CURRENT PROJECTS:

IPM programs for vegetable crops: Develop integrated pest management systems for insect pests of vegetable crops.

Toxicology of pesticides: Develop profiles of activity of new and alternative insecticides for use in controlling the common and key pests of vegetable crops in the south central U.S. Determine toxicological properties of insecticides on populations of pest insects. Determine effects of temperature on toxicological activity of insecticides. Evaluate newly developed insecticides for use on vegetable crops.

Education programs: Develop commercial vegetable IPM education materials and provide training for producers and county extension agents.

PROJECT FUNDS SOURCES:

Hatch Project: 1996 - present. Principal Investigator. Management of arthropod pests on vegetable crops in Oklahoma. OSU. Approved 1994.

Federal Grants Programs:

USDA/CSREES – SPECIAL GRANTS PROGRAMS

USDA/CSREES – SOUTHERN REGION IPM PROGRAM

USDA/CSREES – PEST MANAGEMENT ALTERNATIVES PROGRAM

USDA/CSREES – CROPS AT RISK PROGRAM

USDA/IR-4 – PESTICIDE PERFORMANCE PROGRAM

Other Sources:

Agricultural allied industries contracts supports.

Bayer, FMC, Syngenta, Gowan, BASF, Arvista