Northeast IPM 1997 Grants Program

D evelopment and implementation of biointensive IPM is a common theme of 10 proposals recently awarded funding by the Northeast Region IPM Grants Program. Funding was approved for extension (3 projects), research (4), and combination research/extension (3) projects. A consistent thread through these projects is that project objectives address pest management alternatives to pesticides including biological control, cultural methods and host plant resistance.

Each year the Northeast Region Integrated Pest Management Grants Program supports selected research and extension projects. Funds for this program originate at the USDA and are matched in part by the institutions sponsoring each project.

A competetive 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 outside the region. The criteria for judging proposals this year included:

  • Relevance to the Northeast Region IPM priorities, including explicit linkage to stakeholder expressed needs.
  • Appropriate objectives, design, and methodology
  • Degree of interdisciplinary and/or multi-organization collaboration, including appropriate state-wide and multiple state collaboration among research, extension, private consultants, industry, and the user community, appropriately scaled to the problem
  • Appropriate strategy/process to evaluate the success or the project, including milestones, developed by IPM implementation team
  • Appropriateness of the budget
  • Professional expertise of the project team.

    • A pool of 35 proposals was submitted this year. Of these, 10 proposals were funded. The table below provides information about the 10 funded proposals. Links in the first column take you to pages showing project objectives.

    All Projects:

    35 proposals submitted, sum of requests = $2,395,901

    10 proposals funded, sum of awards = $670,019

    Extension Projects

    4 proposals submitted, sum of requests = $95,697

    3 proposals funded, sum of awards = $51,234

    Title State Principle Investigator Crops Emphases
    Linking Northeast Pest and Crop Models to Electronic Bulletin BoardsNew YorkPetzoldt, Curtisfield crops
    ornamentals    		 crop, pest & weather predictions and models
    Determining the impact of an IPM educational effort to field crops producersNew YorkWaldron, J. Keithfield crops program impact assessment
    Development of a Model Integrated Pest Management Recommendation DocumentNew YorkPetzoldt, Curtis H.vegetables
    potatoes    		 integrating pesticide alternatives into crop management recommendation documents

    Research Projects

    22 proposals submitted, sum of requests = $1,612,321

    4 proposals funded, sum of awards = $342,184

    Title State Principle Investigator Crops Emphases
    Integrating crop rotation and plant resistance in onion pest managementNew YorkMutschler, Martha A.onionscrop rotation;
    host plant resistance;
    benefits of cover crops
    Quantifying infection probability to improve integrated management of apple scabConnecticut Aylor, D. E.apples pest biology;
    cultural control methods;
    scouting;
    reduced fungicide use
    Integrating Disease and Mite Management in Apples and GrapesNew YorkEnglish-Loeb, G. M.apples
    grapes    		 biological control;
    fungicide effects on biological control agents
    A Reduced Pesticide IPM Strategy for Control of the Parasite Honey Bee Mite, Varroa JacobsoniNew York Calderone, Nicholas W.honey pesticide reduction;
    natural plant extracts;
    physical traps

    Research-Extension Projects

    9 proposals submitted, sum of requests = $687,833

    3 proposals funded, sum of awards = $276,601

    Title State Principle Investigator Crops Emphases
    Northeast Pepper IPM ProjectConnecticut
    New Jersey
    Massachusetts
    New York    		 Boucher, Thomas Judepeppers host plant resistance;
    hot water seed treatment;
    pest predictions;
    cultural control methods;
    biological control;
    bio-based insecticides;
    mulch and weed management;
    non-chemical weed management;
    pepper IPM manual;
    producer training
    Technology Transfer of Biologically Based Controls: Fungal Diseases of Greenhouse TomatoesNew YorkLamboy, Jana S.greenhouse tomatoes biological control;
    oils and salts;
    control mechanism characterization;
    host plant resistance
    AIM: An interactive, dynamic Apple Information Manager for New EnglandVermont
    Maine
    New Hampshire    		Berkett, Lorraine Papples information transfer;
    weather& pest prediction models;
    WWW to facilitate IPM adoption

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    1997 Northeast IPM Grants Program
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    The Northeast IPM WWWW site is 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.

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