An Evaluation of Leafspot Advisory and Integrated Pest Management Adoption Among Peanut Farmers in Northampton County, North Carolina
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Hitzig, Robert
- Affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
- Abstract
- Leafspot advisory (LSA) is an integrated pest management (IPM) strategy designed to reduce the number of sprays necessary to control the spread of the peanut leafspotting pathogen, Cercospora arachidicola. It is in use in nine North Carolina counties and has been used in Northampton County since 1983. Thirty-one peanut farmers were interviewed over the telephone to determine the level of LSA and IPM adoption in Northampton County. The survey revealed that 52 percent of the farmers used the advisory, saving an average of 2.4 sprays/year. Only 32 percent used other IPM strategies. The level of farmer concern about the harmful effects of pesticides was also measured. Farmers were worried about the effects of pesticides on fish and wildlife but their level of concern was not found to be associated with the adoption of pesticide reducing technologies. LSA, as one IPM strategy, was found to be successfully implemented in comparison to a complete IPM program, but, extension specialists can make improvements. Recommendations are made for increasing the percentage of farmers adopting pest management innovations.
- Date of publication
- December 1984
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- Advisor
- Shiffman, Morris A.
- Bailey, Jack
- Turner, Alvis G.
- Degree
- Master of Science in Public Health
- Academic concentration
- Environmental Management and Policy
- Degree granting institution
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Graduation year
- 1984
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- ad7e9272-7c4f-43e0-afeb-7a5f2526ad76
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