Project Overview
LNE03-192
Project Type: Research and Education
Funds awarded in 2003: $158,570.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2007
Matching Federal Funds: $113,673.00
Region: Northeast
State: Maryland
Project Leader:
Dr. Ray Weil
University of Maryland
Annual Reports
Commodities
- Agronomic: canola, corn, oats, potatoes, rapeseed, rye, soybeans, wheat
- Fruits: apples
- Vegetables: cabbages, cucurbits, eggplant, greens (leafy), peppers, tomatoes, turnips
Practices
- Animal Production: manure management, winter forage
- Crop Production: conservation tillage
- Education and Training: technical assistance, demonstration, extension, farmer to farmer, mentoring, networking, on-farm/ranch research, participatory research, study circle
- Natural Resources/Environment: biodiversity, habitat enhancement, soil stabilization
- Pest Management: allelopathy, biological control, competition, cultural control, disease vectors, integrated pest management, mulches - killed, physical control, mulching - plastic, trap crops, mulching - vegetative, weed ecology
- Production Systems: agroecosystems
- Soil Management: earthworms, green manures, organic matter, soil analysis, nutrient mineralization, soil quality/health
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