Funding for Northeast IPM projects is provided
by the United States Department of Agriculturein the form of the IPM and
Biocontrol Special Research Grant (P.L. 89106) and Pest Management Education,
Smith-Lever 3(d) fundsand the United States Environmental Protection Agency
(Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program).
Extension Projects
Linking Northeast Pest and Crop Models to Electronic Bulletin Boards
Field crops, ornamentals pest and weather predictions and models
Determining the Impact of an IPM Educational Effort to Field Crops Producers
Field crops; program impact assessment
Development of a Model Integrated Pest Management Recommendation Document
Vegetables, potatoes; integrating pesticide alternatives into crop management
recommendation documents
Research Projects
Integrating Crop Rotation and Plant Resistance in Onion Pest Management
Onions; crop rotation, host plant resistance, benefits of cover crops
Quantifying Infection Probability to Improve Integrated Management of
Apple Scab
Apples; pest biology, cultural control methods, scouting, reduced fungicide
use
Integrating Disease and Mite Management in Apples and Grapes
Apples, grapes; biological control, effects of fungicide on biological
control agents
A Reduced Pesticide IPM Strategy for Control of the Parasite Honey Bee
Mite, Varroa Jacobsoni
Honey; pesticide reduction, natural plant extracts, physical traps
Research-Extension Projects
Northeast Pepper IPM Project
Peppers; host plant resistance, hot water seed treatment, pest predictions,
cultural control methods, biological control, bio-based insecticides, mulch
and weed management, nonchemical weed management, pepper IPM manual, producer
training
Technology Transfer of Biologically Based Controls: Fungal Diseases of
Greenhouse Tomatoes
Greenhouse tomatoes; biological control, oils and salts, control mechanism
characterization, host plant resistance
AIM: An Interactive, Dynamic Apple Information Manager for New England
Apples; information transfer, weather and pest prediction models, World
Wide Web to facilitate IPM adoption