Project Overview
LNE97-090
Project Type: Research and Education
Funds awarded in 1997: $121,535.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2001
Matching Federal Funds: $53,973.00
Region: Northeast
State: Massachusetts
Project Leader:
Integrating High-Density Orchards and Biointensive Integrated Pest Management Methods in Northeastern Apple Production
Annual Reports
Commodities
- Fruits: apples, general tree fruits
Practices
- Crop Production: application rate management
- Education and Training: decision support system, demonstration, extension, focus group, on-farm/ranch research, participatory research
- Natural Resources/Environment: biodiversity, hedges - grass, hedgerows, hedges - woody
- Pest Management: biological control, biorational pesticides, chemical control, cultural control, economic threshold, field monitoring/scouting, integrated pest management, traps, weather monitoring