Welcome to Pecan ipmPIPE

The mission of the Beltwide Pecan ipmPIPE Program is regional participation in a dynamic, integrated national system that provides useful, reliable information and tools for IPM practitioners throughout the "pecan belt," the principal states where at least some commercial pecans are grown. Our vision is to develop the ipmPIPE to help maximize economic returns, and improve social welfare and environmental health by promotion of efficient and coordinated IPM decision support systems. Read more about the national system's background and mission.

Pecan Scab Season Is Here...

And so is the Pecan Scab Risk Assessment Tool. We developed and tested the tool last summer (too late for the start of the season), so some of you might not be aware that it's live this year and ready to assist you with pecan scab management decisions. Check it out.

As always, the tools on the Pecan ipmPIPE site were developed for you, our cooperators, so we depend heavily on your feedback.  Let us know what you think of the Pecan Scab Tool.

Texas Pecan Pest Management Newsletter

With the start of a new season just around the corner this is a good time for some sprayer maintenance and calibration. Read this and other important tips from Bill Ree in the latest issue of Texas Pecan Pest Management Newsletter available here.

In case you lose the link, it's always available in the Pecan ipmPIPE Library. Under Search options, choose Newsletter in the dropdown menu under Search by format.

Updates


News


March-April 2012

January - February 2012

  • The Pecan Nut Casebearer Data Collection Program has moved online! Pecan stakeholders who have agreed or wish to participate can register or login here (or by choosing Cooperator Programs > PNC Data Collection from the left menu bar). This innovative program will provide real time PNC data entry from the field to drive a PNC Risk Assessment Model that will appear in a belt-wide map to aid producers in making PNC management decisions in the 2012 season. 

December 2011

November 2011

  • New video on pecan kernel development and how it relates to timing your pest management decisions.  Watch it above or on our YouTube Channel.

August 2011

 

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Pest Alerts

May 2012

  • Walnut Caterpillar Alert
    Walnut caterpillars in pecan tree
  • May 15 -- Producers should be on the lookout for walnut caterpillars starting to lay eggs in the next generation in about 3 weeks and then expect one more generations to occur about 6 weeks after that. Walnut caterpillars have been found as 4th instar larvae and are occurring earlier than usual in Victoria (Victoria County) and Cuero (DeWitt County), Texas. Photo credit:  Howard Arnett

August 2011

  • Pecan Weevil Alert
    Pecan weevil management decision-making is upon us. Note that many pecan growing areas are facing drought conditions.  This may result in drought-delayed emergence well beyond the normal emergence time for this pest, particularly in orchards and groves with clay soils.
    Read more >>>

June 2011

  • Stinkbug ALERT
    A Regional Pest Alert has been issued for the brown marmorated stinkbug. Please see this publication for important information.
    Brown marmorated stinkbug. Adult female.

August 2010

  • Pecan Weevil Alert
    Pecan weevil management decision-making is already upon us. Note that many pecan growing areas are facing dry conditions, and this may result in drought-delayed emergence well beyond the normal emergence time for this pest, particularly in orchards and groves with clay soils.
    Read more >>>
  • Thousand Cankers Disease of Black Walnut
    This disease reported found in Tennessee July 26, 2010. (See companion materials listed below for details.)  Based on limited research, pecan is not known to be at risk from this disease. Scientists at Colorado State University will provide expert assistance if this disease is suspected present and local scientists should also be informed.
    • Thousand Cankers Disease, USDA Forest Service Pest Alert
    • Economic Loss Associated with the Introduction of Thousand Cankers Disease of Black Walnut to Kansas, Kansas Forest Service, Kansas State University
    • July 26 alert, Walnut twig beetle and Geosmithia sp. nov. found in Tennessee, Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University
    • Colorado State University website on Thousand Cankers Disease

Alerts Archive

Videos and E-Learning