Project Grant 201251300200971

This $324,262 Project Grant award from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM) Competitive Grants Program supports the development and validation of a grower-friendly, lure-free "trap cropping" system to monitor and manage key insect pests of apples in the Northeast. The research team has developed a novel approach involving grafting six pest-attractive apple cultivars onto perimeter-row trees to serve as permanent...

This federal Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM) Competitive Grants Program (CFDA 10.329), provides $325,000 to Michigan State University (MSU) to conduct research on developing biological control strategies for two key agricultural pests - spotted wing drosophila (SWD) and apple maggot fly (AMF). The key products and services to be delivered under this...

This three-year project grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Crop Protection and Pest Management Competitive Grants Program (CFDA 10.329) provides $181,960 to Humboldt State University Sponsored Programs Foundation from Sep 1, 2022 to Aug 31, 2025. The project aims to optimize the use of barn owl nest boxes for rodent pest control in winegrape vineyards. It will assess the utility of barn owls for reducing rodent numbers, estimate the...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $256,079, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025), supports research and field trials to develop control methods for the invasive Box Tree Moth (BTM). The key tasks include: Documenting BTM seasonal phenology and monitoring native natural enemies in Niagara County, New York to understand pest biology and...

This $3,500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) program aims to improve management of the corn earworm pest in sweet corn production. Key activities include: Measuring overwintering success and early season activity of corn earworm, developing a spread model, and monitoring resistance to Bt toxins and insecticides. Improving integrated pest management through better adult moth...

This $295,750 Project Grant award from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM) Competitive Grants Program, with a period of performance from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027, aims to develop effective integrated pest management (IPM) strategies for cucurbit production in the Delmarva region. The key objectives are to: 1) determine host plant preferences of cucumber beetles, squash bugs, and vine borers; 2) identify volatile...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) awarded a $324,988 Project Grant under the Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM) Competitive Grants Program (CFDA 10.329) to North Carolina State University (NC State). The grant aims to enhance Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices for sustainable production of brassica crops through the use of pheromone-mediated mating disruption to manage the diamondback moth (DBM), a significant global pest of...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS), under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025), is focused on developing a biological control strategy for the European Cherry Fruit Fly (ECFF), an invasive pest recently detected in New York. The $115,000 award to Cornell University will support surveys to determine the distribution of ECFF and identify...

This $1,994,600 federal project grant award was provided by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Integrated Programs (CFDA 10.303) to the University of Florida. The primary objectives are to develop and evaluate innovative pest management strategies, including nano clay matrices, reflective and live mulches, row covers, and augmentative biological control, to improve organic management of whiteflies and aphids in cucurbit crops. The project will conduct detailed...

This $210,000 Project Grant was awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM) Competitive Grants Program (CFDA 10.329). The funding supports a one-year initiative led by the University of Tennessee's Agriculture Extension Service to provide stakeholders with knowledge and recommendations for effective, economically viable, and environmentally sustainable integrated pest management (IPM) practices. The key activities...