RFP Update (PDF, 63KB). This update includes descriptions of many of the current IPM-related grant programs, their deadlines and links to more information.

IPM at The University of Arizona

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) activities at the University of Arizona represent an important aspect of our service to clientele in agricultural, urban and natural settings. The IPM Programs represented in the Arizona Pest Management Center have been developed over time in response to clients' needs, and continue to evolve to address new challenges as they arise.

A program represents a staffed, ongoing effort in a given area of applied research and organized outreach to achieve identified goals or outcomes in implementation and education. A project is defined as a short-term applied research and/or extension activity designed to address a specific question or need.

This page provides information about currently funded IPM projects of University of Arizona faculty and collaborating partners.

Intramural Projects

2008 Arizona Pest Management Center IPM Projects

Arizona Pest Management Center IPM projects are funded with Federal 3(d) IPM monies through an annual internal competitive IPM grants program. UA faculty members submit IPM proposals to the IPM Coordinating Committee in response to a request for proposals (RFP). $50,200 was awarded for 2008 projects.

Byrne, D. Dispersal by the Sweet Potato Whitefly. $5,600.
Proposal (PDF, 134KB) Logic Model (PDF, 139KB)
Carrière, Y. Predicting INvasiveness of Q Biotype Whitefly. $10,000.
Proposal (PDF, 120KB) Logic Model (PDF, 98KB)
Gouge, D. Bat IPM: Addressing Stakeholder Needs. $8,500
Proposal (PDF, 116KB) Logic Model (PDF, 116KB)
Li, X. Statewide survey of distribution of Q Biotype Whitefly. $9,000.
Proposal (PDF, 561KB) Logic Model (PDF, 28KB)
McReynolds, K. GIS Based Mapping Tool for Noxious Weeds in Southeast Arizona. $1500.
Proposal (PDF, 40KB) Logic Model (PDF, 68KB)
Nolte, K. and S. Bealmear. Integrating Monitoring, GIS & Geostatistics for Cucurbit Yellow Stunting Disorder Virus (CYSDV) in Arizona Melons. $9,000.
Proposal (PDF, 223KB) Logic Model (PDF, 154KB)
Taylor, E. Monitoring of CYSDV and Whitefly in Maricopa County. $6, 600.
Proposal (PDF, 96KB) Logic Model (PDF, 172KB)

Summary of 2008 IPM Funding Awards

Archive of Past APMC IPM Projects

2007 APMC IPM Projects

2006 APMC IPM Projects

2007-2008 IPM-Related Working Groups

Working groups are funded by University of Arizona Cooperative Extension through an annual competitive grants program. (View RFP and Review Criteria) The project term for all working groups is July 2006 – June 2007.

Byrne, D., G. Giacomelli, A. Fournier, J. Palumbo, P. Ellsworth, T. Dennehy, J. Fonseca, M. Olsen, M. Matheron, J. Silvertooth, B. Tickes, E. Norton, E. Taylor, K. Nolte. Vegetable Advisory Committee. Funded at $950. proposal (PDF, 85KB)
Call, R., C. Jones, T. Mikel, R. Grumbles, J. Kelly, J. Begeman, R. Gibson, J. Schalau, D. Gouge, M. Olsen, U. Schuch. Urban/Home Horticulture Working Group. Funded at $1,500. proposal (PDF, 70KB)
Fournier, A., J. Palumbo, P. Ellsworth, M. Olsen, W. McCloskey, R. Norton, E. Norton, E. Taylor, K. Nolte, E. Natwick (UC). Crop Insect Losses and Impact Assessment Working Group. Funded at $2,000. proposal (PDF, 78KB)
Fournier, A., J. Elliot, D. Gouge, L. Lauxman, M. Wilhelm, J. Chamie, A. Ajami, S. Tuttle, M. Adolf, B. Chadd, E. Taylor, K. Umuda, M. Pastor, S. Hoelscher Day, V. Jimenez, J. Long, M. Livingston, D. McDonald, R. Gibson, D. Dixon, P. Merk, K. Nolte. Program Evaluation Research and Support Working Group. Funded at $2,000. proposal (PDF, 81KB)
Gouge, D., J. Snyder, A. Fournier, P. Merk, C. Martinez, D. Dixon. Children’s Environmental Health Program. Funded at $2,000. proposal (PDF, 77KB)
Norton, R., E. Norton, K. Nolte, E. Marin, R. Tronstad, T. Teegerstrom, A. Fournier, P. Ellsworth, T. Dennehy, M. Olsen, W. McCloskey, J. Silvertooth, P. Brown, E. Taylor. Cotton IPM / ICM Working Group. Funded at $2,000. proposal (PDF, 97KB)
Schuch, U., R. Call, C. Jones, R. Norton, E. Norton, K. Umeda, T. Mikel, R. Grumbles, J. Kelly, J. Begeman, R. Gibson, J. Schalau, K. Nolte, M. Olsen. Commercial Horticulture Working Group. Funded at $1,500. proposal (PDF, 68KB)
Taylor, E., J. Palumbo, P. Ellsworth, A. Fournier, E. Marin, G. Giacomelli, G. Frisvold, R. Tronstad, T. Teegerstrom, D. Byrne, P. Baker, T. Dennehy, B. Roth, B. Orr, G. Wright, J. Fonseca, M. Olsen, M. Matheron, M. Ottman, W. McCloskey, B. Russell, C. Sanchez, J. Walworth, J. Silvertooth, P. Brown. Cross-Commodity Research and Outreach Program (CROP) Working Group. Funded at $2,000. proposal (PDF, 90KB)
Wright, G., R. Call, R., R. Gibson, K. Nolte, M. Matheron, J. Walworth. Fruit Crops Working Group. Funded at $1,500. proposal (PDF, 63KB)

