| Tree
Fruit |
Rank |
| Evaluation
of sprayers, drift, canopy management and coverage issues. |
1 |
| Brown
marmorated stink bug biology & management |
2 |
| Fungicide
& bactericide resistance management |
3 |
| Fire
blight management |
4 |
| Development
and testing of alternative materials and non-pesticide options for pest and
crop management |
5 |
| Apple
scab management in wet years |
6 |
| Insecticide
& miticide resistance management and monitoring |
7 |
| Replacements
for organophosphates, carbamates, pyrethroids |
8 |
| Obliquebanded
leafroller biology and management |
9 |
| Internal
lepidoptera biology and management |
10 |
| Flyspeck
& sooty blotch and summer fruit rot biology and management on apples |
11 |
| Postharvest
decay and mycotoxin management |
12 |
| Development
of web-based decision support systems |
13 |
| Develop
Integrated Production Management - IFP |
14 |
| Interaction
between herbicides (especially glyphosate) and plant health |
15 |
| Dogwood
borer biology and management |
16 |
| Wooly
apple aphid biology and management |
17 |
| X-disease
and Tomato ringspot virus (ToRSV) biology and management on stone fruits |
18 |
| Pheromone
mating disruption effectiveness |
19 |
| Weed
biology and management in orchards |
20 |
| Bacterial
canker biology and management on stone fruits |
21 |
| Apple
scab ascospore maturity |
22 |
| Fire
blight management of shoot blight phase |
23 |
| Integrated
management of phytophagous mites & conservation of predatory mites |
24 |
| Tarnished
plant bug biology and management |
25 |
| Groundwater-risky
products: replacement or other options |
26 |
| Abandoned
orchards as reservoirs for pests |
27 |
| Integrated
management of phytophagous mites |
28 |
| Stink
bug biology and management |
29 |
| Organic
production methods |
30 |
| Plant
bug & mullein bug biology and management |
31 |
| Fabraea
leaf spot biology and management on pear |
32 |
| Pesticide
phytotoxicity on stone fruit |
33 |
| Grape |
Rank |
| Grape berry moth biology and management alternatives |
1 |
| Invasive species biology, management and impact on IPM |
2 |
| Development and testing of alternative materials and
non-pesticide options, including resistant varieties |
3 |
| Evaluation of sprayers, canopy management and fruit
coverage issues |
4 |
| Sour rot & bitter rot complexes, biology and
management |
5 |
| Powdery mildew biology and management |
6 |
| Fungicide resistance management |
7 |
| Downy mildew biology and management |
8 |
| Botrytis bunch rot biology and management |
9 |
| Low-input or organic methods |
10 |
| Integration of biological & chemical controls |
11 |
| Optimization of spray inputs for disease management |
12 |
| Environmentally sound and economically feasible controls
that will improve or maintain quality |
13 |
| Row-middle weed management (cover crops) |
14 |
| European red mite biology and management |
15 |
| Economic injury in relation to wine/juice quality |
16 |
| Asian lady beetle wine taint prevention |
17 |
| Phomopsis biology and management |
18 |
| Environmentally sound and economically feasible weed
management |
19 |
| Insecticide resistance management |
20 |
| Black rot biology and management |
21 |
| Crown gall biology and management |
22 |
| Asian lady beetle biology and management |
23 |
| Strategies for use of sulfur and copper |
24 |
| Under-row weed management to preserve suckers |
25 |
| Vertebrate management: deer, turkeys, birds |
26 |
| Biology & management of viral diseases (e.g. grape
leaf roll and tomato ring spot) |
27 |
| Berry
Crops |
Rank |
| Spotted
wing drosophila biology and management in berry crops |
1 |
| Tarnished
plant bug biology and management on strawberries and brambles |
2 |
| Sap
beetle biology and management in strawberry and brambles |
3 |
| IPM
in high tunnels |
4 |
| Weed
management in all berries |
5 |
| Bird
management |
6 |
| Anthracnose
biology and management on strawberry |
7 |
| Cranberry
fruit worm and cherry fruit worm biology and management on blueberry |
8 |
| Viruses
in blueberries |
9 |
| Mummy
berry biology and management on blueberry |
10 |
| Cane
blight in red raspberries |
11 |
| Strawberry:
herbicides, decline, and soil health |
12 |
| Development
and testing of alternative materials and non-pesticide options |
13 |
| Root
weevil and scarab beetle biology and management in strawberry |
14 |
| Economic
thresholds for leaf spot, leaf scorch & powdery mildew on strawberry |
15 |
| Replant
problems on strawberry and raspberry |
16 |
| Slug
management in strawberries |
17 |
| Japanese
beetle biology and management |
18 |
| Organic
production methods |
19 |
| Cyclament
mite in strawberry |
20 |
| Two-spotted
spider mites in strawberry & raspberry |
21 |
| Black
root rot on strawberry |
22 |
| Winter
injury management on raspberry, blackberry and blueberry |
23 |
| Plastic
mulch disposal issues |
24 |
| Biodegrabable
mulches during establishment |
25 |
| Phomopsis
biology and management on blueberry |
26 |
| Crown
borer biology and management in brambles |
27 |
| Raspberry
cane borer biology and management |
28 |
| Imported
currant worm biology and management on Ribes |
29 |
| Currant
aphid management on Ribes |
30 |
