2019
Development of Best Management Guidelines for White Mold in PA
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Pennsylvania Soybean Promotion Board
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
Crop protectionDiseaseField management
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Paul Esker, Pennsylvania State University
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
R2019-07; OSP#206577
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Pennsylvania Soybean Promotion Board
$29,687
Leveraged Funding (Non-Checkoff):
This project is to generate the necessary baseline information that can be used to leverage this project with other USDA-NIFA proposals, as well as regional projects through funding sources like the Northeast-Integrated Pest Management Program, Northeast-SARE, and collaborations with industry partners. As such, for the moment the primary source of funding to get that goal is the current request to the Pennsylvania Soybean Board, although to support the graduate education component of the project, we have solicited funds from the Dept. of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology and the College of Agricultural Sciences for tuition remission.
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Institution Funded:
Pennsylvania State University
$29,687
Brief Project Summary:

The persistent annual risk of white mold requires a proactive approach to understanding the importance of different risk factors and farm-level economics to incorporate changes on the farm. Research and extension in this project focus on investigating best management practices for the control of white mold. A multi-tiered approach incorporates an increased understanding of pathogen diversity, spatial sampling for Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, testing and validating existing prediction models developed in the Midwest to see if they perform similarly in the Northeastern U.S. This effort also works directly with farmers through surveys to determine what management tactics would be feasible.

Key Benefactors:
farmers, agronomists, extension agents

Information And Results
Project Deliverables

Final Project Results

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