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IPM in Latin America and the Caribbean: Crops for Broad-Based Growth and Perennial Production for Fragile Ecosystems Phase III - Year Two: 2005-2006 Integrated Pest Management Collaborative Research Support Program Annual Report Management Entity for IPM CRSP: Office of International Research, Education, & Development (OIRED) Virginia Tech 1060 Litton Reaves Hall Blacksburg, VA 24061-0334 www.oired.vt.edu/ipmcrsp/ Cover Photo Credit Women selling vegetables in a market in India Naidu Rayapati Washington State University Integrated Pest Management Collaborative Research Support Program FY 2006 Annual Report October 1, 2005 – September 30, 2006 Report Coordinators R. Muniappan Larry Vaughan Miriam Rich Robert Kenny i IPM CRSP Management Entity S.K De Datta, Administrative PI, Director OIRED, Associate Provost R. Muniappan, Program Director Larry Vaughan, Associate Program Director Miriam Rich, Communications Coordinator Debbie Francis, Program Coordination Assistant Robert Kenny, Senior Project Associate and Special Assistant to the Director IPM CRSP Program Advisory Board (PAB) John Dooley, Virginia Tech Alma Hobbs, Virginia State University Bobby Moser, Ohio State University Larry Olson, Michigan State University Thomas Schwedler, Clemson University Johnny Wynne, North Carolina State University Robert Hedlund, USAID S.K. De Datta, Virginia Tech R. Muniappan, Virginia Tech Larry Vaughan, Virginia Tech IPM CRSP Technical Committee Samuel Kayamanywa, Makerere University Jeffrey Alwang, Virginia Tech Mark Erbaugh, Ohio State University Edwin Rajotte, Pennsylvania State University Karim Maredia, Michigan State University Donald Mullins, Virginia Tech Douglas Pfeiffer, Virginia Tech Wondi Mersie, Virginia State University Sally Miller, Ohio State University Naidu Rayapati, Washington State University Sue Tolin, Virginia Tech Yulu Xia, North Carolina State University George Norton, Virginia Tech Robert Hedlund, USAID S.K. De Datta, Virginia Tech R. Muniappan, Virginia Tech Larry Vaughan, Virginia Tech Maria Elisa Christie, Virginia Tech ii Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................ 1 INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................. 5 PHASE III LONG-TERM RESEARCH PROGRAMS.................................................. 7 IPM in Latin America and the Caribbean: Crops for Broad-based Growth and Perennial Production for Fragile Ecosystems ............................................................................................. 8 Regional IPM Program for East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda .................................... 13 Regional Integrated Pest Management Research and Education for South Asia.................... 18 Ecologically-Based Participatory IPM for Southeast Asia......................................................... 25 Ecologically-Based Participatory and Collaborative Research and Capacity Building in IPM in the Central Asia Region ............................................................................................................ 33 West Africa IPM Center of Excellence ...................................................................................... 38 Integrated Pest Management of Specialty Crops In Eastern Europe ....................................... 41 Management of the Weed Parthenium (Parthenium hysterophorus L.) in Eastern and Southern Africa Using Integrated Cultural and Biological Measures........................................................ 43 Regional Diagnostic Laboratories ............................................................................................. 52 Integrated Management of Thrips-Borne Tospoviruses in Vegetable Cropping Systems........ 55 Collaborative Assessment and Management of Insect-Transmitted Viruses ........................... 61 Applications of Information Technology and Databases in IPM in Developing Countries and Development of a Global IPM Technology Database............................................................... 65 IPM Impact Assessment for the IPM CRSP.............................................................................. 67 TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAMS ............................................................... 69 Technology Transfer Activities in Mali ...................................................................................... 70 Technology Transfer in Central America – Guatemala and Honduras..................................... 74 Technology Transfer in the Caribbean...................................................................................... 75 GIS Implementation and Training in the Caribbean.................................................................. 77 Technology Transfer in the Philippines..................................................................................... 79 Technology Transfer – Bangladesh .......................................................................................... 82 Technology Transfer in Albania ................................................................................................ 88 Technology Transfer of IPM Training and Capacity Building.................................................... 91 Development of an Online Reporting System for IPM CRSP ................................................... 92 TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING .............................................................93 Training and Institutional Capacity Development...................................................................... 94 IPM CRSP Degree Training Participants (Graduate students): FY 2006 ................................. 96 IPM CRSP Degree Training Participants (Bachelor’s Degree Students): FY 2006................. 99 IPM CRSP Non-Degree Training, FY 2006 ............................................................................ 100 IPM CRSP Non-Degree Training (Summary), FY 2006.......................................................... 107 IPM CRSP Publications, Presentations, and other Products, FY 2006.................................. 108 Publications and Other Products of the IPM CRSP Compilation for the Year FY 2006 (Summary)............................................................................................................................... 120 APPENDICES............................................................................................................... 121 Appendix A -List of Acronyms................................................................................................. 122 Appendix B - Collaborating Institutions ................................................................................... 124 iii iv EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Integrated Pest Management Collaborative Regional Programs: Research Support Program (IPM CRSP) is an initiative of USAID. It is a collaborative partnership IPM in Latin America and the Caribbean: Crops among U.S. and host country institutions with an for broad-based growth and perennial production emphasis on research, education, training, and for fragile ecosystems. Lead PI, Jeffrey Alwang, information exchange. The concept of IPM has been Virginia Tech; Partners: Purdue, Penn State, Florida evolving for the past five decades and the Virginia A&M, Ohio State, UC-Davis, and Arizona; Host Tech has been implementing the IPM CRSP project Countries: Honduras, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, for the past 13 years (Phases I, II and III) with and Trinidad and Tobago. continuous support from USAID. It has brought together investigators from 22 US Universities and Regional IPM program in East Africa. Lead PI: nine International Agricultural Research Institutes Mark Erbaugh, Ohio State; Partners: Virginia Tech, and scientists from over 30 countries comprising Tennessee State, Texas A&M, and Wisconsin; Host seven regions, and five continents for the Countries: Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. participatory IPM. Regional Integrated Pest Management Research The objectives of the IPM CRSP program are: a) and Education for South Asia. Lead PI: Edwin advance IPM science, and develop IPM technologies, Rajotte, Penn State; Partners: Ohio State, and information, and systems for sound land resource Virginia Tech; Host Countries: Bangladesh, Nepal, management; b) improve IPM communication and and India. education, and the ability of beneficial practitioners to manage knowledge, resulting in widespread Ecologically-based Participatory IPM for adaptation, adoption, and impact of ecologically- Southeast Asia. Lead PI: Michael Hammig, based IPM technologies, practices and systems; c) Clemson; Partners: Washington State, Kansas State, provide information and capacity building to reform Oregon State, and NC A&T; Host Countries: and strengthen policies and local/national institutions Indonesia, and Philippines. that influence pest management; and d) develop and integrate sustainable resource-based local enterprises Ecologically-based Participatory and into national, regional, and global markets. Collaborative Research and Capacity Building in IPM in the Central Asia region. Lead PI: Karim This program is designed to develop and implement a Maredia, Michigan State; Partners: UC-Davis; Host replicable approach to IPM that will help reduce: a) Countries: Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan. agricultural losses due to pests; b) damage to natural ecosystems including loss of biodiversity; and c) West African Consortium of IPM Excellence. PI: pollution and contamination of food and water Don Mullins, Virginia Tech; Partners: Fort Valley supplies. It combines strong regional IPM
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