Penn State To Provide IPM Information To Retail Shoppers
UNIVERSITY PARK
(Centre Co.) Home gardeners
in two Pennsylvania counties
who want to minimize their use
of pesticides and fertilizers soon
will be able to get tips and advice
while shopping at their local
garden centers and chain stores.
Beginning this fall, Penn
State’s College of Agricultural
Sciences, in cooperation with the
Pennsylvania IPM Program,
will provide free information on
integrated pest management
(IPM) and nutrient manage
ment to retail shoppers in
Franklin and York counties.
“Our long-term goal is to
expand the project to other
areas of the state and work with
counties in Maryland as well,”
said Steven Bogash, Penn State
Cooperative Extension horticul
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IPM aims to control pests
such as insects, diseases, weeds
and animals by combining
physical, biological, and chemi
cal tactics that are safe, profita
ble and environmentally
compatible.
“In the case of home plant
ings, proper variety selection
and good site preparation can
help avoid many future pest
problems,” Bogash said. “Con
sumers need this information
when they are planning their
garden and purchasing plants.”
Under a grant from the U.S.
Environmental Protection
Agency and the Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture,
Bogash and Thomas Becker,
Penn State Cooperative Exten
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County, will assess the needs of
garden centers in York and
Franklin counties and provide
the centers with information
about proper IPM practices that
can be shared with consumers. A
full-time educator will be hired
to visit individual stores and dis
seminate educational materials.
“After the needs assessment
this summer, we’ll begin supply
ing information for the fall mum
season, and then fact sheets on
Christmas trees and house
plants for the winter,” Bogash
said. Consumers also will
receive information on classes
offered by Penn State Coopera
tive Extension.
Project personnel also will
work with the Southeast IPM
Research Group an organiza
tion of university and “green”
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industry collaborators in Penn
sylvania and Delaware (http://
sepaipm.cas.psu.edu) to de
velop fact sheets on gardening
topics such as choosing plants
that are most resistant to dis
eases and plants that require less
pesticide.
“In the past, we’ve relied on
people coming to us for informa
tion, but we feel that most
people only have time to shop at
retail outlets and tend to their
garden,” said Bogash. “If they
do need advice, they typically
ask someone who is trying to sell
them something. Through con
tact at the retail level, this
project will give consumers
useful and unbiased information
and raise awareness of the IPM
work being done by Penn State
and other land-grant universi-
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ties.”
For more information, con
tact Steve Bogash (717-263-
9226, smbl3@psu.edu) or Tom
Becker (717-840-7408,
tbecker@psu.edu).
The Pennsylvania IPM Pro
gram is a collaboration between
Penn State and the Pennsylva
nia Department of Agriculture
aimed at promoting IPM in both
agricultural and nonagricultural
situations. For more informa
tion, call (814) 865-2839 or visit
the program’s Website at http://
paipm.cas.psu.edu.
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