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Funding Program:
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Project Title:
Great Lakes Fruit IPM Working Group |
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Lead State: MI Lead Organization: Michigan State University |
| Undesignated Funding: $19,842 |
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Start Date: Mar-01-2016 End Date: Feb-28-2017 |
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Pests Involved: Pests and Diseases of all temperate fruit crops |
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Site/Commodity: Great Lakes region tree and berry fruits |
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Area of Emphasis: IPM communications is a diversity of formats |
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Summary:
The Great Lakes Fruit IPM Working Group provides multiple means for fruit researchers, extension educators, and consultants from public or private institutions to share their expertise, experiences, challenges, and solutions for sustainable fruit production in the Great Lakes region. They produce extension/outreach materials that are specific to the needs of their grower clientele. The annual meeting consists of 1.5 days of presentations on research results or extension programming successes/challenges, and a full day field tour of local fruit-related research, commercial, and educational venues. The host group and location rotates among Michigan, New York, and Ontario (which will host the 2016 meeting), though participants include members from other states. A website provides meeting archives, and a listserv is used widely by members to discuss regional fruit crop issues and announcements. The group will undertake two extension/outreach projects in 2016-17: to create a new Beginner IPM Guide for Stone Fruit, and to convert the Blueberry Pocket Guide into a web-based search tool.
Objectives: Objective 1. Organize and Conduct the Great Lakes Fruit Working Group Annual Meeting (attendance ~50-60) Objective 2. Develop Educational Projects Based on Working Group Collective Expertise in Intellectual Support and Educational Materials Acquisition (2A - Stone Fruit IPM Manual for Beginners; 2B - Blueberry IPM Pocket Guide integrated into an IPM Online Pest and Beneficial Search Engine resource) Objective 3. Refine, Maintain, and Improve the Working Group Website and Listserv (current listserv members = 210, 2015 posted communications = >200) |
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