{"id":632,"date":"2012-04-02T10:38:51","date_gmt":"2012-04-02T14:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/potatoes\/?page_id=632"},"modified":"2023-01-10T14:26:29","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T19:26:29","slug":"ipm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/potatoes\/ipm\/","title":{"rendered":"Potato Integrated Pest Management (IPM)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-638 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/potatoes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2012\/04\/japanese-beetle.jpg\" alt=\"beetle on potato blossom; photo by Edwin Remsberg\" width=\"288\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/potatoes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2012\/04\/japanese-beetle.jpg 288w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/potatoes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2012\/04\/japanese-beetle-105x69.jpg 105w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,288px\" \/>Welcome to Maine Potato Integrated Pest Management (IPM). We provide up-to-date potato insect and disease scouting and forecasting reports to potato growers and industry professionals in central and northern Maine during the potato growing season. Reports are normally posted twice per week, but we will provide more frequent updates should conditions warrant.<\/p>\n<h3>About Potato IPM<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-639\" src=\"http:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/potatoes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2012\/04\/potatoscouts.jpg\" alt=\"pest scouts; photo by Edwin Remsberg\" width=\"252\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/potatoes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2012\/04\/potatoscouts.jpg 252w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/potatoes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2012\/04\/potatoscouts-105x68.jpg 105w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,252px\" \/>The Maine Potato Industry is faced with increasing costs, high demands from consumers for quality, and pest pressures. At the same time, the Industry is trying to reduce pesticide usage, maintain quality and yields. As a tool to achieve these goals, growers can use an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program. IPM is a multidisciplinary approach to making crop management decisions, which includes these components:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>scouting<\/li>\n<li>pest identification<\/li>\n<li>economic threshold<\/li>\n<li>disease identification<\/li>\n<li>disease forecasting<\/li>\n<li>weed management<\/li>\n<li>control strategies<\/li>\n<li>safety<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The University of Maine Cooperative Extension&#8217;s Potato Integrated Pest Management program is an integral and valued part of the Maine Potato Industry. It was initiated in the early 1970s by Extension Specialist staff under a special USDA grant. The pilot program of the 1970s has now grown into a sophisticated, multidisciplinary approach to controlling pests.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the Maine Potato IPM Program, please call 207.764.3361 or 1.800.287.1462 (in Maine) or email <a href=\"mailto:extension.aroostook@maine.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">extension.aroostook@maine.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Additional Resources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/potatoes\/publications\/\">Fact Sheets<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/potatoes\/ipm\/field-guide\/\">Field Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/potatoes\/pest-control-guide\/\">Maine Potato Pest Control Recommendation Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/potatoes\/weather\/\">Current Weather<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information about Maine potatoes, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainepotatoes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maine Potato Board website<\/a>. You can also find the current USGS streamflow data on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/mission-areas\/water-resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USGS Water Resources page<\/a>.\u00a0The Maine FSA is now online, too, on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.usda.gov\/index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USDA&#8217;s Farm Service Agency&#8217;s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Maine Potato Integrated Pest Management (IPM). We provide up-to-date potato insect and disease scouting and forecasting reports to potato growers and industry professionals in central and northern Maine during the potato growing season. Reports are normally posted twice per week, but we will provide more frequent updates should conditions warrant. 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