Please complete this survey ONLY if you attended the workshop,
Optimum Use of Insecticidal Nematodes in Pest Management, in New Jersey during August of 2000.

• Complete only if you attended the August 1999 Workshop in New Jersey on Insect Parasitic Nematodes
• Completing this survey will help us to improve the effectiveness of the workshop as an educational tool.
• All responses will remain anonymous.
• Directions: Complete the information and select the choices that are most applicable to you.  When the survey is complete, click the SUBMIT button.

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1. Do you feel that biological controls are viable control options in pest management programs? Always Sometimes Rarely Never

2. Do you feel that insect parasitic nematodes are a viable control option in pest management programs? Always Sometimes Rarely Never  

3. How many times in the past year have you used some method of biological control (augmentation, formulations, conservation) to suppress a pest problem?  times

4. List the biological control method(s) commodity and pest(s) you were targeting?

5. How many times in the past year do you feel the biological control was effective?  times

6. How many times in the past year have you used insect parasitic nematodes to suppress a pest problem?  times 

7. List which pest(s) and commodity you were targeting?

8. How many times in the past year do you feel the nematodes were effective? times

9. Did attending the Insecticidal Nematode Workshop greatly somewhat not at all assist in your ability to effectively use insecticidal nematodes for suppressing pest populations this past year?         

10. As part of your job responsibilities, do you train or educate others on pest management issues? Yes No  

10a. If yes, in general who is your audience (ex. golf course personnel, strawberry growers, home owners)?  (List as many as applicable)
 

10b. If yes, how many times and how many people in the past year have you trained / lectured on some aspect of biological control?  # times # people 

10c. If yes, how many times in the past year have you trained / lectured on insect parasitic nematodes? # times # people 

11. As part of your job responsibilities, do you make control or management recommendations for pests? Yes No

11a. If yes, in general who is your clientele (ex. golf course personnel, strawberry growers, home owners, etc.)?  (List as many as applicable)

11b. If yes, how many times in the past year have you recommended some form of biological control to suppress a pest problem? times

11c. If yes, how many times in the past year have you recommended insect parasitic nematodes to suppress a pest problem? times