IPM Partnership Program Supports 23 Projects in 2009

This year, the Northeastern IPM Center awarded nearly $390,000 to support the following research and outreach projects in northeastern states.

IPM Working Groups

• Northeast School IPM Working Group
• Northeastern Region IPM Evaluation Working Group
• Community IPM Working Group
• Small Fruit IPM Working Group
• Eco Apple IPM Working Group

IPM Issues

• Developing improved protocols to assess alfalfa varieties for resistance to P. sclerotioides
• Developing key indicators for greenhouse grower discovery and implementation of guardian plants in IPM
• Development of a new IPM outreach campaign: A bold website and IPM messages on city buses
• Enhancing floral resources for conservation biological control in urban landscapes
• Educating the next generation of IPM users: Supporting and promoting IPM education in schools
• Trial of a minimum-risk botanical compound to control the vector tick of Lyme disease

IPM Planning and Assessment Documents

• Christmas Tree Crop Profile for New England
• New England Pumpkin IPM Tactic Survey
• Pest Management Strategic Plan for Processing Peas in New York

IPM Minigrants

• Fungicide resistance management guidelines for cucurbit downy and powdery mildew control in the northeastern U.S.
• Stored grain IPM: Practical information and experience for on-farm storage practitioners
• Testing the effectiveness of a sanitizing agent for suppression of American foulbrood in beehives

State Network Projects were funded to respond to federal requests about pest management methods.