Maryland Information Network for Pesticides & Alternative Strategies (The Maryland component of the Northeastern Integrated Pest Management Center)

The Maryland Information Network for Pesticides and Alternative Strategies (MINPAS) serves as the State Network Project designed to gather and transmit information on issues relevant to both current and transitional pest management strategies, including pesticides. MINPAS aims to improve the level of knowledge, awareness, and understanding of local, state, regional, and national pest management practices. MINPAS is the primary information source for federal and state regulatory agencies and other agencies regarding use and usage of all Integrated Pest Management (IPM) tactics, including pesticides, in all IPM settings in the state.

MINPAS delivers pesticide regulatory and policy information to Extension educators, growers, crop consultants, and pesticide users in the state; gathers pest management data from researchers, Extension educators, growers, crop consultants, and pesticide users; analyzes these data to estimate the impacts of changes in pesticide regulations on agricultural productivity in Maryland; solicits input from other states in the mid-Atlantic region on shared commodities; and shares this information with other states in the mid-Atlantic region, the Northeast Pest Management Center, USDA, and the US EPA.

MINPAS activities accessible through this web site include the newsletters Pest Management Reports (through PestNet) and Pesticide Notes, the Just-in-Time Pesticide Information, Pesticide Information Leaflets, Pesticide Educators' Briefs , crop profiles, MINPAS annual reports, and links to resources on pesticides and pest management. This site is supported, in part, with funding from the Northeastern IPM Center.

Program and project leader contact: amybrown@umd.edu

Last updated: 10/30/06

Web site administrator: entoweb@umd.edu