Video Overview of Established Biological Controls in Colorado; Identification, Collection, Release and Monitoring Methods

Project Overview

WPDP23-006
Project Type: Professional Development Program
Funds awarded in 2023: $28,000.00
Projected End Date: 04/30/2025
Grant Recipient: Colorado Dept. Of Agriculture Palisade Insectary
Region: Western
State: Colorado
Principal Investigator:
Kristi Gladem
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Colorado Dept. Of Agriculture Palisade Insectary
Co-Investigators:
Dr. Dan Bean
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Colorado Dept. of Agriculture Palisade Insectary
Torri Gladem
Colorado Dept. Of Agriculture Palisade Insectary

Information Products

Commodities

Not commodity specific

Practices

  • Pest Management: biological control, field monitoring/scouting, integrated pest management
  • Production Systems: holistic management
  • Sustainable Communities: sustainability measures

    Abstract:

    The Palisade Insectary would like to create a video series to help promote biological control usage in integrated pest management across Colorado. This video series would focus on each of the currently available biological controls provided through the Insectary's Request-A-Bug program, give an overview of the organism, the pest controlled, identification in the field, how to integrate the biological control into a management plan, as well as methods for collection and release of the biological controls.

    Project objectives:

    Objectives of this project are to increase outreach, provide education and improve implementation of biological controls. Specifically, the Palisade Insectary would like to produce videos of 10-15 minutes for each of the following topics:

    1. An Introduction, What is Biological Control?
    2. Leafy Spurge Biological Control
    3. Diffuse and Spotted Knapweed Biological Control
    4. Musk Thistle Biological Control
    5. Yellow Toadflax Biological Control
    6. Dalmatian Toadflax Biological Control
    7. Russian Knapweed Biological Control
    8. Canada Thistle Biological Control
    9. Puncturevine Biological Control
    10. Field Bindweed Biological Control

    Videos 2-10 cover the history, lifecycle, field identification, collection, release, and implementation of each biological control into an integrated pest management program. These videos are meant to give agency to agricultural producers and land managers who would like to implement biological controls on their land by collecting, sorting, releasing and monitoring independently. These videos will be publicly available and promoted by the Colorado Dept. of Agriculture through our website, website links included in brochures and social media promotion.

    Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and should not be construed to represent any official USDA or U.S. Government determination or policy.