IPM Partnership program supports 24 new projects

In 2008, the Northeastern IPM Center awarded nearly $475,000 to support the following research and outreach projects in northeastern states.

IPM Working Groups
Northeast School IPM Implementation Working Group
Multiregional Working Group on Sooty Blotch and Flyspeck of Apple
Northeast Community IPM Working Group
Northeast Vegetable IPM Working Group

Regional IPM Publications
IPM for Homeowners and Gardeners: Outreach via Brochures, Presentations, and the Web
Web-based Vegetable IPM Resource Database: Publicity and Upkeep
Developing a Fungicide Resistance Management Guide for Vegetable Growers in the Mid-Atlantic Region

IPM Issues
Master Gardener–Facilitated IPM Education for Homeowners
Adopting New Methods for Cucurbit Virus Diseases
Guardian Plant Systems for Greenhouse IPM
Second Regional Workshop with NRCS to Foster IPM as a Conservation Practice

IPM Planning Documents
New England Maple Syrup Pest Management Concerns Survey; PMSP for Brambles in New England
Planning a PMSP Workshop in Ornamentals
PMSP for Commercial Greenhouses in the Northeast

IPM Minigrants
Behaviorally Based Management Strategies for the Plum Curculio and Apple Maggot Fly in Northeastern Apple Orchards
Production of Disease-Free Onion Bare Root Transplant Seedlings
Quantifying the Exposure and Effect of Farmer-Applied Pesticides on Northeast Migratory Operations Pollinating Crops in PA, NJ, ME, and MA

State Network Projects were funded in each state to respond to federal requests regarding pest management methods.