The Tennessee Pest Management Network is a component of the Southern IPM Center.
Data Resources :
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making available on the Web a database
that provides information about what happens to pesticides after they are used in the
environment. The database contains summary information on the physical and chemical
properties and the environmental fate and transport of pesticides found in products
registered in the United States. It also contains information on the degradates, or
breakdown products, of these registered pesticides. Using a query-based system, the
Pesticide Fate Database allows users to search, sort, and retrieve up-to-date pesticide
fate and chemistry information derived from studies submitted by pesticide manufacturers
in support of the registration/reregistration of their pesticide products. Some of the
important information about pesticides in the current database include: 1) basic physical
and chemical properties, 2) biotic and abiotic degradation half-lives in soil and water,
3) adsorption/desorption constants, and 4) bioconcentration factors in fish. For non-agricultural
chemicals such as antifoulants and wood preservatives, the availability of the chemicals
in water and leaching data are also included.
This information about pesticides can be used for assessing pesticide exposure for ecological risk assessments and drinking water exposure assessments. The database is currently populated
with about 188 pesticide active ingredients and will be expanded to include more chemicals in
the future. The Pesticide Fate Database and instructions for using this database can be found
at the following address: http://cfpub.epa.gov/pfate/index.cfm.
Tennessee - - Grower / Producer / Organizations and/or Associations
Tennessee Agricultural Production Association
Tennessee Dairy Producers Association No site listed at this time
Tennessee Flower Growers Association
Tennessee Fruit and Vegetable Association
Tennessee Organic Growers Association
Tennessee Christmas Tree Growers Association
Tennessee Corn Growers Association
- National Corn Growers Association has some TN information.
Tennessee Farm Winegrowers Association
Northeast Tennessee Specialty Growers
Tennessee Nursery and Landscape Association
Middle Tennessee Nursery Association
Tennessee Farmers Market Association (TFMA)
Tennessee Farmers Markets Online
Tennessee Soybean Promotion Board
The Tennessee Soybean Association (TSA)
Beef Cattle Improvement Initiative
Tennessee Pest Control Association
Tennessee Pest Management Association & Allpoints
Greater Memphis Area Pest Control Association
Region 6 Tennessee Pest Control Association
North Tennessee Beekeepers Association
The Nashville Area Beekeepers Association
Beekeepers of Middle Tennessee
Montgomery County Beekeeping Association
Houston - Stewart County Beekeepers Association
Columbia Area Beekeepers Association
Knox County Beekeepers Association
Tennessee Societies / Councils and other informational sources
Tennessee Viticultural and Oenological Society (TVOS)
Kentucky - Tennessee Society of American Foresters
Tennesee Entomological Society
Beef Cattle Improvement Initiative
Department of Environment and Conservation
Department of Environment and Conservation--CAFO Program
Holston Rose Society of East Tennessee
A listing of Tennessee Nurseries, Greenhouses, Garden Centers, Landscapers
Region Sources
The Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium blueberries, bunch grapes, muscadines, brambles, strawberries
Integrated Orchard Management Guide for Commercial Apples in the Southeast
SOUTHEASTERN PEACH, NECTARINE AND PLUM PEST MANAGEMENT AND CULTURE GUIDE
Southeastern Vegetable Extension Workers, Vegetable Crop Handbook
Direct questions concerning Tennessee's program to:
Darrell D. Hensley
University of Tennessee
Entomology and Plant Pathology
2431 Joe Johnson Drive, 205 PSB
Knoxville, TN 37996-4560
Phone 865-974-7958
Fax 865-974-8868
email = dhensley@utk.edu
Funding for the national network of Pest Management Centers was authorized by Section 406 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998. As the result of a second competitive process in 2003, four IPM Centers across the United States were again funded in FY 2003, with the Southern Region Center located at the NSF Center for IPM at North Carolina State University.
