Sustainable Integrated Pest Management for Tomato

1. Sustainable Integrated Pest Management for Tomato Norm Leppla, Jennifer Gillett & Heidi HansPetersen UF, IFAS Statewide IPM Program

2. IPM for Florida Tomato Growers • Overview of IPM Florida Program • Sustainable Pest Management • Tomato & Pepper Growers Guide • Grant opportunities

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

4. 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 Recent Additions Ask Extension

5. Tactics of IPM Sustainability Cultural Practices Biological Control Chemical Control Physical Methods

6. Sustainability of IPM • Economics • Natural resources • Human welfare • Environmental stewardship

7. Perspective

8. Historical Pest Management Triangle • Pesticides and application costs are nearly 25% of tomato grower’s expenses • Pesticides were the 20th Century’s foundation for pest management. • Pesticides were used first and all other decisions followed. Biological Control Other Tools Pesticides$$$$

9. IPM TRIANGLE • REDUCE RISK… • Disease Epidemic • Environmental • Health Hazards • REDUCE CO$T INCREASE… • Sustainability • Biodiversity Chemical Cultural & Physical Biological Control Biologically Based IPM Technologies

10. Why Do We Have Pest Outbreaks? Alien Invasive Species Local Invasions Pesticide Resistance Disrupted Environments Perceptions

11. #1 Pest Silverleaf whitefly Bemisia argentifolii • 6 life stages: egg, 4 nymphal instars, adult • Life cycle can be as short as 2 weeks

12. 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

13. Whitefly Damage • Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus • Tomato Mottle Virus • Uneven Ripening • Sooty Mold Photograph:Shahab Hanif-khan

14. IPM for Whitefly & Related Diseases • Plant WHITEFLY-FREE transplants • Establish a CROP-FREE PERIOD • Use UV REFLECTIVE MULCH • CONTROL Weeds & volunteers • DESTROYold 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.

15. Build-up Natural Enemies A B c C C

18. Grower’s 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

19. IPM Partnerships

20. 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.

21. Agriculture Urban IPM Mosquito Control IPM Education Landscape IPM Plant Pathology Nursery IPM Weed Management IPM Florida Grants YOU! Extension Specialists Extension Agents

22. 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.

23. http://ipm.ifas.ufl.edu