North Dakota State University Extension Service has a free Pest Management app that contains information from three popular publications – the North Dakota Weed Control Guide, Field Crop Fungicide Guide and Insect Management Guide. You can search by crop or pest to find solutions to problems or recommended treatments. You also can save or mark your favorite areas.

NDSU Publishes New Pest Management App

Crops currently included in the NDSU Pest Management app are corn, soybeans, dry beans, sunflowers, sugar beets, potatoes and small grains. Additional crops may be added in the future. Lead authors of the publications are Richard Zollinger, NDSU Extension weed specialist and plant sciences professor; Sam Markell, Extension plant pathologist and assistant professor; and Janet Knodel, Extension entomologist and associate professor.

The commodity groups supporting the planning, implementation and ongoing maintenance of the app are the North Dakota Corn Council, North Dakota Soybean Council, Sugarbeet Research and Education Board, North Dakota Wheat Commission, Northarvest Bean Growers Association, Northern Plains Potato Growers Association and National Sunflower Association.

"For almost a year, Angela Kazmierczak, weed science research specialist, spearheaded the collaboration among researchers, Extension faculty and commodity groups," Zollinger says. "Hundreds of hours were invested in loading detailed information into the software app on identification, prevention and treatment of weeds and pests in North Dakota crops."

Technical work was done by Myriad Devices, a company based in the NDSU Research and Technology Park incubator and founded by NDSU Electrical and Computer Engineering faculty and students.

Go to http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/extension/apps for more information on new NDSU Pest Management app.