Annual Reports
2002—Competitive
Research Grants — New Projects Funded
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NEW PROJECTS FUNDED
IN 2002-2003
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Applied Field Ecology
Biology
and Overwintering of the Corn Leafhopper, Dalbulus maidis, and
Corn Stunt Spiroplasma, Spiroplasma kunkelii, and Epidemiology
of Corn Stunt Disease in the San Joaquin Valley. C. G. Summers,
Kearney Agricultural Center, Parlier.
Effects
of Plant Age at the Time of Root-Knot Nematode (Meloidogyne javanica)
Infection on Yields. A. T. Ploeg, Nematology, UC Riverside.
Biological Controls
Improved Biological Control of Fire Blight of Pear and Apple by Introduction
of Antagonistic Bacteria into Unopened Flowers. S. E. Lindow, Plant
and Microbial Biology, UC Berkeley.
Biorational Use of Biotic
Agents or Chemicals
Control
of the Olive Fruit Fly (OLFF), Bactrocera oleae, through Postharvest
Fruit Sanitation and Spinosad Baits (GF-120). R. A. Van Steenwyk,
Environmental Science, Policy, and Management (ESPM), UC Berkeley.
Bait
Development for Ant Control in Vineyards. J. H. Klotz, Entomology,
UC Riverside.
Cultural Controls
Cultural
Manipulation of Crop/Weed Competitive Relations in a Rice Cropping System.
A. J. Fischer, Vegetable Crops, UC Davis.
Implementation
Value of Root-Galling Resistance and Reproduction Resistance for Root-Knot
Nematode Management in Dry Beans. P. A. Roberts, Nematology, UC
Riverside.
Integrated
Management of Perennial Pepperweed (Lepidium latifolium).
R. G. Wilson, UC Cooperative Extension, Lassen County, and J. M. DiTomaso,
Vegetable Crops, UC Davis.
Decision Support
Development
and Application of a PCR-Based Detection Method for Predicting the Incidence
of Beet Curly Top Virus in Leafhoppers and in Tomato Crops. R.
L. Gilbertson, Plant Pathology, UC Davis.
Decision
Support System for IPM of Prune Brown Rot. T. J. Michailides,
Kearney Agricultural Center, Parlier.
Development
of an Economic Injury Level and Monitoring Methods for Cottony Cushion
Scale Icerya purchasi, and the Predatory Beetle Vedalia Beetle
Rodolia cardinalis. E. E. Grafton-Cardwell, Entomology,
UC Riverside/Kearney Agricultural Center, Parlier, and John Trumble, Entomology,
UC Riverside.
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