supported by a Northeastern IPM Center Partnership Grant.

Dill was named the Presidential Award recipient by the University of Maine, where he is a faculty member. Dill has led a distinguished career in extension and public service, serving as an extension specialist, professor, state IPM coordinator, and state legislator.

The New York State outreach arm of Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Pesticide Management Education Program (PMEP) has rebranded as the Cornell Cooperative Extension Pesticide Safety Education Program (CCE-PSEP), bringing it more in line with other states’ counterparts.

The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is looking for new panelists, on a rolling basis, to join its Peer Review System. Panelists are subject-matter-expert volunteers who review grant proposals, helping NIFA determine how to allocate funds.

Registration is open for the 10th International IPM Symposium, to be held February 28 through March 3, 2022, in Denver, CO. The symposium is a global event open to academics, industry professionals, policymakers, and students, among others.
 

The Northeastern IPM Center has announced two funding opportunities through its grants programs. Applications are due by November 11.

The monarch butterfly—an important pollinator—has suffered population decline. Fortunately, there are simple things companies and organizations, governments, and even private citizens can do to help the butterflies during their long seasonal migrations.

The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry’s IPM program provides leadership and expertise to support and promote IPM policies and practices—both on the farm and across Maine’s communities.

The Northeastern IPM Center joins the rest of the brown marmorated stink bug SCRI project team in acknowledging the passing of Larry Gut on September 6, 2021.

Penn State Extension recently published a comprehensive spotted lanternfly management guide, which covers a broad array of topics related to the invasive pest.

The Northeastern IPM Center joins its host institution, Cornell University, in acknowledging the campus’s use of traditional Indigenous homelands and the painful history of Indigenous dispossession.