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Funding Program:
IPM Partnership Grants |
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Project Title:
New England Crop Profile: Strawberry |
Project Director (PD):
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Lead State: MA Lead Organization: University of Massachusetts |
| Undesignated Funding: $4,411 |
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Start Date: Apr-01-2005 End Date: Mar-31-2006 |
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Site/Commodity: strawberry, strawberries |
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Summary:
This proposal seeks funding by the Northeast Integrated Pest Management Center under the IPM Partnership Grant program; section B (Tactics Surveys, Crop Profiles, and Pest Management Strategic Plans), for the development of a strawberry crop profile for New England (6 states inclusive). It is a continuation of a previous proposal submitted by the New England Pest Management Network (NEPMNet) and funded in the last funding cycle, which included the design and implementation of a pest management tactics survey for strawberries in the New England states. Data collected from the survey will be used to form the basis of the crop profile to be formulated under this proposal. No crop profile for strawberries currently exists for any New England state, except for New Hampshire; a profile published in 1999 and which is now largely out-of-date. Additional impetus for development of the crop profile and eventual Pest Management Strategic Plan for New England strawberries comes from the fact that strawberries are among the crops commonly consumed by children. In fact, since a high percentage of the crop is sold on a PYO basis, many children are also exposed to the fields in which the strawberries are grown, increasing the risk of exposure to pesticides. The crop profile proposed here will be developed in close collaboration with state liaisons and growers in each of the 6 New England states. It will be developed using the NEPMNet crop profile template, which insures compliance with USDA Crop Profile requirements. A special effort will be made to include issues related to organic strawberry production. Supplemental funding (e.g., from the New England Vegetable & Berry Growers Association, NOFA or USDA) may be sought to assist in this aspect of the crop profile, if needed.
Objectives: To compile a comprehensive crop profile on strawberries for New England. Proposal Final Report 2006 |
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