Sustainable Integrated Pest Management for Tomato

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Sustainable Integrated Pest Management for Tomato
Norm Leppla, Jennifer Gillett Heidi
HansPetersen UF, IFAS Statewide IPM Program
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IPM for Florida Tomato Growers

• Overview of IPM Florida Program
• Sustainable Pest Management
• Tomato Pepper Growers Guide
• Grant opportunities

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IPM Florida provides statewide, interdisciplinary
and inter-unit coordination and assistance for
UF, IFAS integrated pest management research,
extension and education faculty.
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IPM Florida Website

• About IPM Florida
• Contact Us
• What is IPM
• Success Stories
• Projects Reports
• Extension Resources
• Training

• Planning
• Scouting
• Pest Identification
• Tactics
• Measuring IPM
• Invasive Species
• GMOs
• Soil Quality
• Water Quality/BMPs

• Funding
• Employment
• Events
• Our Listserv
• Related Links
• Site Map

Ask Extension
Recent Additions
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Tactics of IPM

• Sustainability
• Cultural Practices
• Biological
  Control
• Chemical
  Control
• Physical
  Methods

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Sustainability of IPM

• Economics
• Natural resources
• Human welfare
• Environmental stewardship

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Perspective
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Historical Pest Management Triangle

• Pesticides and application costs are nearly 25
  of tomato growers expenses

• Pesticides were the 20th Centurys foundation for
  pest management.
• Pesticides were used first and all other
  decisions followed.

Biological Control
Other Tools
Pesticides
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IPM TRIANGLE

• REDUCE RISK
• Disease Epidemic
• Environmental
• Health Hazards
• REDUCE COT

• INCREASE
• Sustainability
• Biodiversity

Chemical
Cultural Physical
Biological Control
Biologically Based IPM Technologies
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Why Do We Have Pest Outbreaks?

• Alien Invasive Species
• Local Invasions
• Pesticide Resistance
• Disrupted Environments
• Perceptions

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1 Pest
Silverleaf whitefly Bemisia argentifolii

• 6 life stages egg, 4 nymphal instars, adult
• Life cycle can be as short as 2 weeks

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Nymphs
Bemisia Biology

• In Favorable conditions, 15 generations per year
• Females Do not Require a male to reproduce
• All stages prefer the underside of leaves

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Whitefly Damage

• Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus
• Tomato Mottle Virus
• Uneven Ripening
• Sooty Mold

Photograph Shahab Hanif-khan
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IPM for Whitefly Related Diseases

• Plant WHITEFLY-FREE transplants
• Establish a CROP-FREE PERIOD
• Use UV REFLECTIVE MULCH
• CONTROL Weeds volunteers
• DESTROY old Crops IMMEDIATELY after harvest

DO NOT plant new crop adjacent to abandoned
field, infested weeds or other
solanaceous crops, cucurbits, or cabbage
Olson, S. M. D. N. Maynard. 2003. Vegetable
Production Guide for Florida. UF/IFAS
publication.
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Growers IPM Guide for FloridaTomato Pepper
Production

• Table of Contents
• Chapter 1- Introduction WHY IPM?
• Chapter 2- Tomato Pepper Production
• Chapter 3- Soil Nutrient Management
• Chapter 4- Pest Management
• Chapter 5- Disease Management
• Chapter 6- Weed Management
• Chapter 7- Cultural Physical Controls
• Chapter 8- Biological Control
• Chapter 9- Chemical Control

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IPM Partnerships
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IPM Florida Grants Program

• IPM Florida, working with Joan Dusky, IFAS
  Assistant Dean for Extension, developed a
  federally funded grants program that increases
  collaboration between extension agents and
  specialists in advancing IPM.

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IPM Florida Grants
YOU!

• Agriculture
• Urban IPM
• Mosquito Control
• IPM Education
• Landscape IPM
• Plant Pathology
• Nursery IPM
• Weed Management

Extension Specialists
Extension Agents
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Selection Criteria

• Directly involve county Extension faculty
• Have widespread, positive impact on increasing
  IPM in Florida
• Have supplemental funds or in-kind resources
  already in place
• Include partnerships between IFAS and our
  clientele
• Involve applicants that have great need and
  limited resources, e.g., new faculty.

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