Integrated Pest Management Program
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Loading subtopics. No subtopics.The University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension System's Vegetable IPM Program helps commercial vegetable growers find sustainable solutions to pest problems. The program emphasizes healthy soils, balanced plant nutrition, proper pest and beneficial identification, scouting and monitoring techniques, preventative management strategies, reduced-risk pesticide selection and application, and resistance management.
Educational Outreach Opportunities
- Consultations with commercial vegetable growers
- Full-season, on-farm vegetable IPM training
- Weekly Vegetable IPM Pest Message (May-September)
- Crop Talk: Commercial & Fruit Growers' Newsletter (Quarterly)
- New England Vegetable Management Guide (Purchase a hard copy)
- New England Vegetable & Fruit Conference
- Annual CT Vegetable & Small Fruit Growers' Conference (3rd Thursday in January, Maneeley's, S. Windsor)
- Special Topic Workshops and Conferences (i.e. CSA School/Tools for CSA Farms)
- Annual Vegetable Growers' Farm Twilight Meeting
- Guest lectures (i.e. Benefits of Deep Zone Tillage, 4/25/13, Rehoboth, MA)
- Fact Sheets (top of this page)
- IPM Manuals
Crop Talk
Crop Talk is a newsletter from the University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension System and Department of Plant Science for commercial vegetable and fruit growers. Our goal with Crop Talk is to provide you with information on the latest developments in any and all aspects of vegetable and fruit farming, and to keep you abreast of upcoming educational events and opportunities.
Commercial vegetable growers: To sign up for a hard copy of Crop Talk, email mackenzie.white@uconn.edu and leave your mailing address and a short description of your farm (i.e., acres and what you grow).
Assistant Extension Educator
UConn Extension
Tolland County Extension Office
24 Hyde Avenue
Vernon, CT 06066
Email: shuresh.ghimire@uconn.edu
Phone: 860.875.3331
FAX: 860.875.0220
Research & Areas of Interest
- Biodegradable plastic mulch
- Vegetable pest management
- Soil health