| Extension/Outreach |
1 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Educate and provide technical support to growers and consultants as new materials and
strategies are developed. |
| Extension/Outreach |
2 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Continue IPM education and on-farm demonstration plots. |
| Extension/Outreach |
3 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Educate growers and consumers regarding the risks and benefits of Genetically Enhanced
Organisms. |
| Extension/Outreach |
4 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Promote on-farm diagnostic tests for blight (microscopes and training needed). |
| Extension/Outreach |
5 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Educate consumers on recent strides in integrated pest management and production
practices. |
| Regulatory |
1 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Lorox and Fusilade are essential for weed control in commercial production; need
registration of Prowl, Dual and Select as alternatives. |
| Regulatory |
2 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
The broad spectrum fungicide Bravo is essential to alternate with other site-specific
pipeline fungicides for foliar disease resistance management. |
| Regulatory |
3 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Vydate, Vapam and the Telones are essential for nematode control. |
| Research |
1 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Identify effective reduced-risk fungicides and/or biocontrol agents and develop disease
predictors to manage foliar blights. |
| Research |
2 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Develop effective methods to manage and determine the infectivity of aster leafhoppers. |
| Research |
3 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Identify carrot varieties suitable for Michigan that are resistant to nematodes, plant diseases
and insects. |
| Research |
4 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Identify effective reduced-risk herbicides and develop alternative weed control methods. |
| Research |
5 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Identify factors that contribute to culls such as soil quality, nematode populations, and soilborne
diseases. |
| Research |
6 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Develop improved facilities and disease management strategies for storing fresh and
processing carrots. |
| Research |
7 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Develop precision agriculture techniques. |