Rutgers Fruit Research and Extension Center,
Cream Ridge, NJ
What
is IPM
Grower Locations
Peach
Apple
Blueberry
1999 Pesticide use Data
Southern New Jersey
Peach
Apple
Northern New Jersey
Peach
Apple
Area-Wide
Mating Disruption
Distribution
Map of MD Growers
1999
Flagging Comparison
1999
Pesticide Comparison
1999
Hershey MD Presentation
IPM
& GIS Technology
IPMD-Where
the data are generated
(Acces
Spatial Database Linked to Arcview GIS)
Contacts
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Rutgers
Cooperative Extension Integrated Pest Management Program
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Project Coordinator: Dean Polk
Statewide Fruit IPM Agent, Dept. of Agricultural and Resource Management
Agents
Ph: (609)-758-7311
E-mail: (polk@aesop.rutgers.edu)
GIS/Field Coordinator: Peter Winkler
E-mail: winkler@aesop.rutgers.edu
Click
here to view Weekly Pest Maps for 2001
Click
here to view Archived pest maps from 2000
Fruit IPM
About the Rutgers Cooperative Extension Fruit IPM Program
Defined - The Fruit Integrated Pest Management
(IPM) Program is an educational delivery program for commercial fruit growers
in New Jersey. IPM brings together all management techniques to manage
pest populations below economically damaging levels. IPM includes many
aspects of crop management, and may also be called ICM or integrated crop
management.
The program is designed to help you, the fruit grower, produce top
quality fruit by the most economical means possible.
Objectives - Objectives are to:
1.Help fruit growers produce top quality crops, limiting
or reducing production costs.
2.Educate growers, field scouts, industry workers,
and others interested in fruit IPM practices.
3.Bring together all pest and crop management practices
into a set of commercially used methods. These include the use of: pesticides,
economic threshold levels, pest phenology models, resistant varieties,
optimum horticultural practices, weather monitoring, pest scouting, and
fertility monitoring and recommendations.
4.Conduct research/demonstration programs that further
the adoption of IPM methods.
For More Information Contact
Rutgers Fruit R&E Center
283 RT 539
Cream Ridge, NJ 08514
Tel 609-758-7311
Fax 609-758-7085
or contact
RCE
IPM Program Associates
RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY
Cooperating Agencies: Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, and County Boards of Chosen Freeholders.
Education programs are offered without regard to race, sex, disability,
color, national origin, or age. Rutgers Cooperative Extension is an Equal
Opportunity Employer.
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