Posted on April 4, 2016 by southernipmcenter
The Aetna Foundation is pleased to announce its 2016 Cultivating Healthy Communities grant program. The foundation recognizes that individual health is rooted in the community: in the places where we live, learn, work, play, and pray. By increasing the opportunities to make healthy choices in these places, the foundation can empower whole communities to lead healthier lives.
PLEASE NOTE: All Stage 1 applications must be received by April 15th 2016 at 3PM ET. Continue reading →
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Posted on April 4, 2016 by southernipmcenter
You are invited to attend a Live Webinar sponsored by: Southern Regional Extension Forestry / Forest Health and Invasive Species Program – David Coyle; co-sponsored by EAB University – Robin Usborne.
Title: Emerald ash borer biology, ecology, management, and implications for natural and urban forest areas in the Southeast
Emerald ash borer adult, larvae and damage
What will you learn?
This webinar will cover biology, ecology, and management of the emerald ash borer, an invasive tree pest now present throughout much of the eastern U.S. This webinar is jointly sponsored by the SREF Forest Health and Invasive Species Program and Emerald Ash Borer University. learn more here… Continue reading →
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Posted on April 4, 2016 by southernipmcenter
Integrated Pest Information Platform for Extension and Education (iPiPE) Cooperative Agricultural Project (CAP)
Request for Year 3 Crop-Pest Program Statement of Interest
Deadline: April 29, 2016 Continue reading →
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Posted on April 4, 2016 by southernipmcenter
In the Alabama Communicator
Ann Chambliss
A new 2016 Southeast Regional Caneberry Production Guide is now available. It is a cooperative effort by Gina Fernandez, NC State University, David Lockwood at the University of Tennessee, Elena Garcia at the University of Arkansas and the Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium (SRSFC), and is published by NC State University. It replaces and much improves upon a 2008 Bramble Production Guide. Continue reading →
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Posted on April 4, 2016 by southernipmcenter
published by AgFax
By Denise Attaway, Clemson University
Kudzu bugs may have met their match in one Clemson University graduate student.
The kudzu bug is an invasive soybean pest first discovered in Georgia in 2009. It has since spread to 13 states and Washington, D.C. Research by Francesca Stubbins, an entomology graduate research assistant at the Edisto Research and Education Center (REC), shows for the first time that mermithid nematodes can infect and kill the insects. Stubbins’ research involved collecting kudzu bugs from soybean fields. Nematodes — long, slender, parasitic worms — were found in the abdomens of some of the dissected female insects. Continue reading →
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Posted on April 4, 2016 by southernipmcenter
The following webinars are being sponsored by the Alabama Cooperative Extension System:
- February 5- November 4: “All Bugs Good and Bad” Webinar series.
- The next webinar will be on May 6, @ 2:00 PM. Topic: “Managing Pests of Backyard Pecans”.
- February 29-November 28: Commercial Horticulture Webinar Series.
- The next webinar will be on April 25 @ 9:00 AM. Topics: “Leaf Tissue Analysis”, and “Fire Ant Management in Fruits and Vegetables”.
- January-December: Alabama Crops Monthly Webinars.
- The next webinar will be on April 12. Topics: “Weed control in peanuts”, “Auxin herbicide resistant crop update & Management of off-target injury”, “Do I have adequate stands: cotton”, “Corn insects”, “Soybeans”, & “Cotton/soybean/peanut early season thrips/insect control”.
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Posted on April 4, 2016 by southernipmcenter
Posted on April 4, 2016 by southernipmcenter
by Adam Russell, Texas A&M AgriLife
Springtime conditions are increasing fly activity and cattle producers should take steps to protect animals and reduce losses, said Jason Banta, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service beef cattle specialist at Overton.
Horn flies, stable flies and house flies are the most common fly pests in Texas. Flies may be viewed by some as a nuisance to their animals but they also cost cattle producers statewide hundreds of millions of dollars each year. Continue reading →
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