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USDA RAMP - Risk Assessment and Mitigation Program
Title: Soybean Aphid in the North Central US: Implementing IPM at the Landscape
Scale
State Partners: Michigan (lead institution), Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa
Executive Summary: The soybean aphid is a major new invasive pest of soybean
in North America. In 2003, over 42 million acres of soybean in the North
Central US were infested and over 7 million acres were treated with insecticides
to control soybean aphid. Producers, industry and university research/Extension
personnel have identified the soybean aphid as one of the greatest threats
to the US soybean industry. Because of its dispersal behavior, virus transmission
capabilities, and interactions with other pests, soybean aphid is responsible
for driving pest management decisions in multiple crops at the landscape
level.
Understanding and predicting the biology of soybean aphid at landscape
scales is critical to effective management of multiple crops within North
Central agroecosystems. The overall goal of the proposed RAMP project is
to help transition the North Central US soybean industry to a sustainable
and ecologically-based IPM system for soybean aphid that is compatible
with the multi-pest and multi-crop ecosystems that occur in the region.
Our specific objectives are to: 1) understand soybean aphid biology at
the landscape scale, 2) integrate soybean aphid IPM into multi-pest, multi-crop
systems, and 3) develop and implement systems for delivery and measurement
of soybean aphid IPM implementation and adoption. Specifically, we envision
a future IPM system for soybean where a regionally-coordinated research/Extension
network promotes local integration of: landscape-level early warning of
dispersal/migration and prediction of the likelihood for soybean aphid
outbreaks, reliable and effective biological control tactics, scouting
and selective control measures when necessary, and integration with other
IPM systems in soybean and surrounding crops.
Our project addresses soybean, forage crop and key vegetable production
systems in the region. It is focused on enhancing grower knowledge for
improved decision-making that leads to increase economic efficiency and
reduced environmental impacts. The project will be coordinated through
Michigan and involve major participants in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa.
Our multidisciplinary team represents expertise in entomology, plant pathology,
invasive species, vector biology and agricultural economics
The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator
and employer.
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URL: http://www.soybeans.umn.edu/crop/insects/aphid/aphid_ramp.htm
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