Progress 08/15/09 to 08/14/12
Outputs
OUTPUTS: In New York included the following: A cover crop field day was held at the Vegetable Research Farm near Geneva, NY on October 19, 2010. Twenty-five growers and extension educators participated in a discussion focused on the project objectives, available results, and each was provided with plot maps for personal viewing of the 4 study fields. Another project activity was a presentation by the PI on the project objectives, project design, and results collected to date made during the Soil health Session at the Empire State Fruit and Vegetable Expo in Syracuse, NY on January 27, 2011. There were over 80 growers and other agricultural service providers in attendance and all received a 4-page summary of the presentation. An additional presentation was made by the PI on the activities and results of the project at the 2011 NYS Dry Bean meeting held in Stafford, NY on March 3, 2011, with 70 in attendance. Furthermore, the research results of this project were included in a presentation made by the PI at the Delaware Fruit and Vegetable Conference held in Harrington, Delaware on January 19, 2011, with 100 in attendance. In addition, an illustrated poster on the project was presented at the annual meeting of the American Phytopathological Society held in Honolulu, Hawaii during August 6-10, 2011. The meeting attendance was over 1,500. Accumulate results and lessons learned will be shared at the up-coming vegetable commodity advisory committees this fall and again at the annual NYS Fruit and Vegetable Expo in Syracuse, NY in January 2013. In Pennsylvania, Beth Gugino made 7 presentations on the evaluation of cover crops for improving root health and yield of vegetables as well as the management of soilborne pathogens in general at growers meetings in Sturbridge (Feb. 16, 2012), Hershey (Jan. 31 and Feb. 2, 2012), Girard (March 29, 2011), Clarks Summit (Jan. 27, 2011), and Smethport (Feb. 16, 2010) that were attended by over 191 stakeholders. She also presented an hands-on workshop on root disease assessment at the annual Farming Future Conference in University Park (Feb. 3, 2011) with 24 in attendance and talked on cover crops for soil health and disease suppression at the Vegetable Grower's Field day in Kintnersville (August 3, 2010) with 65 stakeholders in attendance. PARTICIPANTS: George S. Abawi: PI, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, NYSAES, 113 Barton Laboratory, 630 W. North St., Geneva, NY 14456; 315-787-2374; gsa1@cornell.edu. Curtis Petzoldt: Co-PI, NYS IPM Program, Cornell University, NYSAES, Geneva, NY 14456; 315-787-2206; cp13@cornell.edu. Beth K. Gugino: C0-PI, Dept. of Plant Pathology, The Penn. State Univ., 219 Buckhout Lab., University park, PA 16802, 814-865-7328; bkgugino@psu.edu. James laMondia: Co-PI, The CT Agric. Expt. Sta., dept. of Plant Pathology and Ecology, Valley laboratory, 153 Cook Hill Rd., Windsor, CT 06095; 860-683-4982; James.LaMondia@ct.gov. Collaborators: Carol R. MacNeil: Collaborating Extension Specialist, Cornell Coop. Ext., 480 Main St., Canandaigua, NY 14424; 585-394-3977x406; crm6@cornell.edu Bill Waltman: Collaborating Extension Educator, Penn State Coop. Ext., 24 Maple View Lane, Coudersport, PA 16915, 814-274-8540, ww15@psu.edu. Tianna DuPont: Collaborating Extension Educator, Penn State Coop. Ext., 14 Gracedale Avenue, Nazareth, PA 18064, 610-746-1970, std11@psu.edu. Scott Guiser: Collaborating Extension Educator, Penn State Coop. Ext., 1282 Almshouse Road, Doylestown, PA 18901, 215-345-3282, sxg6@psu.edu. Joel Roney: Collaborating grower, Trauger Farms, 370 Island Road, Kintnersville, PA 18930, 610-847-5702, traugersmarket@aol.com. Kundan Moktan, Res. Tech., Dept. of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, NYSAES, Geneva, NY 14456; 315-787-2407, km477@cornell.edu TARGET AUDIENCES: Vegetable Growers in the NE region, Extension Educators in The NE region, Research Scientists, and Other Agricultural Service Providers. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.
