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Project Leaders: Curtis Petzoldt, NYS IPM Program, James Engel, NYS IPM Program,
James Jasinski, The Ohio State University, Ruth Hazzard, University of Massachusetts;
Pam Westgate, University of Massachusetts; Ted Blomgren, Cornell Cooperative Extension,
Capitol District; John Mishanec, NYS IPM Program
Cooperators: M. Hoffmann, S. Reiners, T. Zitter, A. Rangarajan, R. Bellinder
Type of grant: This project was funded by theUSDA RAMP Program under contract 2001-
51101-11048. Systems comparison trials
Project locations: NY counties: Ontario, Albany, Schoharie, Columbia; several
counties in Massachusetts; several counties in Ohio.
Abstract: In 2002 a long-term cucurbit crop systems pest and crop management
evaluation was continued at NYSAES Geneva. This project is a continuation of a sweet
corn systems project conducted 1995-1999. Systems are located in the same fields
as the previous sweet corn evaluation meaning that land has now been managed under
the particular systems for 8 years. A team of vegetable experts evaluated four systems
for producing cucurbit crops including Conventional, IPM Present, IPM Future, and
Organic. Commercial scale plots of cucumbers, melons, zucchini, and pumpkins were
grown under these systems and compared on the basis of economic, environmental,
and pest control efficacy factors. In addition, demonstrations of the systems
were conducted on growers' farms in eastern New York, Ohio, and Massachusetts.
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