IR-4 Collaborations addressing

Pest Management in Greenhouses

Cristi L Palmer, PhDIR-4 Ornamental Horticulture Program Manager

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Acknowledgements

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IR-4 MissionFacilitate registration of

sustainable pest management technology for specialty crops

and minor uses

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COLLABORATION

col·lab·o·ra·tionnoun

1. the action of working with someone to produce or create something

2. traitorous cooperation with an enemy

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Historically

• IR-4 is built on collaboration• Four geographic regions, Headquarters,

USDA-ARS companion program all work together “with the tenacious thread of cooperation” for the specialty crop grower

IR-4

WSRSisco, Pringle-Tolson

NCRMiyazaki NER

Ross

SORSamuel-Foo

Vea

Nagahiro

Baron

Novak

Palmer

Burke

USDA-ARSSchwartz

Bierbrunner

IR-4

HQ

Cosky Doskocil Chamberlin

Kalmowitz

Krause

Atkinson

Loughner

Bogron

Ludwig

Rechsigl

Barcel

Peck

DarnellMyers

Mandava

Walls

Brotherton

Dirks

MeneleyMarvin

Wrubel

Schwartau

Leggett

Miller

PerdomoKeese

Fletcher

Abi-Ghanem

Stallings

JohnsonChoppakatlaWhipple

Gilrein

Kunkel

GillSmitley

Canas

Frank

Chong

Osborne

Reding

BussManion

Potter

Vafaie

Davis

Arthurs

Bethke

Hara

Braman

OettingCloyd

CowlesCranshaw

Parella

Casey

Sadof

Schultz

McKensie

AmericanHort

NJNLA

Individual Growers

AFE

SAF

MNLA

Wong

EPA

State Agencies

IR-4

IR-4

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36,000+ Crop Uses

101+ Registered Products

30,286 Studies

31,991 Completed Trials

60 – 70 researchers every year

50% of archived records validated

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Types of Collaborative Teams

• Teams that deal with registration data needs– Efficacy: Mites, Thrips, Whiteflies–Crop Safety

• Teams for specific invasive species–Q Biotype Whitefly–Arthropod Shipping

• Teams for special circumstances–Pollinator Protection

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IR-4 Activities on behalf of the Green

Industry:Data development for registration support

Photos by Cristi Palmer

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Research TeamDr. Steven ArthursDr. James BethkeDr. Luis CanasDr. Christine CaseyDr. Yan ChenDr. Juang-Horng ChongDr. Ray CloydDr. Whitney CranshawMr. Terry DavisDr. Steven FrankMr. Dan GilreinDr. Kevin HeinzDr. David HeldDr. Dick Lindquist *Dr. Scott Ludwig *Dr. Ron Oetting *Dr. Michael ParrellaDr. Michael RedingDr. Dave SmitleyDr. Lucia Villavicencio *Dr. Doug Walsh

Boxwood Blight

Thrips Efficacy

Weeping Laurel Thrips

Thrips simplex on Gladiolus

T. Davis, MSU

Western Flower Thrips

Chili Thrips

L. Osborne, UFL

Funding Sources: USDA-NIFA, USDA-ARS, registrant donations

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Research Goals• Screen new active ingredients

for managing:– Western Flower Thrips– Chilli Thrips– Cuban Laurel Thrips– Weeping Fig Thrips– Orchid Thrips– Privet Thrips– Gladiolus Thrips

• Integrate biopesticides and ‘softer’ chemistries• Determine impact of newer

actives on beneficial organisms• Determine level of crop safety

for new products

Thrips Efficacy

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Research Goals• Screen new active ingredients

for managing:– Western Flower Thrips– Chilli Thrips– Cuban Laurel Thrips– Weeping Fig Thrips– Orchid Thrips– Privet Thrips– Gladiolus Thrips

Thrips EfficacyOutcomes• 395 trials in 52 experiments from 2005

through 2015 with 20 researchers looking at 59 different products from 26 registrants on 7 different thrips species

