Program Staff: Kenneth L. Wise

IPM Extension Area Educator (since 1999)

(Eastern NY Area Livestock and Field Crops)

90 State Street
6th Floor, Suite 600
Albany, NY 12207
Phone:(518) 434-1690
Fax: (518) 426-3316

EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

M.S., Entomology, University of Idaho, 1999
M.S., Agriculture Education, Iowa State University, 1993
B.S., Agriculture Education, Washington State University, 1988
Assistant Extension Professor, Field Crops and Horticulture, University of Idaho, 1994-1997.
Agriculture Instructor, Range Management, Dickinson State University, ND, 1993.
Agriculture Instructor, Oakville High School, WA., 1988-1991.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Responsibilities

Provide leadership in innovative educational and applied research programs relative to IPM in Field Crops and Livestock in Eastern New York.
Assist Extension Educators in extension program development, assessing needs, implementation, and evaluation relative to IPM in Field Crops and Livestock in Eastern New York.
Conduct applied research relative to IPM in Field Crops and Livestock in Eastern New York.

Current/Ongoing Projects

Work in cooperation with the Livestock and Field Crop IPM Coordinator, County Extension Educators, and faculty in designing, implementing and evaluating innovative public IPM field crops and livestock outreach programs in six counties.
Working in cooperation with the Livestock and Field Crop IPM Coordinator and faculty in developing innovative educational materials in IPM field crops and livestock for Extension Educators.
Working in cooperation with the Livestock and Field Crop IPM Coordinator, Extension Educators and faculty to develop an Environmental Tactical Agriculture Educational Program to protect water quality.
Development of an IPM field crops and livestock advisory team for Eastern New York.
Designing methods of measuring short- and long-term rates of IPM adoption for Eastern New York.
Distribute a "Weekly Eastern NY Field Crop Pest Report" from data collected in several counties on a NY field crops listserv.
Design and conduct a white grub survey in hay fields and pastures in cooperation with Livestock and Field Crop IPM Coordinator, faculty, Extension Educators and growers.
Assist a Cornell graduate student in monitoring lady beetles species in Eastern New York.

Accomplishments (Past Two Years)

Development of a network of Extension Educators conducting outreach programs that increase the rate of adoption of IPM practices relative to field crops and livestock.
Working in cooperation with the Livestock and Field Crop IPM Coordinator and faculty we have developed a series of IPM educational brochures and IPM PowerPoint presentations for use by Extension Educators.
Development of an IPM field crops and livestock advisory team for Eastern New York.
Distribute a "Weekly Eastern NY Field Crop Pest Report" from pest data collected from several counties on a NY field crops listserv.
Masters Research: Behavioral Responses of Hippodamia convergens (Convergent Lady Beetle) to Olfactory and Visual cues.

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