Northeastern IPM Center Partnership Grants Projects Funded, FY 2005

The FY 2005 Partnership Grants Program has funded the following projects.

IPM Working Groups

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State Networks

Title	Institutions(s)	Project Directors & Co-PDs	Crops or Focus area	Award	Duration (months)	More Information
West Virginia Information Network for Pesticides and Alternative Strategies	University of West Virginia	Baniecki, John	State Network	$15,000	12	Due in 2006
Maryland Information Network for Pesticides and Alternative Strategies	University of Maryland	Brown, Amy	State Network	$15,000	12	Due in 2006
New England Pest Management Network	University of Maine	Dill, James Koehler, Glen	State Network	$121,000	12	2004-2006 Report
New Jersey Information Network for Pesticides and Alternative Strategies-2005	Rutgers	Hamilton, George	State Network	$20,000	12	Due in 2006
Delaware Information Network for Pesticides and Alternative Strategies	University of Delaware	King, Susan	State Network	$20,000	12	Due in 2006
Pennsylvania Pest Management Information Network	Penn State University	Richards, Kerry	State Network	$12,500	12	Due in 2006

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IPM Working Group Priorities

Title	Institutions(s)	Project Directors & Co-PDs	Crops or Focus area	Award	Duration (months)	More Information
Regional Website: Phenology Models for Apple, Forage Corn, Vegetables, and Woody Ornamentals	University of Maine	Dill, James	Apple Corn (forage) Vegetables Woody Ornamentals	$19,753	12	Final Report
Collaborating with NRCS to Promote IPM on Northeast Vegetables	University of Massachusetts	Hazzard, Ruth	Vegetables	$20,000	12	Final Report
Inadequate Control of Trichoderma Green Mold on Mushrooms	Penn State University	Royse, Daniel	Mushroom	$23,000	12	Final Report

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Regional IPM Publications

Title	Institutions(s)	Project Directors & Co-PDs	Crops or Focus area	Award	Duration (months)	More Information
Online IPM Database for Vegetable Crops	University of Massachusetts	Hazzard, Ruth	Vegetables	$7,361	12	Final Report
Increasing IPM Implementation Through Identifying Stakeholder Needs and Increasing Customer Awareness (available as .pdf)	University of Vermont	Skinner, Margaret	Consumer education	$9,750	12	Progress Report Final Report May 2007

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Crop Profiles,
Pest Manangement Strategic Plans,
Pest Management Surveys

Title	Institutions(s)	Project Directors & Co-PDs	Crops or Focus area	Award	Duration (months)	More Information
New England Crop Profile: Strawberry (available as .pdf soon; in review)	University of Massachusetts	Schloemann, Sonia	Strawberry	$4,411	9	Final Report (in review)
New England IPM Tactics Surveys: Residential Turf, Pepper, School IPM; PMSPs: Highbush Blueberry	University of Maine	Dill, James Koehler, Glen	Turf Pepper Schools Blueberry	$30,000	12	Final Report
New Jersey Crop Profiles: Cucumber, Pumpkin, Blueberry; PMSPs: Honeybees, Blueberry	Rutgers	Hamilton, George	Cucumber Pumpkin Blueberry Honey	$18,000	12	Final Report
Regional Crop Profile: Sweet Corn	Univ. of Massachusetts	Hazzard, Ruth	Sweet Corn	$4,602	12	Final Report Progress Report
Delaware PMSPs: Tomato, Snap Bean	Univ. of Delaware	King, Susan	Tomato, Snap Bean	$7,286	12	Final Report
Pennsylvania Crop Profiles: Pumpkins, Cantaloupes, and Cabbage	Penn State Univ.	Richards, Kerry	Pumpkin Cantaloupe Cabbage	$15,000	12	Final Report

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Critical and Emerging Issues

Title	State	Project Directors & Co-PDs	Crops or Focus area	Award	Duration	More Information
An Observational Early Warning System for Detecting Soybean Rust Incursions into the Northeast Region	Pennsylvania	DeWolf, Erick	Soybean	$25,000	24	2006 Progress Report

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Each year the Partnership Grants Program supports selected projects. A competitive grant proposal process is used to select projects for funding. Proposals are reviewed and rated by a review committee comprised of experts in IPM from inside and outside the region. For more information about this grants program, please see the request for proposals.

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