IR4 Ornamental Horticulture Program

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IR-4 Ornamental Horticulture Program Helping you
with disease, insect and weed management

• What does IR-4 do?
• Coordinate with researchers to
• Generate efficacy data on currently important
  diseases, insects weeds
• Generate crop safety data on commonly grown crops
• Support product registrations by providing
  summary reports to manufacturers
• Communicate research results by
• Writing project summaries and posting them to the
  website
• Posting individual researcher reports
• Presenting results at scientific meetings, trade
  shows, and other events

• Registration Successes since 2003
• Aria 50SG (flonicamid)
• Broadstar 0.2 G (flumioxazin)
• Celero 16WSG (clothianadin)
• Endorse (polyoxin D)
• FenStar (fenamidone)
• Insignia 20SG (pyraclostrobin)
• Pendulum 2G (pendimethalin)
• Rhapsody Biofungicide (Bacillus subtilis)
• Rout Herbicide (oryzalin oxyflurfen)
• Safari 20SG (dinotefuron)
• Segway (cyazofamid)
• Stature DM (dimethomorph)
• Subdue MAXX (mefonaxam)
• SureGuard (flumioxazin)
• TriStar 70WSP (acetamiprid)
• IR-4 Data also used in NY registration package

30 Years 436 Products 759 Crops 11,039
Studies 23,682 Trials

• How can you provide input on IR-4 Project
  Priorities?
• Fill out Grower Survey
• Submit a Project Request Form
• Talk with your Regional Coordinator
• Attend the IR-4 Ornamental Horticulture Workshop

• How does IR-4 use your input?
• The IR-4 Ornamental Horticulture Workshop
  establishes Research Priorities.
• These priorities focus on the most important
  disease, insect and weed issues.
• Your input through the survey, project requests,
  and/or personal communication with your Regional
  Field Coordinator is critical.

Who do you call? Edith Lurvey NER Regional
Coordinator Cornell University 315-787-2308,
ell10_at_cornell.edu Cristi Palmer Ornamental
Horticulture Program Manager Rutgers
University 732-932-9575 x 4629 palmer_at_aesop.rutger
s.edu
Where can you get more information? www.ir4.rutger
s.edu/ornamentals.html