Impacts
The outreach activities provided and results obtained during this project are contributing to increasing our knowledge on the impact of specific cover crops on root diseases, soil health status, and vegetable yield and quality. The latter will contribute to the implementation of sustainable disease and soil health management practices. We provide information to enable us to rank the tested cover crops as to their disease suppression effect and for improving yield as well as soil quality. We have and will continue to communicate these findings to stakeholders through presentations at local and regional meetings, formal and informal publications, and posting on appropriate websites. We are considering initiating a survey to assess grower knowledge; adoption and benefits of using specific cover crop in order to further document the impact of this investigation.
Publications
- Abawi, G. S., C. Petzoldt, and K. Moktan. 2011. Evaluation of cover crops for improving root health and yield of vegetables. The Empire State Fruit & Vegetable Expo, Syracuse, NY. Proceedings, 4 page summary.
- Abawi, G. S. and K. Moktan. 2012. Improve crop yield and get on your fields quicker with good soil management. Empire State Fruit and Vegetable Expo, Syracuse, NY. Proceedings, 3 page summary.
- Abawi, G. S. and K. Moktan. 2012. Vegetable disease control and the impact of soil health management practices. Empire State Fruit and Vegetable Expo, Syracuse, NY. Proceedings, 3 page summary.
- Gugino, B.K. and B. Waltman. 2012. Managing soilborne pathogens in snap beans. 2012 Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention Proceedings, PA Vegetable Growers Association, Richfield, PA. Pp. 58-61.
- Gugino, B.K., G.S. Abawi, C. Petzoldt, and J.A. LaMondia. 2012. Evaluation of cover crops for improving root health and yield of vegetables. 2012 Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention Proceedings, PA Vegetable Growers Association, Richfield, PA. Pp. 161 164.
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Progress 08/15/10 to 08/14/11
Outputs
OUTPUTS: The annual report of the research component of this project has been submitted under project number NYG-625590, Accession number: 0218744. A cover crop field day was held at the Vegetable Research Farm near Geneva, NY on October 19, 2010. Twenty-five growers and extension educators participated in a discussion focused on the project objectives, available results, and each was provided with plot maps for personal viewing of the 4 study fields. Another project activity was a presentation by the PI on the project objectives, project design, and results collected to date made during the Soil health Session at the Empire State Fruit and Vegetable Expo in Syracuse, NY on January 27, 2011. There were over 80 growers and other agricultural service providers in attendance and all received a 4-page summary of the presentation. An additional presentation was made by the PI on the activities and results of the project at the 2011 NYS Dry Bean meeting held in Stafford, NY on March 3, 2011, with 70 in attendance. Furthermore, the research results of this project were included in a presentation made by the PI at the Delaware Fruit and Vegetable Conference held in Harrington, Delaware on January 19, 2011, with 100 in attendance. In addition, an illustrated poster on the project was presented at the annual meeting of the American Phytopathological Society held in Honolulu, Hawaii during August 6-10, 2011. The meeting attendance was over 1,500. PARTICIPANTS: PI and Co-PI's George S. Abawi: PI, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, NYSAES, 113 barton Laboratory, 630 W. North St., Geneva, NY 14456; 315-787-2374; gsa1@cornell.edu. Curtis Petzoldt: Co-PI, NYS IPM Program, Cornell University, NYSAES, Geneva, NY 14456; 315-787-2206; cp13@cornell.edu. Beth K. Gugino: C0-PI, Dept. of Plant Pathology, The Penn. State Univ., 219 Buckhout Lab., University park, PA 16802, 814-865-7328; bkgugino@psu.edu. James laMondia: Co-PI, The CT Agric. Expt. Sta., dept. of Plant Pathology and Ecology, Valley laboratory, 153 Cook Hill Rd., Windsor, CT 06095; 860-683-4982; James.LaMondia@ct.gov. Collaborators: Carol R. MacNeil: Collaborating Extension Specialist, Cornell Coop. Ext., 480 Main St., Canandaigua, NY 14424; 585-394-3977x406; crm6@cornell.edu Bill Waltman: Collaborating Extension Educator, Penn State Coop. Ext., 24 Maple View Lane, Coudersport, PA 16915, 814-274-8540, ww15@psu.edu. Tianna DuPont: Collaborating Extension Educator, Penn State Coop. Ext., 14 Gracedale Avenue, Nazareth, PA 18064, 610-746-1970, std11@psu.edu. Scott Guiser: Collaborating Extension Educator, Penn State Coop. Ext., 1282 Almshouse Road, Doylestown, PA 18901, 215-345-3282, sxg6@psu.edu. Joel Roney: Collaborating grower, Trauger Farms, 370 Island Road, Kintnersville, PA 18930, 610-847-5702, traugersmarket@aol.com. TARGET AUDIENCES: Vegetable Growers in the NE region, Extension Educators in The NE region, Research Scientists, and Other Agricultural Service Providers. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Not relevant to this project.
