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Principal Investigators: Arlie McFaul, Vegetable Specialist,
Lake Plains Vegetable Program
Christy Hoepting, Vegetable Specialist, Lake Plains Vegetable Program
Alan Erb, Vegetable Specialist, Lake Plains Vegetable Program
Cooperators: Brian Nault, Dept. of Entomology, NYSAES-Geneva
Dave Walthew, Lake Plains Vegetable Program Summer Assistant
Alan Erb, Vegetable Specialist, Lake Plains Vegetable Program
Roger Ward, Snap Bean Commodity Manager Birds Eye Foods
Scouts, fieldmen, private consultants who work in snap and dry beans
Several snap bean growers in Western New York
Type of Grant: Monitoring, forecasting and economic thresholds
Project Location: Western New York
Abstract: Viruses transmitted by aphids caused great devastation
in many snap beans in western New York in 2001. In 2002, viruses were
detected again in snap bean fields, but there was little affect o yield.
The main goal of this project is to continue to obtain a better understanding
of the pest pressure and geographical distribution of aphids over the
growing season through monitoring and networking techniques. This project
involved monitoring in-field populations of aphids and leafhoppers throughout
the season and evaluated the efficacy of the commercial application
of Gaucho seed treatment to control aphids and leafhoppers in snap bean
fields throughout western NY.
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