The New and Improved My IPM App Brett

The New and Improved My. IPM App Brett R. Blaauw and Guido Schabel Southeast Apple Growers Meeting 2018

My. IPM Smartphone App A free, mobile application and tool designed to promote Integrated Pest Management for commercial fruit crop production.

Why We Made this App • Provide growers and agents with relevant and up-to-date information anytime, anywhere • Integrate pest diagnostics, spray guide info, fact sheet info, disease and resistance management recommendations • Simplify information with interactive tables, pictures, audio, links • Provide a resource for the specialist, grower, and field crew (correct planting, diagnostics, etc. )

Active Contributors Crop/other Apple Blackberry Blueberry Diseases Kerik Cox, Dan Cooley, Jon Clements, Sara Villani Jonathan Oliver, Phil Brannen, Bill Cline Insects Greg Krawcyk, Brett Blaauw Ash Sial Bunch grapes Mengjun Hu Cherry Cranberry Kari Peter Erica Rojas Guido Schnabel, Brett Blaauw Mengjun Hu, Phil Brannen Kari Peter Guido Schnabel, Phil Rebecca Schmidt-Jeffris Brannen Greg Edison (Programmer), Madeline Dowling (Design), Joe La. Forest (SRIPM Center; logistics), Peter Werts (Pesticide risk) Peach Pear Strawberry Technical

History of My. IPM January 2012 2013 2014 September 2015 January 2016 September 2016 January 2017 October 2017 November 2017 Discussions, Planning, Funding Identification of suitable student programmer Release of Android, i. OS My. IPM for peach & strawberry First workshop in Clemson Release of Android, i. OS My. IPM (North. Eastern Disease app (NED); apple, pear, cherry, cranberry; South. Eastern Pest app (SEP); peach, strawberry, blueberry Second workshop in Clemson Funding from S-IPM Center, NASGA, SRSFC (merge all 3 apps, add more information, more) Third workshop in Clemson Release of merged My. IPM

The My. IPM Smartphone App(s) • My. IPM-SED – Diseases of southeastern blueberry, strawberry and peach • My. IPM-SEP – Insect pests of southeastern blueberry, strawberry and peach • My. IPM-NED – Diseases of northeastern apple, pear, cherry, cranberry

The new My. IPM Smartphone App

New to the Updated App • Merged crops and disciplines – New crops added • Addition of FRAC risk categories (fungicides) • Max product per season info (still in process) • Pesticide toxicity risk for trade names • Downloadable on cellular (recommend no more than one crop at a time)

Features and Functionality

Features and Functionality The app is designed to supplement regional fruit management guides.

Features and Functionality Choose and download crops and pests of your interest. • Diseases: 9 crops • Insect pests:

Features and Functionality Choose and download crops and pests of your interest.

Features and Functionality You can change your crops and pests at any time.

Features and Functionality Diagnostic Tools • • Descriptions & zoomable photo gallery Pest biology Chemical, biological, and cultural control options Audio from specialists

Features and Functionality Interactive Tables featuring: • Active ingredients & trade names • Efficacy data • PHI, REI, rates/acre

Features and Functionality Interactive Tables featuring: • Active ingredients & trade names • Efficacy data • PHI, REI, rates/acre • Pesticide risk o IPM Institute o Values to estimate risk of negative impacts from pesticides o 15 environmental hazards • From bees to workers • Color denoting risk level

Features and Functionality Resistance management tools • IRAC and FRAC codes listed in tables • FRAC Risks ranked ‘low’, ‘medium’, or ‘high’ in terms of potential for developing resistance issues

Features and Functionality Search function

• Going back to the HOME screen, note the Search feature for active ingredients or trade names at the top. Type in a trade name and you get a quick list of the crops it can be used on, along with efficacy and rate. Touching Apple Scab, will result in the list of active ingredients with the one chosen flashing briefly, here it is second from the bottom highlighted (and flashing!) in red.

Features and Functionality Continually updated by leading extension specialists from 7 land-grant universities and the Southern IPM Center

We Can Change Content And Push to Production ANY TIME using The Authoring Tool

The My. IPM is available for FREE • Developed for i. OS and Android mobile operating systems • Simply Search “My. IPM” in the Apple App Store or the Google Play store • Note: if anything is not working after an update, delete and reinstall the app

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