Project Objectives
Organizational Chart
Research Objectives
Objective 1
- Executive Coordinator & Lead Investigator: Nick Mills
- Secondary Investigators: Elizabeth Beers, Peter Shearer, Tom Unruh, Dave Horton, Steve Castagnoli
- Overview: Evaluate the sublethal effects of newer pesticides on key natural enemies in laboratory assays, and in apple, pear, and walnut orchards.
Objective 2
- Executive Coordinator & Lead Investigator: Vince Jones
- Secondary Investigators: Nick Mills, Dave Horton, Peter Shearer
- Overview: Characterize the phenology of key natural enemies, including timing of emergence from overwintering quarters, onset of entry into orchards in the spring, and development of spring and summer generations.
Objective 3
- Executive Coordinator & Lead Investigator: Vince Jones
- Secondary Investigators: Nick Mills, Dave Horton, Peter Shearer
- Overview: Evaluate HIPVs as a method for monitoring natural enemy presence, abundance and phenology; assess their use as biomarkers to optimize management programs, and compare sampling efficacy to traditional sampling methods.
Objective 4
- Executive Coordinator: Vince Jones
- Lead Investigator: Tom Unruh
- Secondary Investigators: Nick Mills, Peter Shearer, Elizabeth Beers
- Overview: Develop methods in gut contents analysis to monitor predation of codling moth by generalist natural enemies, and confirm gut contents results using video monitoring.
Objective 5
- Executive Coordinator: Jay Brunner
- Lead Investigator: Karina Gallardo
- Secondary Investigator: Tom Unruh
- Overview: Conduct economic analyses to determine the long-term costs associated with IPM programs with and without various levels of biological control
Objective 6
- Executive Coordinator: Jay Brunner
- Lead Investigators: Jay Brunner & Jessica Goldberger
- Secondary Investigators: Input from entire investigative team
- Overview: Survey clientele to identify optimal ways for presenting information that will lead to quicker adoption of new technologies and synthesize existing and new information to provide real-time support for pest control decisions by growers and pest managers
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