IPM Success Stories: Agriculture
- November 1, 2016
- It's the Small Things that Add Up
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“Wow, I didn’t know such a small thing could do so much damage!”
- November 1, 2016
- Pest Management in Alternative Crops: A New Learning Experience
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As immigrant farmers embark on the adventure of food production, they face many challenges including pest management issues.
- November 1, 2016
- New Entry and Beginning Farmers
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There’s a new back-to-basics movement, one that would be understood by today’s connected, savvy, environmentally-conscious, new and beginning farmer.
- January 29, 2015
- A Sustainable Way to Protect Vegetables - Cover Crops
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Growers who use cover crops not only can improve soil health, but also protect vegetables from soilborne pathogens.
- December 29, 2014
- Celebrate National Vinegar Day by Using Vinegar...to Trap This Invasive Fly
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If you have any raspberry-infused vinegar on your shelf, you might already know about the invasive spotted wing drosophila and how raspberry growers are worried about it.
- October 31, 2014
- Our Story on Spotted Wing Drosophila an Example of Successful IPM
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A story Chris Gonzales wrote about our team’s work on spotted wing drosophila now appears in eLS, published through Wiley and Sons.
- May 15, 2013
- Small Steps to Help Honey Bees
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Scientists are trying to stop the small hive beetle (SHB, Aethina tumida) that carries pathogens into honey bee colonies.
- May 14, 2013
- Designing Stink Bugs Out of Landscapes
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Researchers want to know whether the brown marmorated stink bug can be designed out of landscapes.
- May 2, 2013
- Setting the Gold Standard for Tomatoes
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In 2009, late blight decimated tomato crops in the Northeast. Scientists stepped up the creation of blight-resistant tomato varieties with new urgency.
- April 29, 2013
- Collaborators in Region Join Chorus against Spotted Wing Drosophila
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Researchers and educators are confronting an invasive species that has changed the tune for Northeastern fruit growers: the spotted wing drosophila (SWD).