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Integrated Pest Management
Pest Management Information
Pesticide Safety Education

Program Area: Applied Insect Ecology and Pest Management

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Development and distribution of educational materials and programs relating to integrated pest management (IPM) and pesticide regulation, use and safety. Responsibilities include:

• Integrated Pest Management Coordinator for the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences.

• Associate Director (Regulatory Issues) for the Southern Region Integrated Pest Management Center.

• Project Leader for the North Carolina Pest Management Information Program.

• Coordinator of the Pesticides, Alternatives and Food Quality Protection Act Program for the National Science Foundation Center for Integrated Pest Management.

• Editor of the North Carolina Pest News, a weekly newsletter (April to September) containing timely information on the status of insect and disease pests on agricultural crops, ornamental crops and in urban areas in North Carolina, and co-editor of the Pesticide Broadcast, a newsletter containing current information on pesticide use, registration and safety.

• Member of the editorial committee and the departmental editor for the insect control section of the annual North Carolina Agricultural Chemicals Manual produced by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

• Educational program leader (North Carolina Pesticide Safety Education Program) for the training of commercial pesticide applicators seeking certification/licensing in the Agricultural Pest Control - Plant category in North Carolina.

TEACHING

ENT 021 - Pesticides and Their Utilization
ENT 601Q/801Q - Environmental Impacts of Pesticides

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