Abstract
A computerized management aid, called AUSIMM was developed for insects, diseases, and nematodes attacking soybeans in Alabama. AUSIMM was validated in two year’s of validation studies with more than 11 experiments. Version 2.1 of AUSIMM was released to interested growers in 1989. Very few growers have requested a copy of the program. Why was this innovative technology not embraced by soybean growers in Alabama? Implementation was impeded by a severe lack of funds, technical complexity of the product being implemented, inadequate collaboration with extension specialists, institutional inertia towards research /extension cooperation, inability to demonstrate great increases in net profits, and the requirement of a computer for growers to use the software. Future efforts at implementing innovative IPM systems should involve extension specialists and social scientists at the outset, and should be directed towards crops with net profit margins that are not shrinking over time.
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Mack, T.P. (1992). Implementing Innovative Insect Management Systems in Soybean in the Southeastern U.S.. In: Copping, L.G., Green, M.B., Rees, R.T. (eds) Pest Management in Soybean. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2870-4_4
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