Section 148-C. Fruit pest management

Within the integrated pest management
  program there shall be established a fruit pest management program. Such
  program shall be conducted in such a manner  to  achieve  the  following
  objectives:
    1.  establish current pesticide use patterns and the economics of pest
  management for the major fruit crops in New York;
    2. investigate alternative pest management tactics  (e.g.,  biological
  and  cultural  control, plant resistance) and determine how to integrate
  these tactics with chemical control and horticultural practices;
    3. develop practical monitoring techniques, economic  thresholds,  and
  forecasting methods for pests of fruit crops;
    4.  develop  research  and grower demonstration sites where integrated
  pest management technologies can be evaluated as an integral part of the
  overall fruit production system; and
    5.  provide  the  fruit  industry  with  training,  information,   and
  educational   materials   on   the  implementation  of  integrated  pest
  management utilizing traditional as well as new  communication  channels
  (e.g. computer-based information delivery systems).