Northeast IPM Grants Program:
1996 Funded Projects

T he Northeast Region IPM Grants Program funded six research projects and three research/extension projects in the 1996 funding cycle. Refer to the following tables for information about these projects. The "award" column shows total funding over the life of the grant.

We will load or link to progress reports as they become available. In the meantime, links in the table provide contact information for the IPM program in each state.

Research Projects

State Investigators Title Award Duration
Delaware (lead)
Maryland		 VanGessel, M.
Everts,K.
Kee,W.E.
Beste,C.E. 		Development of a more comprehensive weed management approach for lima bean production $60,000 3 years
New York Eckenrode, C.
Villani, M.
Straub, R.
Abawi, G.		 Adapting cultural practices for management of arthropod & nematode onion pests $68,500 2 years
New York (lead)
Connecticut		 Fry, William
Wilks, D.
Aylor, D. (coop.)		 Integrated management of immigrant Phytophthora infestans: Area Wide Systems $50,430 2 years
New York Hoffmann, Mike
Kyle, M.
Robinson, R.
Zitter, T.		 Integrated Pest Management of beetle pests of cucurbits $93,731 3 years
New York Walters, T.W.
Ellerbrock, L.A.
Lorbeer, J.W.
Eckenrode, C.J.		 Integrated crop rotation and plant resistance in onion pest management $30,000 1 year
Rhode Island (lead)
New Jersey
New York
Maine		 Alm, S. R.
Polavarapu, S.
Roelofs, W.
Alford, R.		 Developing traps and fruit volatile lures for monitoring blueberry maggot fly $96,000 2 years

Research-Extension Projects

State Investigators Title Award Duration
Maryland (lead)
Delaware
Virginia		 Dively, G.P.
Linduska, J.J.		 Deployment of use/risk reduction practices for Imadacloprid in Colorado potato beetle management $28,304
Massachusetts (lead)
New York		 Van Driesche, R.
Sanderson, J.		 Integration of insect growth regulators and biological control agents of whiteflies on poinsettia 19,150
Rhode Island Maynard, B.K.
Cassagrande, R.A.
Gold, M.
Gordon, S.H.
Lagerquist, K.		 Selling the nursery industry on sustainable trees and shrubs $76,417

 

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Northeast IPM Grants Program: 1996 Funded Projects

Sponsored by the Cooperative Extension and Land Grant University IPM programs of the Northeast (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and West Virginia) and by the United States Department of Agriculture.

Developed and managed by James R. VanKirk, Facilitator for Northeast IPM Activities.

Technical management: Cheryl TenEyck, NY IPM Program
Design assistance: Karen English-Loeb, NY IPM Program