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Jill Sidebottom
Extension Specialist
Education:
B.S. University of Illinois (1981)
M.S. North Carolina State University (1984)
Ph.D. North Carolina State University (1988)
Responsibilities:
Extension (100%): Mountain Conifer Integrated Pest Management
- Providing support to the North Carolina Cooperative Extension agents with responsibilities for mountain conifers, primarily Christmas trees.
- Developing scouting techniques and economic thresholds for insects, mites, and diseases of Christmas trees and commercially grown ornamental conifers.
- Determining least-toxic pesticides and lowest rates for pest control.
- Increasing the awareness of the benefits of IPM and facilitating its implementation by identifying and responding to clientele needs, and developing education programs and materials.
- Assessing the adoption and impact of IPM to producers of mountain conifers.
Projects:
- Work towards overall reduction of insecticide use among Christmas tree growers.
- Teach Spanish-speaking farmworkers to scout for pests in Christmas trees and increase safety when applying pesticides.
- Determine the extent of elongate hemlock scale on Fraser fir Christmas Trees and develop control measures.
- Investigate methods of grub control in nursery beds and in Christmas Tree fields.
- Evaluate control of Botrytis shoot blight in seedlings.
- Aid county extension agents in answering their questions about hemlock woolly adelgid.
Links:
Christmas Tree Research and Extension
Mountain Horticultural Crops Research & Extension Center
Contact:
Mountain Horticultural Crops Research & Extension Center
455 Research Drive
Fletcher, NC 28732
Tel: 828.684.3562 x 118
Fax: 828.684.8715
E-mail: jill_sidebottom@ncsu.edu
