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Added new model for Japanese pine sawyer beetle, Monochamus alternatus, a possible invasive pest of pines. Added new mannequin for pine tree lappet moth, Dendrolimus pini, a possible invasive pest of pines. Added a brand new DD model for Japanese Flower Thrips, Thrips setosus, a local of Japan and potential invasive insect in the USA. Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica). Added a new DD model for Aphalara itadori, Japanese knotweed psyllid, a native of Japan released in the W. U.S. Added a new DD mannequin for Diorhabda carinulata, N. tamarisk beetle, a native of China released within the W. U.S. Added a brand new DD model for Oak Ambrosia Beetle, Platypus quercivorus, a native of Japan and potential invasive insect in the USA. Added new mannequin to database: Helicoverpa armigera, old world bollworm, a potential invasive species that is said to the corn earworm, H. zea: Old World Bollworm Model - added with assist from APHIS PPQ. The undertaking was funded by the Western Region IPM Center, and has the potential to develop to include solarization for management of other pests together with plant disease organisms, weeds, and arthropods (pending different sources of funding). We hope to make use of this system for our different instruments together with charts in "MyPest Page" someday quickly.

Our weather estimation routines are in all probability enough to use our degree-day models with good confidence, and now our hourly disease models needs to be wonderful to make use of as nicely. Currently we're working to incorporate a Google map station picker as an option. Remember you just click on any station pin to load "MyPest Page" (in a brand new tab) with that model showing disease danger over time at that station. Click and drag to zoom in on a portion of the chart. Then, to load more stations, just pan (click and drag the map even a small quantity) or zoom the map (using Plus and Minus buttons) to maintain loading extra stations until you see a ample quantity on your needs (repeat as needed or till no extra stations are loaded). Its free but we are restricting use somewhat by requiring you to make a request on to us for directions on how to get began.

We anticipate to utilize this in a cell app version of our predominant degree-day calculator within next couple of months. They mix it with honey to make bee bread. The honey bee hive is slightly honey-making manufacturing facility turning nectar into honey. Perhaps a pesticide gets a bee confused, like a human gets when he will get drunk-this might have an effect on the bee’s skill to seek out its means back to the hive, or it may interfere with the "waggle dance" that tells other bees the place to find nectar. We are nonetheless including features (in particular, for selecting a close by weather station; at the moment you must discover a station by another means and kind it in yourself). Updated the Grass seed stem rust model inputs and outputs (with programming by John McQueen and Dan Upper, directed by Bill Pfender) to be 1) more mobile- and person-pleasant, 2) with a new station choice map, 3) new entry information form, 4) capability to run the model for past dates to evaluate earlier cropping season resolution making, and 5) extra "speed dial" output risk meters.

Updated and improved our synoptic illness threat maps for Boxwood Blight, Tomcast DSV, Botrytis & (experimental) Soybean rust, Fireblight, and Tomato-potato late blight. Fixed the "DD map overlays on googlemaps" feature in our DD maps pages. Updated boxwood blight mobile app (click on on link or higher yet download out of your app or play store onto your cell machine) to use Google maps as an optional station-choice interface. The soil solarization model has been up to date with the new highcharts output, with skills including zoom, interactive tracing of data traces, and export to .png .pdf and different formats. Bill Pfender and IPPC have made numerous other updates to the program, together with use of a 7-day forecast within the simulation. 2. Grass Seed Stem Rust simulation program now makes full use of all qualified weather stations, rather than being dependent upon a very small community that was set up in grass seed fields. Starting Oct 2016 we have now a second new seasonal forecast - presently out 3.5 months, much like NMME beneath except for these variations: - 1. This is a single model (not an ensemble) identified as the NCEP Couple Forecast Sy stem model version 2 from NOAA.

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