 It is my responsibility to provide information on effective, economical, and sustainable methods of managing fruit arthropod pests to all our clientele. Extension efforts involve annually updating university control recommendations according to current research findings, providing diagnostic services for arthropod pests of tree fruit, monitoring the effectiveness of control programs to identify the causes of pest outbreaks, and cooperating with industry in the registration of new products. A second program area is the development and implementation of pest management approaches in tree fruit to maintain quality and production standards while minimizing potential economic and biological problems such as insecticide resistance, secondary pest outbreaks, and natural enemy population decline. |
It is my responsibility to provide information on effective, economical, and sustainable methods of managing fruit arthropod pests to all our clientele. Extension efforts involve annually updating university control recommendations according to current research findings, providing diagnostic services for arthropod pests of tree fruit, monitoring the effectiveness of control programs to identify the causes of pest outbreaks, and cooperating with industry in the registration of new products. A second program area is the development and implementation of pest management approaches in tree fruit to maintain quality and production standards while minimizing potential economic and biological problems such as insecticide resistance, secondary pest outbreaks, and natural enemy population decline.
