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May 4, 2021
Pest Management Solutions for Specialty Crops and Specialty Uses
Greetings!

The following is a recap of news and updates from the IR-4 Project during the month of April. We are also continuing our spotlight series highlighting new IR-4 HQ employees.
Coffee Rust Attacks Hawaii Coffee Trees; IR-4 Fights Back
Collaboration is key to addressing pest management problems in a timely manner. When coffee rust was spotted on coffee plants in Hawaii in late 2020, we partnered with BASF Agricultural Solutions and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to develop a solution for managing the destructive fungus.

Tolerance Successes
The following tolerance successes were posted to our website during the month of April:
Job Posting
The quality assurance auditor will be an integral member of the IR-4 Project Quality Assurance Unit. This position will be responsible for performing various types of quality assurance audits of raw data and reports to assist in ensuring the quality and integrity of IR-4 Project submissions to the EPA. Preferred candidates will have experience in a GxP environment, excellent investigative decision-making skills and strong attention to detail. Learn more and apply.

Environmental Horticulture Updates
Indaziflam Crop Safety - 2021

From 2011 through 2020, IR-4 has completed 159 trials evaluating two granular and one liquid formulations of indaziflam for crop safety. The data contained in this report was generated to register the use of indaziflam on and around environmental ...

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Isoxaben + Dithiopyr Crop Safety - 2021

Fortress (isoxaben + dithiopyr) was registered in 2018 for environmental horticulture crop uses. Between 2018 and 2020, IR-4 examined 17 crop species / genera to expand this label to other crops. Of these, 2 crop species (Hydrangea macrophylla...

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Crop Vignette: Holly

Ilex or holly is a genus of about 480 species of flowering plants in the family Aquifoliaceae, and the only living genus in that family. The species are evergreen or deciduous trees, shrubs, and climbers from the tropics to temperate zones worldwide.

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New HQ Employee Spotlight - Cristina Marchesan Marconi
Cristina M. Marconi joined the study director team at IR-4 HQ at NC State University in July 2020, but she is no stranger to the IR-4 family. Marconi first joined the IR-4 Project in 2014 as a field research director (FRD) at Texas A&M AgriLife – Weslaco and recently moved to North Carolina for her new role. Marconi is passionate about her work and loves the idea of giving back to the community through IR-4. Originally from Brazil, Marconi has a bachelor’s degree in biology science and a master’s degree in genetics, plant breeding and biotechnology, both from Brazilian institutions. In her spare time, Marconi enjoys mountain biking, hiking, cooking and spending lots of time outdoors with her family here and back in Brazil.
This material is based upon work that is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under award number 2020-34383-32455 with substantial cooperation and support from the State Agricultural Experiment Stations, USDA-ARS and USDA-FAS. In accordance with Federal Law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability.