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2010/2011 Ornamental Horticulture Presentations and Priorities

2009 Ornamental Horticulture Workshop Presentations

IR-4 Executive Director Jerry Baron Presentation on the State of the IR-4 Project
Insecticide
 Herbicide
Fungicide

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IR - 4 Ornamental Horticulture Priority Projects 2010/2011   

Entomology:

High Priority

  1. Thrips
    a. Efficacy Screen and Rotational Treatments
    b. Crop Safety on Flowering Crops
    c. Impact on Beneficial Organisms
  2. Scale & Mealybugs
    a. Efficacy for Armored Scale
    b. Efficacy for tough to control Soft Scale
    c. Efficacy for hard to reach Mealybugs
  3. Mites (Bulb, Broad, Cyclamen)

Medium Priority

  1. Eriophyid Mites
  2. Foliar Nematodes
  3. Snails & Slugs
  4. White Grubs (OB, BVW)

Pathology:

High Priority

  1. Bacterial Diseases (Xanthomonas, Erwinia, Rhodococcus, Pseudomonas)
  2. Root & Crown Rot Diseases
    a. Pythium Efficacy Screen & Rotational/Tank Mix Treatments
    b. Fusarium Efficacy
  3. Crop Safety – triticonazole, metconazole, acibenzolar

Medium Priority

  1. Botrytis Efficacy
  2. Conifer Foliar Diseases
  3. Foliar Nematodes
  4. Rust Efficacy
  5. Preventative Fungicides for Canker (Such as Botyrosphaeria)

Weed Science:

High Priority

  1. 2010/2011 Crop Safety for Over the Top applications of Biathalon, Broadstar 0.25G VC1604 , Freehand, Gallery, Snapshot, sulfosulfuron, and Tower EC
    a. Field Container
    b. Field In-Ground for Cut Flower Production
  2. Liverwort Efficacy in Greenhouses & Shadehouses
    a. acetic acids, Broadstar, copper sulfate, fatty acids, Freehand, Oregano Oil, Sureguard, Tower, Terracyte,Ultrashield,
  1. Early post emergence Efficacy
    a. Continue Oxalis
    b. Expand to Eclipta, Phyllanthus, Canada thistle, velvet leaf, western salsify

Medium Priority

  1. Halosulfuron Field In-Ground
  2. Mesotrione (Field In-Ground, Pot-In-Pot) - Directed for conifers, ornamental grasses, trees