These plots are use in extension educational meetings to discuss appropriate IPM tactics, cultivation and marketing of these cultivars. These plots are also used as research sites. Two years ago Brazil stipulated that in order for Pennsylvania to export apples to that country, the apples had to be certified apple maggotfree. This project is in its final stages and appears to have accomplished its goals. The sweet corn IPM program has expanded to 24 counties with 50 farms participating in 1996.
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In the field, we are on the verge of successfully implementing pheromone trapping for European Corn Borer which will significantly improve predictive capability and finetuning of the sweet corn IPM program. Biointensive demonstration plots 1996 work in cucurbit IPM included 2 educational research plots demonstrating the use of biointensive control using imidalocoprid. The advent of better electronic weather monitoring stations and private forecasting services has allowed a test of the impact of individual farm weather and pest forecasting system on farm decision making. While this project is still in progress, the availability of this new information appears to be improving farm pest management decision making. This project is a partnership of Penn State, Cornell and private industry.