Western New York Sweet Corn Pheromone Trap Network Survey

Abstract

The New York sweet corn pheromone trap network (SCPTN) is an affiliation of extension staff, consultants and farmers, who collaborate to set up and maintain a network of pheromone traps near sweet corn fields throughout New York. In 2006 a survey was conducted to determine the impact of the trap network reports on fresh market sweet corn growers pest management practices. The 2006 survey was developed by Abby Seaman and Curt Petzoldt and administered by the National Agricultural Statistics Service New York Field Office. A similar survey was conducted in 2013 and those results are presented here.