1 / 25

IR-4: Interregional Research Project No. 4 Minor Crop Pest Management:

IR-4: Interregional Research Project No. 4 Minor Crop Pest Management: A National Agricultural Program To Clear Pest Control Agents For Minor Uses. IR-4 and minor crop pest control options…. What does it mean?. IR-4. IR-4 is a leader in the registration of reduced

trevor-curtis
Download Presentation

IR-4: Interregional Research Project No. 4 Minor Crop Pest Management:

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. IR-4: Interregional Research Project No. 4 Minor Crop Pest Management: A National Agricultural Program To Clear Pest Control Agents For Minor Uses

  2. IR-4 and minor crop pest control options…. What does it mean?

  3. IR-4 IR-4 is a leader in the registration of reduced risk pest control products for minor crops. Pesticide Clearance Request

  4. IR-4’s goal: to provide growers with safe, • effective and economical tools to control • pests on minor crops. • Minor crops are high value crops such as • fruits, vegetables, nursery and greenhouse • plants – but low acreage compared to corn, • wheat, soybeans and cotton. • Minor crops are: • worth $40 billion, • produced in all states and • make up 40% of the total value of • U.S. crops.

  5. IR-4 Program Overview USDA Cooperative State Research, Education & Extension Service (CSREES) IR-4 State Liaisons Commodity Liaisons State Agricultural Experiment Stations(SAES) & Land Grant Universities IR-4 Management Committee USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) IR-4 Headquarters, New Jersey ARS Liaisons; Labs and Field Stations IR-4 Regional Offices: California Florida Michigan New York

  6. IR-4 conducts field research and residue analyses to register pesticides and biopesticides on minor crops.

  7. IR-4 HQ IR-4 Regional Labs State Satellite Labs State Field Research Centers ARS Labs Hawaii = ARS Field Research Centers Puerto Rico = Lab and Field Research Sites in The United States

  8. Partners in the IR-4 • procedure leading to • registration: • Growers • Processors • Commodity Groups • Land Grant Universities • Environmental Protection Agency • U.S. Department of Agriculture

  9. Why has the need for new minor crop pest control products become so important ?

  10. Implementation of the: Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) Of 1996 A new standard of food safety based on a reasonable certainty that no harm will result from exposure to pesticides in food, water, and from household and garden uses.

  11. Before FQPA , exposure from each pesticide was considered independentlyfor each food crop. Malathion Guthion Lorsban Risk Cup Risk Cup Risk Cup Risk Cup = maximum allowed exposure considered acceptable by the Environmental Protection Agency

  12. After FQPA, exposure from all pesticides with the same mode of action is combined not only for food, but also water and household uses – with a safety factor added for kids when needed. Lorsban Guthion Lorsban malathion Risk cup fills faster, and gets smaller to increase the safety factor for infants and children.

  13. Because of FQPA Some key pesticides used on important minor crops such as fruits and vegetables are certain to be lost or curtailed.

  14. Does this mean… Crop-tastrophy ?? Farmageddon*?? *used with permission of Jack Pittman Jptoonist@aol.com & www.ruben.org/jackpittman/

  15. IR-4 NO!!!!

  16. Here’s the IR-4 procedure: 1. A pest control need is identified…..

  17. 2. New pest management strategies and options for control are identified……

  18. 3. A Pesticide Clearance Request (PCR) is submitted to IR-4 if a new pesticide or biopesticide control measure is desired…… Submit in writing or electronically….

  19. 4. The PCR’s are prioritized and IR-4 goes to work…. ….setting up field trials and residue analyses across the U.S.

  20. 5. IR-4 puts the data collected into a registration petition for EPA…

  21. EPA’s approval leads to registration for a new pest control product on a minor crop or crop grouping.

  22. IR-4 successes since 1963: • 5000+ food use registrations • 7000+ ornamental registrations • 100+ biopesticide registrations IR-4 develops 40% of all the registrations approved by EPA.

  23. IR-4 is a successful partnership providing integrated pest management options for growers of minor crops. Can IR-4 be of service to you?

  24. For more information on IR-4, Contact: The IR-4 web site at: http://www.cook.rutgers.edu/~ir4 IR-4 Headquarters at: 732/932-9575 (phone) 732/932-8481 (fax) Each state has an IR-4 state liaison. Contact the Regional Center nearest you for the name. New York 315-787-2308 Florida 352-392-2399 Michigan 517-353-9497 California 530-752-7633 Prepared by Sandy Perry, IR-4 National Outreach Specialist, 517-432-5999 (perrys@msue.msu.edu). 3/00

More Related