Partners

Ad-hoc Corn Rootworm Areawide Management Core Committee:

Ric Dunkle, USDA-APHIS, Washtington, DC (co-chair)
Larry Chandler, USDA-ARS, Fargo, ND (co-chair and program technical coordinator)
Eldon Ortman, SAES/Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Jerry Dewitt, Extension Service, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Robert Faust, USDA-ARS, NPS, Beltsville, MD
James Coppedge, USDA-ARS, College Station, TX
Stan Daberkow, USDA-ERS(Economic Research Service), Washington, DC
Les Lewis, USDA-ARS, Ames, IA
Mickey McGuire, USDA-ARS, Schafter, CA

Key Participants
Initially several participants worked together to test the corn rootworm Areawide Pest Management concept across the Corn Belt. Beginning in 1996, the ARS provided funding to university cooperators to test the feasibility of the concept. Additional resources from partner government agencies, universities, state commodity commissions, and industry-supported programs augmented funds provided by ARS.

Key participants included:

USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
Producers
Aerial applicators
Crop Consultants
State land-grant university partners
- Iowa State University
- Kansas State University
- University of Nebraska
- University of Illinois
- Purdue University
- South Dakota State University
- Texas A&M Research and Extension Service
Other USDA agencies
- The Economic Research Service (ERS)
- Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES)
Industry representatives
- Trécé
- MicroFlo
- BASF
- Florida Foods