Annual Project Reports
Brief reports of all projects from each year. View index of report titles.
2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015| 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000
Annual program summaries
Archive of 2-page briefs (discontinued):
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Research Results, Publications, and Scientific Presentations by Specific Topic
- Basil – downy mildew
- Cucurbit – downy mildew
- Cucurbit – powdery mildew
- Phytophthora blight – cucurbits and pepper
- Cucurbit – bacterial wilt
- Tomato – late blight
- Tomato – foliar diseases
- Pepper – bacterial leaf spot
- Spinach – white rust
- Fungicide resistance
- Biopesticide evaluations for organic and conventional disease management
- Biofumigation
- Reduced tillage
- Impact of ambient ozone on plant productivity
Some Current and Recent Applied Research Projects
- Evaluations of new and registered fungicides and biopesticides for diseases affecting conventionally and organically produced vegetable and herb crops on Long Island. Annual experiments supported primarily by the IR-4 Project and industry. Results are used for grower recommendations.
- Monitoring fungicide resistance in the cucurbit powdery mildew pathogen (long-term project started in 1990)
- Managing Downy Mildew and Fusarium in Basil with New Resistant Varieties, Improved Genetics, Seed Treatment, and Disease Occurrence Mapping (4-yr, Sept 2018 – Aug 2022)
- High-quality NY-adapted Tomato Hybrids Combining Enhanced Early Blight Resistance and Other Fungal Resistances to Reduce Disease Impact and Fungicide Use (2-yr, Dec 2019 – Nov 2021)
- Regional Approach to Cucurbit Downy Mildew Prevention, Monitoring And Management (2-yr, 2018 – 2020)
- Evaluation of New Melon and Squash Varieties Resistant to Powdery Mildew (1-yr, 2020)
- Cucurbit IPM for Reducing Pollinator Exposure to Key Fungicides (4-yr, fall 2015 – 2019)
- Farmer Designed Systems to Reduce Tillage in Organic Vegetables (5-yr, Sept 2014 – Sept 2018)
- Information-Based Ecological Management of Potato/Tomato Late Blight (2-yr, Dec 2015 – Dec 2017)
- Integrated Management of Tomato Chlorotic Spot Virus, an Emerging Tospovirus Threatening Tomato Production in the Eastern United States (3-yr, fall 2015 – 2018). TCSV images and information
- Bio-fumigation with a Mustard Cover Crop for Managing Phytophthora Fruit Rot of Watermelon (2-yr, 2015 – 2016)
- Breeding Fresh-market Tomato Lines with Improved Fruit and Genetic Control of Late Blight, Early Blight and Septoria Leaf Spot for NYS (2-yr, 2015 – 2016)
- Improving Integrated Management Practices for Phytophthora Blight in New York (3-yr, 2014 – 2017)
- Integrated Phytophthora Blight Management in Vegetable Crops with Enhanced Soil Health From Cover Crops, Reduced Tillage, and Brassica Biofumigation (3-yr, 2014 – 2017)
- Unifying Resistance Management Education for Vegetable and Small Fruit Production in the Northeast (webinars conducted fall 2015)