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Integrated Pest Management

Potential Term Projects

Topic

Contact

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Organic fruit and vegetables

Dilmun Hill Farm

Ian Merwin

Department of Horticulture

im13

5-1777

Tree fruits

Cornell Orchard

Rick Reisinger

Orchard Manager

rdr3

5-4543

Insect pests or invasive weeds

Cornell Plantations

Donna Levy

IPM Coordinator,

dl51

5-2408

Greenhouse pests

Conservatory

Carol Bader

cb13

5-4541

Animal production

- monitoring and biological/chemical control of pests of cattle and chickens

Don Rutz

dar11; 5-7723

Urban pests

- monitoring and control of "urban" pests (i.e. flies, cockroaches, termites)

Carolyn Klass

ck20

5-3144

Hydroponic vegetable production

- monitoring and control of aphids on hydroponic lettuce; many opportunities for baseline research which will greatly facilitate pest management;

- other systems such as hyroponic spinach and beans will also be available

John Sanderson

Robert Langhans

jps3; 5-5419

RWL2; 5-5113

Weed management

- weed management at Caldwell field houses

- monitoring and biological/chemical

- there are some interesting projects involving beetles that control weeds

Tony Ditommaso

ad97, 4-4702

Commercial pest control services

Cornell golf course

Interior pests

- i.e. in restaurants and other buildings

We will help you establish contacts

White fly and aphid control

- Muenscher teaching greenhouse

We will help you establish contacts

Mosquito management

- biological control with fish

- control with pathogens

Laura Harrington

lch27, 5-4475

Varoa mites on bees

Nick Calderone

nwc4, 4-7417

Cockroaches in campus/urban settings

We will help you establish contacts

Book louse at a Cornell library

We will help you establish contacts

Consumer ideas about blemished produce/willingness to pay

We will help you establish contacts

 

 


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