| Extension/Outreach |
1 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Design and conduct an education program for nematode sampling,
identification, and interpretation. |
| Extension/Outreach |
2 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Design a sedge management fact sheet for strategies to reduce density
of this weed. |
| Regulatory |
1 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Continue ongoing registrant/IR-4 registrations (spiromesifen, flonicamid,
cyazofamid, fenamidone, and fludioxonil). |
| Regulatory |
2 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Continue investigation into potential herbicide candidates (terbacil and smetolachlor |
| Regulatory |
3 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Determine if the 120-day plant back restriction of buprofezin (Courier®) can be
reduced to a more realistic value (14 or 28 days). |
| Research |
1 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Design and conduct trials for promising seed treatments to manage gummy stem
blight. |
| Research |
2 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Breed seedless varieties that have more resistance to gummy stem blight. |
| Research |
3 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Determine if live microbial products have any utility for decreasing earlyseason
diseases. |
| Research |
4 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Examine the current susceptibility of eclipta to common herbicides and
investigate possible resistance. |
| Research |
5 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Place the desired staffing requested by the National Watermelon Assoc. |
| Research |
6 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Examine the effect of bensulide residues on common rotational partners of
watermelon such as sweet corn and sugarcane. |