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Title:   Author  item
                                            Zhu, Hepingitem
                                            ZONDAG, RANDY - The Ohio State Universityitem
                                            Krause, Charlesitem
                                            DALEY, JAY - Sunleaf Nurseryitem
                                            LYONS, BOB - Sunleaf Nurseryitem
                                            MERRICK, JIM - Willoway Nurseryitem
                                            HAMMERSMITH, DALE - Willoway Nurseryitem
                                            LEE, JEFF - Willoway Nurseryitem
                                            HOLAHAN, MARK - Willoway Nurseryitem
                                            SHELTON, MARK - Willoway Nurseryitem
                                            GEARY, DAVE - Willoway Nurseryitem
                                            DEMALINE, TOM - Willoway Nurseryitem
                                            HARDING, ANDY - Herman Losely & Sons, Incitem
                                            CHAMPION, BRYAN - Herman Losely & Sons, Incitem
                                            LOSELY, KARL - Herman Losely & Sons, Incitem
                                            GILSON, BRIAN - Klyn Nurseries, Incitem
                                            HENDRICKS, WILLIAM - Klyn Nurseries, Inc
  Submitted to: The Buckeye
                                    Publication Type: Popular Publication
                                    Publication Acceptance Date: 2/28/2012
                                    Publication  Date: 4/1/2012
                                    Citation: Zhu, H., Zondag, R., Krause, C.R., Daley, J., Lyons, B., Merrick, J., Hammersmith, D., Lee, J., Holahan, M., Shelton, M., Geary, D., Demaline, T., Harding, A., Champion, B., Losely, K., Gilson, B., Hendricks, W. 2012. Half the Price for Insect and Disease Control, Is It Possible?. The Buckeye. 23(3):15-21.Interpretive Summary:
                                Technical Abstract: Current recommendations on pesticide labels for use in the nursery and green industry to control arthropod pests and plant diseases are vague and frequently result in excessive pesticide use. Variability in canopy densities and size, crop production in confined areas and lack of knowledge of the effect of dosage on the quality of spray application technologies all contribute to excessive pesticide use. In this report of tests from 2005 to 2010 in large scale commercial nurseries, effective spray applications with half the recommended pesticide dosage was sufficient to achieve effective pest and disease control. This field study demonstrated that growers could use their existing spray equipment to reduce pesticide and water use by 50% with a proper spray nozzle and still achieve effective pest and disease control. This finding also poses a question to legislators and chemical companies as to how application dosage labels should be modified so growers can use pesticide efficiently and effectively.


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