Project Overview
378706
Project Type: IPM Centers Grant
Funds awarded in 2020: $19,993.00
Grant Recipient:
Michigan State University Extension
Region: North Central
State:
Cooperating States:
none
Project Coordinator:
Great Lakes Vegetable Working Group
Commodities
- Agronomic: potatoes
- Fruits: berries (strawberries)
- Vegetables: asparagus, beans, beets, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbages, carrots, cauliflower, celery, cucurbits, eggplant, garlic, greens (leafy), greens (lettuces), leeks, okra, onions, parsnips, peas (culinary), peppers, radishes (culinary), rutabagas, sweet corn, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, turnips
Target Pests
No target pests identified
(required to submit report)
Practices
- Pest Management: allelopathy, biofumigation, biological control, biorational pesticides, botanical pesticides, chemical control, cultivation, cultural control, disease vectors, economic threshold, exclusion, forecasting, genetic resistance, host resistance, mechanical control, modeling, monitoring/scouting, mulches - general, pesticide application timing, pesticide resistance management, pesticides, prevention, row covers (for pests), sanitation, weather monitoring, weed ecology
- Crop Production: biological inoculants, conservation tillage, fertilizers, grafting, greenhouses, high tunnels or hoop houses, irrigation, low tunnels, multiple cropping, no-till, nutrient management, organic fertilizers, plant breeding and genetics, pollination/pollinator health/habitat, postharvest treatment, row covers (for season extension), season extension types and construction, strip tillage, varieties and cultivars, zone till
- Production Systems: hydroponics, organic agriculture, transitioning to organic
- Soil Management: soil microbiology, soil quality/health
- Sustainable Communities: local and regional food systems, urban agriculture
