Institution:
Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia on behalf of the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service and University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.Budget ID:
1370Project ID:
413Report BID:
State:
AlabamaRegion:
Southeast (GA, FL, AL)State Group:
AL-84Project Fiscal Year:
2015Category:
Pest/DiseaseReport Type:
Report Received Date:
Investigator:
JacobsonProject NPB Budget:
$11,550The overarching objective of this project is to provide Southeastern peanut producers with best management practices for insect pest management (1PM). Regular, systematic scouting for insects does not occur on a large proportion of peanut acres. This can result in losses to growers when: 1. insecticides are applied when pests are not at economic thresholds or 2. no action is taken when pests are at economic thresholds. There were three objectives of this study: 1) investigate the biology and management of three cornered alfalfa hopper in peanut (conducted at UGA); 2) Development of a light trapping protocol and establishment of a burrower bug monitoring network in Georgia (conducted at UGA); 3) Compare two pest management regimes, an I PM-based regime and a "low tolerance" spray based insect management program and evaluate peanut cultivar response to insect damage. Only objective 3 was evaluated in Alabama.