UC Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program

1999 Methyl Bromide Research Projects

P.I.

P.I.'s org/univ

Project Title

Pre or Post Harvest?

County

Crop(s)

Total Project Funding

Browne, Greg

USDA-ARS

Cultural Control and Etiology of Replant Disorder of Prunus spp.

PRE

Fresno, Madera, Tulare, Kern

Almond, peach and some grape

$165,702

Duniway, John

UCD Plant Pathology

Microbiological Improvement of Root Health, Growth, and Yield of Strawberry

PRE

S.C., S.B., Ventura, Orange & Yolo

Strawberry

$130,658

Ferris, Howard

UCD Nematology

Development of Grape Rootstocks with Multiple Nematode Resistance

PRE

Yolo

Grape

$110,818

Larson, Kirk

UCD Pomology - South Coast R.E.C.

Containerized Strawberry Transplants as a Replacement for Methyl Bromide Soil Fumigation in California Strawberry Nurseries

PRE

Orange, San Joaquin, S.C., Siskiyou, Solano

Strawberry

$118,766

MacDonald, James

UCD Plant Pathology

Alternatives to Methyl Bromide for Control of Soil-borne Fungi, Bacteria and Weeds in Coastal Ornamental Crops

PRE

Santa Cruz

Ornamentals

$83,851

Mitcham, Elizabeth

UCD Pomology

Acetaldehyde and Carbon Dioxide Fumigation for Posthavest Control of Insects on Strawberry Fruit

POST

Yolo

Strawberry

$83,585

Bull, Carolee

USDA/ARS & UCSC

BASIS (Biological Agriculture Systems in Strawberries): A biointensive production methods innovators group in the Monterey Bay region *

PRE

Monterey, Santa Cruz

Strawberry

$198,000

TOTAL FUNDING

$891,380**

* Project also receives funding as a UC SAREP BIFS project.

** Budgets include 10% indirect overhead.