Thus, Precision IPM is being developed. Maps expressing the probability of exceeding threshold are being developed Precision IPM tools. Geostatistical measures of spatial structure are defined with respect to insect life stages, density, abiotic factors, and management strategy. GIs are being integrated with the World Wide Web for Extension program delivery. Safer biointensive insect management options are being developed, with experiments designed to improve our understanding of how these options influence population dynamics and epidemiology of insect-vectored pathogens.
Priority is placed on farm worker safety.
Serological detection of a bacterial plant pathogen in plants and a beetle vector was developed. Seasonal dynamics of the pathogen tracked with serology were used to explain the importance of specific behaviors of the vector to disease epidemiology. Nitroguanidine chemistry was developed as a management tool for in cucurbit crops, and microbial extracts and insect growth regulators are being developed in specialty mushroom crops. Current field experiments consider the influence of transgenic sweet corn upon insect pest management in diversified vegetable cropping systems.