Methyl Bromide Projects Funded by SAREP
UC Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program
1999 Methyl Bromide Research Projects
| P.I. | P.i.'s org/univ |
Project Title (Click for Full Report if Avail.) |
Pre or Post Harvest |
County | Crop(s) | Total Project Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown, 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 Postharvest 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.
A full description of each funded project can be seen in the Summer 1999 issue of our Sustainable Agriculture newsletter.
