Northeast IPM 1997 Grants Program:
Funded Projects


Project Title:

Linking Northeast Pest and Crop Models to Electronic Bulletin Boards


State:New York
Investigators: Petzoldt, Curtis
Project Type:Extension
Award*:$13,379
Term:12 months
Crops: field crops
ornamentals

*Award shown is total amount to be used over the course of the project term.


Objectives

1) Locate the crop and pest models that predict pest development for field and ornamentals crops

2) Convert, through software adaptation, the models so that they automatically run on the NEWA electronic weather network. This includes providing grower-friendly outputs either in fax form or in electronic bulletin board form.

3) To relay this information to those making pest and crop management decisions in field crops and ornamentals in the Northeast through either daily fax messages or through dial-up electronic bulletin boards.


Links

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1997 NE IPM Funded Grant NE04

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This page 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.

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