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National Programs
Crop Protection & Quarantine
Program Summary:
| Projected Outcomes/Impacts |
- New systematics methods for quarantine and nonquarantine pests, as well
as their natural enemies, will allow faster identification, greater
confidence in species identification, and more accurate determination of
location of origin.
- Expanded knowledge of pest biology and key factors in development of new
control measures for insect, mite, and weed pests will facilitate technology
transfer, reduce costs, and ensure minimal impact on nontarget species.
- Increased understanding and use of information on plant, pest, and
natural enemy interactions, and pest impacts on crops, commodities, natural
ecosystems, and the environment will establish economic and environmental
thresholds and improve impact assessment procedures.
- The development of new pest control methodologies for postharvest and
quarantine pests will include controlled atmosphere treatments, temperature
treatments, and/or other nonchemical and chemical methods of pest control.
- New biologically-based and chemically-based control tactics to manage
native and invasive insect, mite, and weed pests, including biological
control, resistant germplasm, natural product-based chemical technologies,
sterile male technology, and cultural and physical methodologies, will
reduce environmental impacts and pesticide residues on food and fiber
products, and provide sustainable tools for customers..
- More highly integrated pest management and areawide pest management
tactics that are based on a systems approach will aid in the technology
transfer and implementation of IPM and areawide suppression programs for
many crops and commodities.
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