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Thrips Efficacy Project1 less researcher10 more registrants

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Products (Active Ingredients) Chilli (Scirtothrips dorsalis)

Western Flower (Frankliniella occidentalis)

A16901B 45WG (Cyantraniliprole + thiamethoxam) 3.3 (1 - 5) n6 LabeledAria 50SG (Flonicamid) 4.0 (4 - 4) n1 Labeled 2.4 (1 - 5) n8 LabeledAvid 0.15EC (Abamectin) 4.0 (4 - 4) n1 Labeled 2.9 (1 - 5) n9 LabeledAzaGuard (Azadirachtin) 2.2 (1 - 3) n6 LabeledBotaniGard ES (Beauveria bassiana) 3.5 (1 - 5) n8 LabeledConserve SC (Spinosad) 3.5 (3 - 4) n2 Labeled 2.8 (1 - 5) n31 LabeledDPX-HGW86 (Cyantraniliprole) 2.2 (2 - 5) n13 LabeledFlagship 25WG (Thiamethoxam) 3.7 (1 - 5) n3 Labeled 2.3 (1 - 5) n20 LabeledGrandevo (MBI 203 DF) (Chromobacterium subtsugae NRRL B-30655) 1.5 (1 - 3) n6 Labeled

Hachi-Hachi EC (Tolfenpyrad) 3.0 (3 - 3) n1 Labeled 3.4 (1 - 5) n20 LabeledKontos (BYI 8330 240SC) (Spirotetramat) 1.0 (1 - 1) n3 Labeled 2.3 (1 - 5) n18 LabeledMesurol 75-W (Methiocarb) 2.6 (1 – 5) n5 LabeledMainspring (A20520A) 200SC (Cyantraniliprole) 3.3 (3 - 4) n3 LabeledOverture 35WP (Pyridalyl) 3.0 (3 - 3) n1 Labeled 3.8 (1 - 5) n9 LabeledProud 3 (Thyme oil 5.6%) 2.1 (1 - 5) n7 LabeledPylon (Chlorfenapyr) 5.0 (5 - 5) n1 Labeled 3.6 (1 - 5) n14 LabeledRycar (SP3009/NNI-0101) (Pyrifluquinazon) 1.5 (1 - 4) n11Safari 20SG (Dinotefuran) 4.0 (4 - 4) n2 Labeled 2.5 (1 - 3) n4 LabeledTickEx EC (Metarhizium anisophliae) 1.7 (1 - 5) n13 LabeledTriCon (BW 420) (Sodium tetraborahydrate decahydrate) 3.3 (1 - 5) n6TriStar 30SG (Acetamiprid) 4.0 (3 - 5) n2 Labeled 2.4 (1 - 5) n5 LabeledVenerate (MBI 206 F) (Burkholderia sp. strain A396) 1.3 (1 - 2) n7

Thrips Efficacy across Experiments – Stand Alone

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Products (Active Ingredients) Western Flower (Frankliniella occidentalis)

Conserve SC (Spinosad) 2.8 (1 - 5) n31 LabeledRotation: Aria / Hachi-Hachi / Pylon (Flonicamid / tolfenpyrad / chlorfenapyr) 3.0 (1 - 5) n2

Rotation: Botanigard / Hachi-Hachi (Beauveria bassiana / tolfenpyrad) 3.5 (3 - 4) n2

Rotation: Botanigard + MoltX / Botanigard (Beaveria bassiana + BW533 / B. bassiana) 1.8 (1 - 3) n4

Rotation: Botanigard + SuffOil-X / Botanigard (Beaveria bassiana + paraffin oil / B. bassiana) 2.0 (1 - 3) n5

Rotation: Conserve / Hachi-Hachi / Pylon (Spinosad / tolfenpyrad / chlorfenapyr) 5.0 (5 - 5) n1

