- Frequency of Occurrence
Enter how often the pest attacks the commodity in your state.
Examples include sporadically, once every two years, every year, etc.
- Damage Caused
Describe the harm caused to the commodity by the presence
or activities of the pest.
- Percentage Acres Affected
This is the proportion of the commodity's acreage affected by
a typical outbreak of the pest.
- Pest Life Cycles
Describe the life cycle of the pest. Include information on
reproduction, overwintering, how the pest is transmitted, alternate hosts, etc.
- Critical Timing of Control Measures
If there is a period of time in the development of pest or commodity
in which control measures need to be applied in order to be effective,
enter that period in this field. Otherwise, leave blank.
- Yield Losses
Describe the effect that the pest has on overall yield.
- Regional Differences
If you defined different growing regions for the commodity in
your state, describe the effect of the different regions on any aspect of
the pest.
- Cultural Control Practices
Describe any cultural controls that can be used to combat the pest. For example, crop rotation or sanitation.
- Biological Control Practices
Describe any biocontrols that may be available to control the pest,
for example, pheromone traps or predatory insects.
- Post-Harvest Control Practices
List any measures that are used to control the pest after harvesting
the commodity.
- Other Issues
Enter any other information that may be relevant to the control of the
pest. New research, pending pesticide cancellations, or export restrictions
on the use of a pesticide are examples of the kind of information to enter in
this field.
This is the screen where you list all the chemical controls that are commonly used against the pest in your
state. You can enter as many chemicals as you need, one per line. To enter the rest of the chemical information
required by a crop profile click the 
button and you will be taken to the Chemical Info 1 screen. Click the
trash can 
icon to remove a chemical from the list. There are two fields you need to fill in for each chemical.
- Active Ingredient
The chemical controls are listed by active ingredient, not
pesticide product. Enter the pesticide active ingredient in this field.
- Trade Name(s)
Enter the common trade names of pesticide products that contain
the active ingredient, separated by commas. For example, if the
active ingredient is linuron, you might enter "Linex, Lorox" in the Trade
Name(s) field.
