Mishanec, John Joseph

Extension Associate
As an Integrated Pest Management Vegetable Educator, my job is to help the vegetable farmers of Eastern NY make sound IPM based pest management decisions, thus reducing pesticides, increasing profits and sustaining a safe and plentiful food supply.

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research and scholarship focus

Develop strategies for reducing insect and disease problems in vegetables. These strategies may involve crop rotation, resistant varieties, biological controls, timing and understanding the pest so controls may be more effective.,Develop strategies for reducing insect and disease problems in vegetables. These strategies may involve crop rotation, resistant varieties, biological controls, timing and understanding the pest so controls may be more effective.

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outreach focus

Educate vegetable growers so they understand new ideas for dealing with pest problems.,Educate vegetable growers so they understand new ideas for dealing with pest problems.

background

Keywords: adult education, advisory group development, and evaluation, educational twi-light meetings, field demonstrations, field trials, implementation, IPM extension program development, IPM information source, IPM on farm education, IPM pest reporting network, pest status report, thus reducing pesticides, vegetable IPM newsletter, vegetables