| For 2020 and newer grants, please go to https://grants.ipmcenters.org/ |
|---|
|
|
| Home Current RFAs PD User Guide Projects Login |
|
Funded Project |
|
Funding Program:
Regional IPM Competitive Grants - Northeastern |
|
Project Title:
Reducing Potato Leafhopper (PLH) Impacts on Alfalfa through PLH-resistant Cultivars Intercropped with Perennial Forage Grass |
Project Directors (PDs):
|
|
Lead State: NY Lead Organization: Cornell University |
|
Cooperating State(s):
Pennsylvania |
| Research Funding: $79,470 |
|
Start Date: Jun-15-2006 End Date: Jun-14-2008 |
|
Pests Involved: potato leafhoppers |
|
Site/Commodity: alfalfa, field crops, forage, grasses |
|
Area of Emphasis: resistance, resistant, intercropping |
|
Summary:
Potato leafhopper is the most damaging alfalfa insect pest in the Northeast. Forage grasses in mixture with alfalfa can cause PLH to emigrate and are environmentally beneficial, but may reduce forage quality. Producing high quality forage is a key to profitability in livestock production systems. Some recent alfalfa cultivars have glandular hairs and PLH-resistance, yet are not immune to damage from PLH. Potato leafhopper-resistant alfalfa cultivars intercropped with perennial forage grass could be an IPM strategy that would have environmental, agronomic, and economic benefits to forage producers.
Objectives: Compare PLH populations, and forage yield and quality in the establishment year and first production year of a conventional, PLH-susceptible alfalfa cultivar and a PLH-resistant alfalfa cultivar, each alone and intercropped with perennial forage grass species timothy, orchardgrass, and tall fescue. Complete partial budget economic analysis of forage production using PLH-resistant alfalfa in alfalfa-grass mixtures. Share results of this study in extension outreach opportunities throughout New York, Pennsylvania, and the NE region. Proposal Progress Report USDA CRIS data Final Report Final Report - Appendix 1 Final Report - Appendix 2 Final Report - Appendix 3 Final Report - Appendix 4 Final Report - Appendix 5 |
| Close Window |
|
Northeastern IPM Center 340 Tower Road Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 NortheastIPM.org |
 |
Developed by the Center for IPM © Copyright CIPM 2004-2026 |
|