Project Overview
FNE04-534
Project Type: Farmer
Funds awarded in 2004: $1,543.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2004
Matching Non-Federal Funds: $3,100.00
Region: Northeast
State: New York
Project Leader:
Eve and Chris Kaplan-Walbrecht
Garden of Eve Organic Farm
Commodities
- Agronomic: corn
Practices
- Education and Training: technical assistance, demonstration, extension, on-farm/ranch research
- Farm Business Management: community-supported agriculture, marketing management
- Pest Management: biological control, botanical pesticides, field monitoring/scouting, integrated pest management, traps
- Production Systems: holistic management
Proposal summary:
Sweet corn and baby corn grown at this farm suffer heavy damage from insect pests. This farm trial grant will evaluate the effectiveness of using a silk application of vegetable oil plus Bacillus thuringiensis to control corn earworm. Outreach will be through several publications and a farm field day.
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