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Extension Entomology. Personnel Programs Future Plans. Objectives. Provide training opportunities for county agents that will allow them to respond to entomological and pest management topics in their counties
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Extension Entomology Personnel Programs Future Plans
Objectives • Provide training opportunities for county agents that will allow them to respond to entomological and pest management topics in their counties • Develop creative high quality educational programs and materials that address the needs of Kentuckians • Use innovative and traditional techniques to deliver the information • Use well-designed applied research to provide answers to pest management • To maintain high quality programs that stimulate interest in science and entomology among Kentucky youth
Ric Bessin • Corn, vegetables, fruit • Biotechnology education • IR-4 Coordinator
Doug JohnsonPrinceton • Soybean, small grains, stored grain • Insect identification – w Ky • State IPM Coordinator
Mike Potter • Urban and structural pest control
Lee Townsend • Alfalfa & forages, livestock, tobacco, turf & ornamentals • Insect identification e and central Ky • State pesticide safety education coordinator
Specialists Patty Lucas IPM Blake Newton 4H & Youth
Bed bugs • Management strategies – insecticides and non-chemical control (heat) • Insecticide resistance in bed bugs • Differing sensitivities to bites among individuals
Forages • Sporadic black legume aphid infestations • Greenbug – orchardgrass winter mortality • Blister beetle – horse hay
Invasive InsectsForests and Landscapes • Emerald ash borer • Hemlock woolly adelgid
Pesticide Safety Education • Private applicators – illegal uses of pesticides • Commercial applicators – continuing education programs by self study • Furadan-baited wildlife “control”
Small grains • Aphids – barley yellow dwarf in wheat – insect control, aphid trapping • Hessian fly management – fly free planting dates, insecticide treated seed for management, HF biotypes present in Ky
Soybean • Impact of planting date and maturity group on soybean aphid • $ return from insecticide applications • Root mealybug
Ticks • Spread of lone star tick • Management • Disease implications
Tobacco • Insecticide residues – endosulfan • New insecticide groups • Systemic insecticides for aphid control – potential for resistance • “Worm” control in tobacco