IPM Working Groups

IPM Working Groups are one of the Center's main venues for connecting regional stakeholders around issues of importance to the region. These ad hoc organizations work on a set of issues in a specific IPM setting or crop. They develop or update priority lists, plan multistate grant proposals, conduct outreach campaigns across multiple states, and help the Center with regional networking. Each group has multistate representation, with membership that can include researchers, extension educators, faculty and staff from other colleges and universities (including 1890 land-grant institutions), IPM practitioners, government employees, producers, agricultural consultants, and representatives from grower organizations, environmental groups, consumer groups, or other nongovernmental organizations. The groups extend the Center's network of affiliates in the region, as members are actively concerned with IPM in their settings; they represent the views of stakeholder groups to the Center and pass information from the Center to their own organizations and peers. IPM Working Groups are funded through the Center's IPM Partnership Grants Program.

Current Working Groups

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug IPM Working Group
     Leaders: Tracy Leskey, USDA - ARS and George Hamilton, Rutgers University

Community IPM Working Group
     Leaders: Mary Kay Malinoski, University of Maryland and Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann, NYS IPM Program - Cornell University

Evaluation IPM Working Group
     Leader: Bill Coli, UMass

Invasive Species IPM Working Group
     Leaders: Ellie Groden, University of Maine and Lois Berg Stack, University of Maine

New England IPM Collaboration Working Group
     Leaders: James Dill, University of Maine and Glen Koehler, University of Maine

Red Tomato - Eco Apple Working Group
     Leader: Michael Rozyne, Red Tomato

School IPM Working Group
     Leaders: Lynn Braband, Cornell University and Kathy Murray, Maine Department of Agriculture

Small Farms IPM Working Group
     Leader: Stephan Tubene, University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Small Fruit IPM Working Group
     Leader: Ann Hazelrigg, University of Vermont

Tree Fruit IPM Working Group
     Leader: Art Agnello, Cornell University-NYSAES

Vegetable IPM Working Group
     Leader: C. Andrew Wyenandt, Rutgers University

Past IPM working groups and working groups in other regions