Harrison Activities
The Harrison team participates in outreach, field days, and other activities described below to spread the word about resistance and encourage local farmers to make resistance management planning part of their annual process.
The Harrison team participates in outreach, field days, and other activities described below to spread the word about resistance and encourage local farmers to make resistance management planning part of their annual process.
What’s the deal with pest resistance?
Pests – insects, disease and weeds -- are a regular part of life. For large areas, our pest removal practices have included spraying safe pesticides or relying on plant genetics to manage them. But many pests can reproduce quickly and often, allowing them to evolve and develop tolerance to some of our easiest, cheapest and most effective management tools. Some pests are completely tolerant to some pesticides. When this occurs, it is called pest resistance, because they can now resist and survive a specific management tactic that previously controlled them.
Pest resistance is a natural process. However, when it comes to something as valuable as our food and when there’s no easy way to fight a pest, it can lead to yield reductions and increasing costs. Farmers, landowners, scientists, private businesses, and groups of individuals are finding ways to preserve our management tools, prevent pest resistance, and develop management strategies for already resistant pests.
The calendar shows the months when a mushroom species has been recorded in Iowa and other parts of the upper Midwest. The dates of the actual appearance of any one species can vary widely from year to year and is primarily based on environmental conditions, including ground temperature, the timing of rainfall, amount of precipitation, and season.
How to use the calendar.
The calendar shows the months when a mushroom species has been recorded in Iowa and other parts of the upper Midwest. The dates of the actual appearance of any one species can vary widely from year to year and is primarily based on environmental conditions, including ground temperature, the timing of rainfall, amount of precipitation, and season.
How to use the calendar.
The calendar shows the months when a mushroom species has been recorded in Iowa and other parts of the upper Midwest. The dates of the actual appearance of any one species can vary widely from year to year and is primarily based on environmental conditions, including ground temperature, the timing of rainfall, amount of precipitation, and season.
How to use the calendar.
Pest Type | Definition | ||||||||
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key/major | present in most orchards in most years and usually causing economic damage if not managed. MD: Mating Disruption | ||||||||
minor/ rare |