Externally Funded IPM Projects

While intramurally-funded IPM projects are important, they represent only a fraction of all IPM projects at UA. Faculty members also develop projects through partnerships with commodity groups, industry, and state and federal agencies, with federal grants making up the largest portion of funded IPM projects.

Risk Avoidance and Mitigation Program (RAMP) (USDA CSREES)

Ellsworth, P., P. Goodell, M. Parajulee, S. Bundy, S. Naranjo, J. Bancroft, J. Blackmer, Y. Carriere, A. Fournier, L. Godfrey, J. Hagler, J. Palumbo and J. Rosenheim. Developing and Implementing Field and Landscape Level Reduced-Risk Management Strategies for Lygus in Western Cropping Systems. $2,500,000. (Sept 2006 – Aug 2010).
Reports

Regional IPM Competitive Grants (USDA CSREES)

Ellsworth, P., A. Fournier, Y. Carriere and J. Palumbo. Spatially Explicit Approaches for Measuring and Implementing Higher Level, Multi-Crop, Multi-Pest IPM. $60,000 (July 2005 - June 2007).
Stock, P. and D. Gouge. Assessment and Implementation of Native Insecticidal Nematodes: an Alternative for Control of Urban Pests $60,000 (July 2006 – June 2008).

Western IPM Center Grants (USDA CSREES)

Brown, J. Epidemiology and Integrated Management of Cucurbit Yellow Stunting Disorder Virus (CYSDV). $79,988. (2008-2009).
Fournier, A., P. Ellsworth, J. Palumbo. Collaborators: E. Natwick (UC), J. Davison (UNR), S. Bundy (NMSU). Arid Southwest IPM Network. $25,000 (Sept 2007 – Sept 2008).
Fournier, A., P. Ellsworth, J. Palumbo, M. Olsen, W. McCloskey. Crop Pest Losses and Impact Assessment Working Group. $10,000 (Sept 2007 - Sept 2008).
Gouge, D. J. Snyder, A. Fournier, C. Foss (WSU), T. Stock (OSU), W. Lanier (MSU), V. Latchininsky (UW). Western Region School IPM Implementation and Assessment Work Group. $10,000 (Sept 2007 – Sept 2008).
Green, T., D. Gouge, A. Fournier. Pest Management Strategic Plan for IPM in Schools. $10,000 (July 2006 – June 2008).
Ellsworth, P., A. Fournier, K. Nolte, E. Natwick (UC), R. Ledra (Arizona Cotton Growers Association), P. Townsend (Arizona Crop Protection Association). Proposal to Develop a Cotton Pest Management Strategic Plan for the Low Desert Eco-region of Arizona and California. $11,996 (June 2007 - Sept 2008).
Fournier, A., D. Kopec, K. Umeda, P. Ellsworth, Carmella Ruggiero (Cactus and Pine Golf Course Superintendents Association). Proposal to Develop a Pest management Strategic Plan for Desert turfgrass. $12,062 (Sept 2007 - Sept 2008).

Other USDA-funded Projects

Olsen, M. W. and P. J. Cotty, Development of field based techniques for assessing variability among cotton cultivars in susceptibility to aflatoxin contamination. USDA-ARS. $42,500. (July 2007 - June 2008).
Kubota, C. et al., M. Olsen (collaborator). USDA. Use of grafted seedlings for methyl bromide transition in U.S. open-field fresh vegetable production. $3,400. (July 2007 - June 2010).
Bostock, R., M. Olsen (collaborator). USDA-CSREES. Western Region National Plant Diagnostic Network. $16,000 (Oct. 2006 - Sept. 2007).

Other Competitive Projects

Ellsworth, P.C. and P. Goodell. The Sweep Net Technique for Arthropod Sampling: Standardization and Implementaion in Cotton (An Instructional Video & Bulletin). The Cotton Foundation. $3,000, Status Pending. (March 2008).
Olsen, M. W., D. Kopec and J. Walworth. Salinity and/or sodium hazard of irrigation water as an indicator of rapid blight disease in turf. University of Arizona Technology and Research Initiative Fund. $23,500. (July 2007 - June 2008).
Pryor, B. M. Development of an effective biocontrol strategy for the management of lettuce drop disease caused by the plant pathogenic fungus Sclerotinia minor. Arizona Iceburg Lettuce Research Council. $16,240. (Sept. 2007 - Sept. 2008).