1.  To establish, coordinate and provide a pest management information program in Texas to function as the state contact for the integrated pest management information network established by the Southern Region Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Center located at North Carolina State University in Raleigh.

2.  To establish an advisory committee for the Texas Pest Management Information Program composed of pest managers, growers, commodity groups, consultants and other stakeholders representative of the diversity of capabilities, institutions and pest management issues found in Texas.

3.  To facilitate and support the production of crop profiles, pest management strategic plans and similar pest management documents for important Texas agricultural commodities as identified by federal regulatory agencies for the implementation of the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996.

4.  To strengthen the connection between pest management programs (i.e., Pest Management Information, Integrated Pest Management, Interregional Project 4 (Minor Crop Pest Control), Pesticide Safety Education) and agricultural and other private stakeholders within Texas.

5.  To serve as an information resource for the Southern Region IPM Center and the public and private sectors on current pest management practices, problems and issues affecting agricultural commodities produced in Texas.