Completed Competitive Grant

Evaluating sustainable, integrated management of muskmelon diseases, weeds, and insect pests in partnership with Iowa growers

Project ID: 2001-21

Abstract

Several ways to decrease grower reliance on chemicals in muskmelon production were studied.

Key Question: What new practices will allow muskmelon growers to use fewer chemicals?

Findings: Better timed applications of chemical sprays and cover crops may prove helpful to melon growers.

Lead investigator: Mark Gleason, ISU Plant Pathology, et al

Year of grant completion: 2004

This competitive grant project was part of the Leopold Center's Initiative.

Topics: Biocontrol and Integrated Pest Management, Economic and environmental impacts, Fruit and vegetables

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