SNIPM

Southern Nursery Integrated Pest Management Working Group

The SNIPM working group comprises a group of extension professionals from Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, representing Entomology, Horticulture, and Plant Pathology are collaborating on a multi-state nursery crops project that includes the development of a Crop Profile and a Pest Management Strategic Plan (CP/PMSP). Nursery crop production, i.e., field and container production of ornamental trees and shrubs, is an important sector of US agriculture, especially in the southeastern United States. Ornamental plants are the second most valuable crop in the United States with a market value of $14.7 billion in 2002 (USDA, 2002). More recent state agricultural statistics indicate that the nursery and greenhouse industry is valued at $889,693,000 in North Carolina and at $316,000,000 for nursery crops (excluding greenhouse crops) in Georgia (Boatright and McKissick, 2008; NCDA, 2007b; USDA, 2002). Additionally, nursery crops ranked 1st and 5th among crops for NC and GA, respectively. Collectively, nursery production in GA, KY, NC, SC, and TN represent over one billion dollars in farm gate values annually. Nurseries in these southeastern states employ tens of thousands of workers.

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