| Tree Fruit
| Rank
(31 to 1)
|
| Fungicide resistance management and monitoring for apple
scab and powdery mildew |
25.67 |
| Weed biology and management in orchards |
21.17 |
| Postharvest decay and mycotoxin management |
20.58 |
| Evaluation of sprayers, drift, canopy management and coverage
issues. |
19.58 |
| Fire blight management using blossom blight models |
19.17 |
| Internal lepidoptera biology and management |
17.75 |
| Bacterial canker biology and management on stone fruits |
16.92 |
| Flyspeck & sooty blotch biology and management |
16.42 |
| Insecticide resistance management and monitoring for insects |
15.92 |
| Obliquebanded leafroller biology and management |
15.83 |
| Develop Integrated Production Management - IFP |
15.17 |
| Apple scab management in wet years |
15.17 |
| Apple scab ascospore maturity |
15.17 |
| Fire blight management of shoot blight phase |
15.08 |
| IPM cost reduction |
14.50 |
| Effect of pesticides on predatory mite conservation |
14.42 |
| Interaction between herbicide phytotoxicity, winter injury
& other factors contributing to decline in high density apple
plantings |
14.17 |
| Replacements for organophosphates, carbamates, pyrethroids |
13.83 |
| Tarnished plant bug biology and management |
13.58 |
| Dogwood borer biology and management |
12.83 |
| Groundwater-risky products: replacement or other options |
12.08 |
| Development and testing of alternative materials and non-pesticide
options for pest and crop management |
12.00 |
| Wooly apple aphid biology and management |
9.25 |
| Southwest injury on stone fruits |
8.67 |
| Abandoned orchards as reservoirs for pests |
8.33 |
| Integrated management of phytophagous mites |
7.17 |
| Stink bug biology and management |
7.00 |
| Organic production methods |
6.58 |
| Plant bug & mullein bug biology and management |
6.50 |
| Fabraea leaf spot biology and management on pear |
6.17 |
| X-disease biology and management |
5.67 |
| Pesticide phytotoxicity on stone fruit |
3.17 |
| Compatibility chart for new materials |
3.17 |
| Pheromone mating disruption effectiveness |
3.08 |
| Grape |
Rank
(28 to 1) |
| Powdery mildew biology and management |
17.29 |
| Fungicide resistance management |
14.56 |
| Downy mildew biology and management |
13.31 |
| Botrytis bunch rot biology and management |
12.60 |
| Phomopsis biology and management |
11.00 |
| Organic and/or low-input methods |
9.96 |
| Grape berry moth biology and management alternatives |
9.79 |
| Integration of biological & chemical controls |
9.52 |
| IPM strategies to help prevent outbreaks of a single pest
or disease |
9.23 |
| Integrated disease management |
9.19 |
| Development and testing of alternative materials and non-pesticide
options |
8.75 |
| Environmentally sound and economically feasible weed management |
8.71 |
| Insecticide resistance management |
8.60 |
| Grape cane borer biology and management |
8.38 |
| Black rot biology and management |
8.13 |
| Crown gall biology and management |
7.92 |
| Optimization of spray inputs for disease management |
7.85 |
| Environmentally sound and economically feasible controls
that will improve or maintain quality |
7.60 |
| Row-middle weed management (cover crops) |
7.23 |
| Asian lady beetle biology and management |
6.83 |
| European red mite biology and management |
6.81 |
| Strategies for use of sulfur and copper |
6.65 |
| Under-row weed management to preserve suckers |
6.44 |
| Vertebrate management: deer, turkeys, birds |
6.15 |
| Economic injury in relation to wine/juice quality |
6.06 |
| Evaluation of sprayers, canopy management and fruit coverage
issues |
5.15 |
| Viral diseases and management |
4.40 |
| Asian lady beetle wine taint prevention |
3.94 |
| Berry |
Rank
(24 to 1) |
| Weed management in all berries |
23.73 |
| Bird management |
18.73 |
| Strawberry: herbicides, decline, and soil health |
16.73 |
| Winter injury management on blackberry and blueberry |
15.82 |
| Tarnished plant bug biology and management on strawberries
and brambles |
15.55 |
| Development and testing of alternative materials and non-pesticide
options for pest management |
15.09 |
| Anthracnose biology and management on strawberry |
15.00 |
| Mummy berry biology and management on blueberry |
14.36 |
| Cranberry fruit worm and cherry fruit worm biology and management
on blueberry |
12.45 |
| Replant problems on strawberry and raspberry |
12.36 |
| Slug management in strawberries |
12.18 |
| Plastic mulch disposal issues |
11.91 |
| Sap beetle biology and management in strawberry and brambles |
11.82 |
| Japanese beetle biology and management |
11.09 |
| Biodegrabable mulches during establishment |
11.00 |
| Phomopsis biology and management on blueberry |
9.91 |
| Organic production methods |
9.55 |
| Black vine weevil and scarab beetle biology and management
in strawberry |
9.36 |
| Weeds as alternate hosts for nematodes |
8.64 |
| Two-spotted spider mites in strawberry & raspberry |
8.00 |
| Crown borer biology and management in brambles |
6.55 |
| Raspberry cane borer biology and management |
5.91 |
| Imported currant worm biology and management on Ribes |
5.09 |
| Currant aphid management on Ribes |
5.00 |
| Black root rot on strawberry |
2.91 |
| Economic thresholds for leaf spot, leaf scorch & powdery
mildew on strawberry |
2.91 |
| Cane blight in red raspberries |
2.82 |
