Ratcheting up commercial organic high-bush blueberry production systems

Project Overview

ONE03-016

Project Type: Partnership

Funds awarded in 2003: $9,380.00

Projected End Date: 12/31/2004

Matching Non-Federal Funds: $22,500.00

Region: Northeast

State: New Jersey

Project Leader:

William Sciarappa

Rutgers Cooperative Extension

View the project final report

Annual Reports

2003 annual report

Information Products

Disruption of Sexual Communication of Oriental Beetles (Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae) in High Bush Blueberries with Retrievable Pheromone Sources

Comparative Effectiveness of Different Organic Insecticides to Blueberry Maggot Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) (Article/Newsletter/Blog)

Commodities

Fruits: berries (other)
Additional Plants: native plants
Animals: bees

Practices

Animal Production: preventive practices
Crop Production: biological inoculants, cover crops, organic fertilizers, tissue analysis
Education and Training: demonstration, extension, farmer to farmer, on-farm/ranch research, participatory research
Farm Business Management: new enterprise development
Natural Resources/Environment: habitat enhancement, indicators
Pest Management: biological control, biorational pesticides, botanical pesticides, chemical control, competition, compost extracts, cultural control, disease vectors, economic threshold, field monitoring/scouting, integrated pest management, mulches - killed, mating disruption, physical control, sanitation, traps, mulching - vegetative, weather monitoring
Production Systems: agroecosystems, holistic management, transitioning to organic
Soil Management: soil quality/health
Sustainable Communities: new business opportunities, urban/rural integration, sustainability measures

Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or SARE.