What's New
- Fire blight, its biology and management
- Monitoring and Control of Mummy Berry in Blueberries
- Sweet Corn Insect IPM Program
- Oriental Fruit Moth IPM Program
- Squash Vine Borer IPM Program
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
- About The Program
- NH Dept of Ag, Mkts & Food IPM Grant Information
- IPM Resources for New England Conditions(Websites, publications, videos, sources of supplies)
- Links
- Publications
- Newsletter
- Check Corn & Hay for Armyworms in Late June
- School IPM
- NH Vegetable Insect Trap Data
- NH Oriental Fruit Moth Trap Data
- NH Squash Vine Borer Trap Data
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About the Program
The aim of the
IPM program is to teach New Hampshire farmers to handle pest problems while
- reducing growers' use of chemical pesticides,
- minimizing crop production costs, and
- maintaining crop quality and yield. Insects, pathogens, weeds and other pests are a constant threat for NH farmers and greenhouse operators.
Commodities: Greenhouse crops, apples, and sweet corn have been the standard commodities since 1993. We added 3 new programs (field corn, strawberries, and fly control around animals) in 1996. We terminated (passed on to growers) sweet corn work in 1996, and piloted work in bedding plants in 1997. Work on mosquitoes and ticks greatly increased after 2005.
Audience: Our primary audience is New Hampshire farmers and farm workers. We also target agricultural businesses and consultants. We also assist backyard growers, and NH citizens.
Approach: The IPM Advisory committee recommends program directions and crops. The committee consists of representatives of Extension specialists, Extension county staff, NH Dept of Agriculture, and DRED. Volunteers host grower meetings and open farm days, speak to lay audiences, set up displays, and provide sites for experiments. The NH Fruit growers' Assn. even has begun to fund IPM research.
Our efforts are focused on educating farmers and are divided into six categories.
- Publications: New England IPM workers collaborate on several New
England-wide IPM publications that are updated with the latest research results
every other year (example: New England Apple Pest Management Guide). Other
regional manuals are produced, but not regularly updated. A series of NH IPM
fact sheets compliments the other publications directed to educating farmers.
- Monitoring: We monitor weather conditions, and populations of
predators, parasites and pests at numerous points across the state by scouting,
using automated weather instruments, insect traps, and crop evaluations.
- Time-sensitive Information Delivery: We bring information to
growers with a weekly newsletter during the growing season. The current issue, plus the last 6 years of issues are all on the website. We use an automated
telephone system ("the hotline") in Durham that runs 24 hours/day, seven
days/week during the growing season. It plays a 3 minute message (updated
weekly) on fruit pest conditions and upcoming grower meetings. The number to call is (603) 862-3763. Our website shows recent insect trap data for several vegetable and tree fruit pests.
- Grower Education: Grower meetings are conducted both during
the growing season and during the winter, updating the latest research.
- Publicity: Publicity is sought to educate the public about
the IPM effort. Media tours, news releases, and interviews are directed at news
media. Displays, demonstrations, impact sheets and regional reports are
directed to various stakeholders and the public.
- Applied Research: Certain projects are best approached by on-farm research. A 2009 example: testing pesticide-treated traps to control blueberry maggot.
IPM efforts began in 1978 with 10 growers and have continued
without interruption. By 1995 over 200 growers were involved.
Impacts: In recent years we saved NH people several hundred thousand dollars a year, through reduced spraying, improved crop quality, and reduced culling.
Other impacts are
impossible to quantify in dollars: reduced risk of contaminating groundwater or
surface waters with pesticides, reduced risk of pesticide poisonings, increased
populations of insect parasites and predators, reduced risk of people acquiring Eastern Equine Encephalitis or Lyme disease.
IPM Coordinator: Alan T. Eaton
Phone: 862-1734
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New Hampshire Dept of Ag, Mkts & Food IPM Grant
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Links
Pest Resources
- Fruit injury & beneficial bug photographs
- PRO New England
- Cornell IPM Program
- The Northeast IPM Website
- The University of Connecticut IPM program
- The University of Maine Cooperative Extension Apple IPM Program
- The University of Maine IPM program
- The University of Mass IPM Program
- The University of Vermont IPM Program
IPM Resources for New England Conditions
Supplies (magnifiers, traps, tools)
Sources of Natural Enemies of Pests
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Publications
This is only a partial listing! To see all of our pest fact sheets, see the publications section of the Cooperative Extension website.
Insects & Ticks in Public Health
- Biology and Management of Ticks in NH
- Eastern Equine Encephalitis (and mosquito management.)
- Insect Repellents
Commercial Farming
- Dealing with Woodchuck Damage
- Management of Orchard Mice
- Raptors in New Hampshire Orchards
- New England Vegetable Management Guide (synopsis and order link only)
- CDMS (view pesticide labels for most crops)
- NPIRS (search engine for pesticides registered in NH)
Home Grounds
- 10 Easy Steps to Prevent Common Garden Diseases
- Controlling Wasps, Bees and Hornets Around Your Home
- Home Fruit Spray Schedule
- How Insecticides work
- Integrated Pest Management
- Kitchen Pests
- Lawn Diseases
- Preventing Lawn Diseases: General Recommendations
- Think before you Buy an Insecticide
- Western Conifer Seed Bug
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