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Project Leaders: Jana Lamboy,
NYS IPM Program, Geneva
Michael Brownbridge, Entomology Research
Lab, Univ. of Vermont
Cooperators: David Woodworth,
Harvest Hill Gardens, Geneva
David and Janet Vollmer, Vollmer Farms,
East Syracuse
George Zerrillo, Zerrillo's Greenhouses,
East Syracuse
Wendell Irland, W. D. Henry & Sons,
Hamburg
Type of grant: Research and Development
Proposal-New, Ornamentals
Biological control and pest
biology
Project locations: Greenhouse
collaborators were located in Ontario,
Onondaga, and Erie Counties
Abstract: Growers frequently
request help in the development of biorational IPM programs for bedding
plants, especially vegetable transplants and herbs. Before Cornell Cooperative
Extension Educators can recommend insect-killing fungi such as Beauveria
bassiana for bedding plant protection we must first demonstrate
efficacy and show how the products fit into an IPM strategy. In this
trial, growers applied Botanigard (B. bassiana), Botanigard +
Azatin, and Azatin alone to vegetable and flower bedding plants, and
herbs to attempt to see whether the insect growth regulator Azatin would
increase the ability of the beneficial fungus to parasitize aphids.
Few pesticides are labeled for vegetable bedding plants in greenhouses,
yet customers want to buy pest-free plants for their gardens. Due to
circumstances beyond our control, this field research did not yield
any data for comparison of the treatments.
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