Rotation: Rycar / Hachi-Hachi(Pyrfluquinazon / tolfenpyrad) 1.0 (1 - 1) n1

Rotation: Tick-Ex / Hachi-Hachi (Metarhizium anisophliae / tolfenpyrad) 3.5 (2 - 5) n2

Tank Mix: Aria + Rycar (Flonicamid + pyrfluquinazon) 3.3 (1 - 5) n3

Tank Mix: BotaniGard + Tick-Ex (Beauveria bassiana + Metarhizium anisophliae) 1.0 (1 - 1) n3

Tank Mix: Botanigard 22WP + BW130 (Beauveria bassiana + BW130) 3.0 (3 - 3) n1

Thrips Efficacy across Experiments – Rotations & Tank Mixes

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Research Goals• Screen new active ingredients

for managing:– Western Flower Thrips– Chili Thrips– Cuban Laurel Thrips– Weeping Fig Thrips– Orchid Thrips– Privet Thrips– Gladiolus Thrips

Thrips EfficacyOutcomes• 395 trials in 52 experiments from 2005

through 2015 with 20 researchers looking at 59 different products from 26 registrants on 7 different thrips species

• Thrips Efficacy Summary 2014 (5th edition)• Registrations approved:

– A16901B 45WG (2014)– DPX-HGW (2008, 2014)– Conserve (2008)– Flagship 25WG (2010)– Hachi-Hachi EC (2010)– Hachi-Hachi SC (2013)– Kontos (2010)– Mainspring 200SC (2014)– Orthene TTO97 (2008)– Overture 35WP (2011)– Pylon (2010)– Safari 20SG (2011)– TickEx EC (2011)

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Research Goals• Integrate biopesticides and

‘softer’ chemistries

Thrips EfficacyOutcomes• Evaluated– 13 Rotation and Tank Mix

programs– 7 stand alone microbial

products – 7 stand alone plant extracts– 6 stand alone softer

chemistries

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IR-4 Activities on behalf of the Green

Industry:Coordination of

research teams for invasive species

Photos by Cristi Palmer

Photo by Cristi Palmer

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Research TeamDr. James BethkeDr. Arnold HaraDr. Lance OsborneDr. Cindy McKenzie

Arthropod Shipping Project

Funding Sources: USDA-APHISUniversity of FloridaB. Vandermeyer

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Research Goals• Describe Duponchelia fovealis

life cycle and characteristics• Screen chemical and biological

tools• Study seasonal abundance• Screen biological and chemical

tools for management of model pests under simulated and actual shipping

Arthropod Shipping Project

L. Osborne

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IR-4 Activities on behalf of the Green

Industry:Pollinator Protection

Research

Photos by Cristi Palmer

Ornamental Horticulture Pollinator

WorkshopDec 15-16, 2014

Cristi L PalmerIR-4 Ornamental Horticulture

Program Manager

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Ornamental Horticulture Pollinator Workshop

Outcomes• Better understanding of risk assessment

process and the data needed• Identification of key knowledge gaps• How scientific results are communicated is

important

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How has IR-4 been so successful?

Collaboration!

Thank you !Funding for IR-4 Research:USDA-NIFAUSDA-ARSUSDA-APHISLand Grant Institutions

Researchers:All the fine researchers throughout the US and in cooperating countries

IR-4 Personnel:Susan

BierbrunnerMichelle FooEdith LurveySatoru Miyazaki

Mika Pringle-Tolson

Marylee RossBecky SiscoEly Vea

Growers:Who donate time to complete the biennial survey and all those plant materials!

Thank you !Photo by Cristi Palmer

Registration support research was based upon work supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, under award number 2015-34383-23710 with substantial cooperation and support from the State Agricultural

Experiment Stations and USDA-ARS.

Invasive species activities were partially supported by USDA-APHIS-CPHST through the FY2011, FY 2012, and FY2013 Farm Bills.