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Research Project: Disease Management in Small Fruit and Nursery Crops Based on Knowledge of Pathogen Diversity, Biology, and Environmental Effects

Location: Horticultural Crops Disease and Pest Management Research Unit

Title: Prioritizing nursery pest challenges: Input critical to helping IR-4 Project identify most pressing nursery challenges.

Author
item Weiland, Gerald

Submitted to: The Digger
Publication Type: Trade Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 1/9/2025
Publication Date: 4/1/2025
Citation: Weiland, G.E. 2025. Prioritizing nursery pest challenges: Input critical to helping IR-4 Project identify most pressing nursery challenges. . The Digger. 69 (4): 41-44.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Many new pesticides are not approved for use on nursery crops because the costs for safety and efficacy testing outweigh the profit for the companies that make them. The IR-4 Project helps by providing federal funding to cover testing costs so that new pesticides can be used on nursery crops. The largest ornamentals IR-4 program in the nation is in Oregon, yet western growers often do not respond to surveys asking about which insects, weeds, and diseases are the most difficult to control. Western growers with unmet pest management needs are encouraged to fill out the biennial IR-4 Grower & Extension Survey.