Impacts
The outreach activities and results obtained from this project are contributing to increasing our knowledge on the impact of specific cover crops on root diseases, soil health status, and vegetable yield and quality. The latter will contribute to the implementation of sustainable disease and soil health management practices. At the completion of this project, it will be possible to rank the tested cover crops as to their disease suppression effect and for improving yield as well as soil quality. The latter will be communicated to stakeholders through presentations at local and regional meetings, formal and informal publications, and posting on appropriate websites.
Publications
- Abawi, G. S., C. Petzoldt, and K. Moktan. 2011. Evaluation of cover crops for improving root health and yield of vegetables. The Empire State Fruit & Vegetable Expo, Syracuse, NY. Proceedings, 4 page summary.
- Abawi, G. S., C. H. Petzoldt, B. K. Gugino, and J. A. LaMondia. 2011. Prioritizing cover crops for improving root-health and yield of vegetables in the Northeast. Phytopathology 101: S1 (Poster Abstr.).
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Progress 08/15/09 to 08/14/10
Outputs
OUTPUTS: This is the extension component of Project 625590, Accession Number 0218744. A Field Day was held at Trauger's Farm, Kintnersville, PA on 3 August 2010 and attended by over 50 people. A field day is scheduled for 19 October 2010 at the Vegetable Research Farm, NYSAES, Geneva, NY to view the cover crop plots and to explain the project objectives. In addition, a presentation on the project and results obtained to-date has been scheduled on the program of the soil health session at the Empire State Fruit & Vegetable EXPO in Syracuse, NY on January 27, 2011. PARTICIPANTS: PI and Co-PI's: George S. Abawi: PI, Dept. of Plant Pathology & Plant Microb Biology, Cornell University, NYSAES, 113 Barton Laboratory, 630 W. North St., Geneva, NY 14456; 315-787-2374; gsa1@cornell.edu. Curtis Petzoldt: Co-PI, NYS IPM Program, Cornell University, NYSAES, Geneva, NY 14456; 315-787-2206; cp13@cornell.edu. Beth K. Gugino: Co-PI, Dept. of Plant Pathology, The Penn. State Univ., 219 Buckhout Lab., University Park, PA 16802, 814-865-7328; bkgugino@psu.edu. James LaMondia: Co-PI, The CT Agric. Expt. Sta., Dept. of Plant Pathology and Ecology, Valley laboratory, 153 Cook Hill Rd., Windsor, CT 06095; 860-683-4982; James.LaMondia@ct.gov. Collaborators: Carol R. MacNeil: Collaborating Extension Specialist, Cornell Coop. Extension, 480 Main St., Canandaigua, NY 14424; 585-394-3977x406; crm6@cornell.edu Bill Waltman: Collaborating Extension Educator, Penn State Coop. Extension, 24 Maple View Lane, Coudersport, PA 16915, 814-274-8540, ww15@psu.edu. Tianna DuPont: Collaborating Extension Educator, Penn State Coop. Extension, 14 Gracedale Avenue, Nazareth, PA 18064, 610-746-1970, std11@psu.edu. Scott Guiser: Collaborating Extension Educator, Penn State Coop. Extension, 1282 Almshouse Road, Doylestown, PA 18901, 215-345-3282, sxg6@psu.edu. Joel Roney: Collaborating Grower, Trauger Farms, 370 Island Road, Kintnersville, PA 18930, 610-847-5702, traugersmarket@aol.com. TARGET AUDIENCES: Vegetable growers in the NE Region; Extension educators in the NE Region; Other Agricultural Service Providers PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.
Impacts
Increased knowledge of target audiences with the use and influence of the tested cover crops on specific root health issues of vegetables grown in the NE Region. The target audiences will also learn about the impact and the differences between cover crops on soil health constraints for vegetable production. Vegetable growers and other agricultural service providers will then use the acquired knowledge as a tool in their management decisions in the selection of the proper cover crops to address crop and soil health management needs. The latter will contribute to increased farm productivity and sustainability.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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