products that perform well and meet exacting organic standards. For apple growers, IPM helped fund Cornel University researchers who tested and improved organic methods for apple maggots, fruit thinning, and weed suppression. For organic dairy and beef...
in this growing market since 1989. Since 2000, we've helped teach over 150 organic vegetable growers organic-friendly techniques in winter production schools and have worked with farmer-collaborators, studying their production systems and seeing how crop rotations...

, present IPM, future IPM, and organic IPM) have valuable components to contribute to a sustain­ able production system for fresh-market sweet corn. This project is scheduled to run for at least five years. Investigators have already tested the four...
controls. The fragility of living organisms such as the nematodes must be dealt with both by newly emerging biological control industries, as they develop their product lines, and by growers wishing to use such pest management methods. Biological controls...

with difficult greenhouse pests. But pesticides are expensive, says owner Deborah Sweeton. “Because of New Yorks IPM program, I have reduced my costs and the amount o f chemicals we use at our production facility. Now we spot-spray about three times a year...
on these growers' minds. When everyone has access to the same information and the same capacity to make a premium product, it boosts everyone's reputation— which is critical in this business. �Vivid With Video “Acquire new skills”: that’s the mantra in a wired...

, T., Entomology. Testing the Efficacy o f Insecticides and Fungicides Allowed for Organic Vegetable Production. Seaman, A., NYS IPM. 2012 NewYork Sweet Corn Pheromone Trap Network. Senesac, A., CCE Suffolk County, and Eshenaur, B., NYS IPM. Managing...
. This train runs both ways — solid diagnoses keep us current on real-time pest and production problems, serving as timely guides for planning workshops, research, and demonstration projects. Our IPM educators solve problems like these day in and out. In fact...

can produce healthy, productive, top-notch turf using few or no pesticides. Fundamental research Turfgrass managers have long been clamoring for advice on amending athletic fields with organic materials. Although we face several years of careful...
changed enormously over the years, and we can’t presume to know how “nontarget” organisms will be affected by their use—even biological controls may threaten them. Now we’re looking at a number of chemical and biological grub control products, and so far...

(Year 3)— F. Rossi and E. Gussack, Hort. Research Evaluation of golf turf management systems with reduced chemical pesticide inputs (Year 2)—J. Grant, NYS IPM, and F. Rossi, Hort. Continued examination of organic fertilizers/microbial products...
for apple fruit russet (New)— T. Burr, Plant Path., Geneva Organic apple production system for NY (New)— T. Robinson, Hort Sci., A. Agnello, Ent., Geneva, I. Merwin, Hort., H. Reissig, Ent., Geneva, D. Rosenberger, Plant Path., Highland, J. Schupp, Hort Sci...

and protections provided by the IPM program in New Yark State benefit farmers and consumers alike. Its common-sense approaches to pest management are easy to implement and allow our farmers to produce a high quality product at a lower cost, while offering greater...
protections to our environment and a wholesome product for consumers to enjoy. Everyone wins with IP M .” Commissioner Patrick Hooker New York State Department o f Agriculture and Markets “Integrated pest management is a proven approach to preventing...

on organic vegetable production �ccess in cities, suburbs, N Y C schools: A + for IPM This N ew York C ity school is so clean that even the do or fram es pass the “ w hite glove test,” as shown by Ramana Lachana, one o f the school system’s IPM technicians...
Research and development • Development of an improved, integrated management program for the internal lepidoptera pest complex attacking apples in Western N Y — H. Reissig, A. Agnello,J. Nyrop, Ent., Geneva • An organic apple production system for N Y — T...

he has made at Cornell as well as in the state and the nation. Jim came to Cornell University in 1969, having completed a Ph.D. in synthetic organic chemistry at SUNY Buffalo the pre­ vious year. He conducted research leading to the identification...
to crop production similar to those proposed in the Long-Range Plan for IPM. The 1999 Annual Report reflects a continued emphasis on research and development, demonstration and implementation, and programs of instruction providing for the integration...

and free of bothersome flies could increase milk production by 10 percent, and fly-hassled calves put on less weight and give less milk as adults. Whether you’re organic, conventional, or somewhere in between, these low-impact methods work, making us the go...
NYS IPM program at Cornell University is an organization committed to developing and evaluating strategies to monitor, prevent, and control pests using a variety of science-based and field-proven technologies and techniques. They promote safe...