Introduction and Background
Head Lettuce Pest Losses
Melon Pest Losses
Presentations

The development of accurate real world data on crop pest losses and pesticide usage is important to the agricultural industry. Quantifiable measurements of pesticide use patterns, costs, target pests, and yield/quality losses due to key pests are our most objective tools for assessing change in our agricultural systems.

The Crop Pest Losses and Impact Assessment Program, funded as a Western IPM Center Signature Program, with leveraged support from USDA-NIFA and the Arizona Pest Management Center addresses this need.

Data are collected through a series of interactive clientele workshops. Participants include Pest Control Advisors (PCAs), growers, industry representatives and Extension professionals. We work hard to enlist the participation of representative PCAs from throughout the appropriate growing regions, and follow-up with mail surveys to those who cannot attend, to develop the most complete and accurate dataset possible. Currently, the group develops data on cotton http://ag.arizona.edu/crops/cotton/insects/cil/cil.html and head lettuce in Arizona and in adjacent low desert regions of California. We previously implemented a survey on Arizona cantaloupe and watermelon pest losses.

2014 Lettuce Pest Losses survey Excel (123KB) PDF (206KB)

2004-2013 Palumbo, J. C. 2014. Insecticide Use on Arizona Head Lettuce (2010 – 2012). University of Arizona Vegetable IPM Update, Vol. 5, No. 10. May 28, 2014.

2010-2012 Palumbo, J. C. 2011. Insecticide Use on Arizona Head Lettuce (2010 – 2012). University of Arizona Vegetable IPM Update, Vol. 3, No. 10. May 16, 2012.

2005-2011 Palumbo, J.C. 2011. Summary of Insecticide Use on Arizona Head Lettuce, 2005-2011. University of Arizona Vegetable IPM Update, Vol. 2, No. 10. May 18, 2011.

2004-2010 Palumbo, J.C. 2011. Assessment of Insect Losses and Insecticide Use on Arizona Head Lettuce, 2004-2010. University of Arizona Vegetable IPM Update, Vol. 2, No. 8. April 20, 2011.

2006-2007 Palumbo, J., K. Nolte, A. Fournier & P. Ellsworth, 2007. Insect Crop Losses and Insecticide Usage for Head Lettuce in Arizona: 2006/2007. In D. Byrne [ed.], 2007 Vegetable Report. AZ1438. University of Arizona, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Tucson, AZ.

2004-2006 Palumbo, J., A. Fournier, P. Ellsworth, K. Nolte, P. Clay, 2006. Insect Crop Losses and Insecticide Usage for Head Lettuce in Arizona: 2004-2006. In D. Byrne [ed.], 2007 Vegetable Report. AZ1419. University of Arizona, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Tucson,AZ.

2001-2002 Palumbo, J., 2002. Arizona Head Lettuce Insect Losses 2001/2002.

2000-2001 Palumbo, J., 2001. Arizona Head Lettuce Insect Losses 2000/2001.

Reed D.A., J.C. Palumbo, T.M. Perring, C. May. 2013. Bagrada hilaris Burmeister, a new stink bug attacking cole crops in the southwestern United States. Journal of Integrated Pest Management. Vol. 4 No. 3, C1C7. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/IPM13007 (includes data collected in Lettuce Pest Losses workshop). http://jipm.oxfordjournals.org/content/4/3/C1

Palumbo J.C. & Castle S.J. 2009. IPM for fresh-market lettuce production in the desert southwest: the produce paradox. Pest Management Science 65: 1311-1320. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ps.1864/full

Palumbo, J. C. 2014. Insecticide Use on Arizona Head Lettuce (2010 – 2012). University of Arizona Vegetable IPM Update, Vol. 5, No. 11. June 11, 2014. https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/resources/061114 Bagrada Bug Survey_2014_Report.pdf

Palumbo, J. C. 2014. Lettuce Insect Losses and Insecticide Use Summary (2004 – 2013) https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/resources/041614 Lettuce Losses_Insecticide Usage Surveys_ 9 yr summary.pdf. University of Arizona Vegetable IPM Update, Vol. 5, No. 8. April 16, 2014.

Palumbo, J. C. 2014. Lettuce Insect Losses and Insecticide Use Summary (2004 – 2013) Desert Ag Conference, 2007 . Palumbo, J., A. Fournier, P. Ellsworth, P. Clay and K. Nolte. Insect Losses and Insecticide Use in Arizona Vegetables. Presented May 2, 2007 at the Desert Agriculture Conference, Francisco Grande Hotel, Casa Grande, AZ.

2009 Melon Pest Losses Survey Form (PDF, 265KB)
In 2009, the survey was revised to include insects, diseases and weeds.

2007 Melon Insect Losses Survey Form (PDF, 119KB)

Melon Pest Losses Data Summaries and Reports:

2007 (PDF, 248KB)
Palumbo, J., A. Fournier, P. Ellsworth, E. Taylor & K. Rice, 2007. Insect Crop Losses and Insecticide Usage for Spring Melons in Southwestern Arizona fro 2007. In D. Byrne [ed.], 2007 Vegetable Report, AZ1438. University of Arizona, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Tucson, AZ.

2007 (PDF, 332KB)
Palumbo, J., K. Nolte, A. Fournier & P. Ellsworth, 2007. Insect Crop Losses and Insecticide Usages for Spring Melons in Central Arizona for 2007. In E. Byrne [ed.], 2007 Vegetable Report. AZ1438. University of Arizona, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Tucson, AZ.

2004-2006 (PDF, 60KB)
Palumbo, J., A. Fournier, P. Ellsworth, P. Clay & K. Nolte, 2006. Insect Crop Losses and Insecticide Usage for Spring Melons in Southwestern Arizona: 2004-2006. In D. Byrne [ed.], 2007 Vegetable Report. AZ1419. University of Arizona, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Tucson, AZ.

2004-2006 (PDF, 56KB)
Palumbo, J., A. Fournier, P. Ellsworth, K. Nolte, P. Clay, 2006. Insect Crop Losses and Insecticide Usage for Cantaloupes and Watermelons in Central Arizona: 2004-2006. In D. Byrne [ed.], 2007 Vegetable Report. AZ1419. University of Arizona, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Tucson, AZ.

2001/2002Umeda, K., 2002. Arizona Melon Insect Losses 2002.

Presentations:

Melon Insect Losses Workshop Presentation, 2007 (PDF, 3.29MB)
Palumbo, J., 2007. Arizona Spring Melon Isect Losses Workshop - Crop Insect Losses and Impact Assessment Wroking Group. Presented July 2, 2007 at Yuma County Cooperative Extension Office, Yuma, AZ.