What's Hot in IPM and Policy

0 ARCHIVE: November, 1996 - February, 1997 0

  • Coalition argues for a $25 million increase in IPM funding in FY 1998 --Why and What For??

  • Chuck Benbrook delivers remarks at the first meeting of the USDA Integrated Pest Management Seminar Series, February 28, 1997-- recommends increases in USDA IPM funding in FY 1998

  • First Direct Evidence Ethylene Biosynthesis Triggers Plant Defense Mechanisms; commentary by Charles Benbrook, and excerpts from Science article, Jan 24, 1997 "A Legume Ethylene-Insensitive Mutant Hyperinfected by Its Rhizobial Symbiont."

  • In a presentation February 16, 1997, Charles Benbrook and Ned Groth propose a knowledge-based method to measure IPM adoption and support "green-labeling" programs, "Indicators of the Sustainability and Impacts of Pest Management Systems"

  • AgOnline Starts "IPM Talk" -- A New Interactive Discussion of IPM Challenges and Issues
              * Benbrook Serves as a Guest Facilitator
              * Link Established to the PMAC Web Page

  • SEE what 150 MILLION people HEARD November 23rd-24th, 1996
    Voice of America Agriculture Today (#1946)

    The Voice of America's 20-minute Agriculture Today Show, produced and hosted by VOA Agriculture Editor Rob Sivak can be heard on the VOA Web site as a digital audio file or stream. Follow the selection menus to: VOA Internet Audio ( you will need a sound card as well as the appropriate software to collect and play the audio files)

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