Senior Extension Associate Cornell University Albion, New York
Developing effective research-based spray thresholds is one thing. Getting growers to implement them is another, especially in high-value crops where potential losses from uncontrolled pest outbreaks can be economically devastating. Christy Hoepting is a Senior Extension Educator specializing in large-scale onion production in muck soils in New York, which is the most intensive production system in the state. She will outline her role in the high rate of adoption of using spray thresholds to time insecticide sprays for control of onion thrips, which has reduced insecticide use by 50%.
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