Methyl Bromide Projects Funded by SAREP
UC Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program |
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1999 Methyl Bromide Research Projects |
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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** |
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* Project also receives funding as a UC SAREP BIFS project. |
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** Budgets include 10% indirect overhead. |
A full description of each funded project can be seen in the Summer 1999 issue of our Sustainable Agriculture newsletter.