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Project Leaders:
Carol R. MacNeil, CCE, Vegetable Extension Program
in Ontario, Wayne, Yates and Steuben Cos., and
John P. Gibbons, CCE, Vegetable Extension Program
in Ontario, Wayne, Yates and Steuben Cos., and NEWA, NYS IPM Program
Grower Cooperators:
Ken Datthyn, Sodus
Kevin Datthyn, Sodus
Jack and Mark Johnson, Sodus
Lucian Sacheli, Potter
Greg and Jeff Squires, Prattsburg
Type of grant: Training
practitioners to use IPM techniques
Project Locations: Wayne, Yates and Steuben Counties
Abstract:
Growers on 5 onion farms received a review
on how to access information from NEWA and they were assisted in incorporating
NEWA disease and weather forecasts, as well as field scouting, into
their crop protection decision-making process. The wet season and significant
disease pressure were motivating factors in their use of the onion disease
and weather forecasts. The Modified Blight Alert and the Michigan Botrytis
Forecast numbers were impressive and the growers took the disease pressure
seriously. One of the 5 growers never participated in an onion IPM program
before.
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