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Funding Program:
Regional IPM Competitive Grants - Northeastern |
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Project Title:
AIM: An Interactive, Dynamic Apple Information Manager for New England |
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Lead State: VT Lead Organization: University of Vermont |
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Cooperating State(s):
Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island |
| Undesignated Funding: $84,985 |
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Start Date: Sep-01-1997 End Date: Aug-31-2000 |
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Site/Commodity: apples |
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Area of Emphasis: weather, pest modeling |
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Summary:
Apple Information Manager (AIM) is a collaborative project involving apple growers and university extension and research personnel from the six New England states. This project features a New England Apple IPM website.
Objectives: 1. (Extension) Enhance apple IPM implementation in all six New England states by developing the Apple Information Manager (AIM)-- a New England Apple IPM site on the World Wide Web (WWW) that will exploit the ability of the WWW to serve as a comprehensive, frequently updated channel for transmitting information to, from, and among growers, industry service providers, and University personnel. AIM will provide apple growers and their advisors (i.e., IPM consultants) with access to communication functions, resource material, research reports, weather data, and daily updates of site-specific apple IPM decision support models. AIM will also serve as a "real-world" resource to students studying IPM. 2. (Research) Compare relative performance of major apple decision support models using remotely generated virtual weather data versus weather data collected on site. This comparison will evaluate the potential of private sector site-specific virtual weather data for making key on-farm IPM decisions. 3. (Extension) Increase awareness and knowledge among New England commercial apple growers of WWW IPM resources and capabilities and develop a participatory process to fully utilize this powerful new tool for education and information transfer to facilitate more extensive and intensive IPM adoption. Outcomes and Impacts Summary from 2001 IPM Center report To enhance apple IPM implementation in New England states, apple growers, industry, and university IPM personnel collaborated in developing ways to incorporate information onto the World Wide Web. The Apple Information Manager (AIM) website (orchard.uvm.edu/aim/) provides growers with pest model estimates based on sitespecific weather data, enabling growers to improve crop protection with minimal reliance on preventive pesticide applications. The AIM site serves as a clearinghouse of IPM resource material so that orchardists throughout the region can share and benefit from valuable IPM knowledge. Since its startup, the frequently updated site has had more than 11,000 visitors. Almost 85 percent of New England growers surveyed report that AIM has helped them reduce or minimize their pesticide use. Site visitors say that AIM has played an important role in their decisions about the need for and timing of pesticide applications. The site represents a particularly strong collaborative effort, with cooperators from six states (Lorraine Berkett, Glen Koehler, William MacHardy, Daniel Cooley, Lorraine Los, and Heather Faubert). The powerful IPM education tool is highly rated by users not only from New England but around the world. |
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