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The North Central IPM Center will host a Crop Protection Visioning teleconference on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 beginning at 1:00 p.m. ET. The purpose of this teleconference is to provide basic information regarding the proposed consolidation of six IPM-related funding lines in to a single funding line entitled “Crop Protection” and to allow participants an opportunity to share their thoughts regarding how this new program might be structured to foster regional and national team building efforts, communication networks, and enhanced stakeholder participation. The new program will focus on plant protection tactics and tools; diversified IPM systems; enhancing agricultural biosecurity; IPM for a sustainable society; and development of the next generation of IPM scientists.
The 7th International IPM Symposium, “IPM on the World Stage—Solutions for Global Pest Challenges,” will be held March 27–29, 2012 in Memphis, Tennessee USA at the Memphis Cook Convention Center.
http://www.ipmcenters.org/ipmsymposium12/
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists in Peoria, Ill., are investigating the pest-fighting potential of anthocyanins, healthful chemical compounds in the form of plant pigments that give blueberries, plums, grapes and flowers such as petunias their blue and purple color.
Crop farmers need to take precautions to reduce off-target drift when applying herbicides this spring, said Purdue Extension weed scientist Bill Johnson.
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