Revise/reprint "Biological Control of Insects and Mites"

2009 Annual Report for LNC05-262

Project Type: Research and Education
Funds awarded in 2005: $87,558.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2009
Region: North Central
State: Wisconsin
Project Coordinator:
Michelle Miller
University of WI - CIAS

Revise/reprint "Biological Control of Insects and Mites"

Summary

In the final two months of the project, we continued to ship out copies of the book for use in workshops.

Objectives/Performance Targets

It was our intention that workshop coordinators would assist us in collecting information on the book’s usefulness to farmers. Workshop coordinators were each given copies of tools they could use with participants.

Accomplishments/Milestones

By the end of the project, we were unsuccessful in obtaining any sort of assessment as to the book’s usefulness.

Impacts and Contributions/Outcomes

The outcome is that, while the workshops helped us get information out to farmers on biological control, they were not organized in such a way that we could get information back from farmers on the usefulness of the text. Without considerably more money to support the project team in directly participating in the workshops, we were unable to leverage this activity in a way to conduct a real assessment.

Collaborators:

Dan Mahr

dmahr@entomology.wisc.edu
Principal Investigator
University of WI-Entomology
Department of Entomology
1630 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Office Phone: 6082623228
Nino Ridgway

farmernino@wi.rr.com
Editor
Barthel Fruit Farm
12246 Farmdale Road
Mequon, WI 55947
Office Phone: 2622422737
Website: http://barthelfruitfarm.com/
Paul Whitaker

pwhitaker@wisc.edu
writer
University of WI - Marathon Co.
518 S. 7th Ave.
Wausau, WI 53097