Grant ID Number: ONE10-123
Grant Recipient: Deb Neher, University of Vermont, Burlington VT
Weed seeds and pathogens are management and economic issues for growers, and the project manager will explore whether composting can be used as a control strategy. Known quantities of crabgrass seed and early blight inoculum will be inserted into different compost recipes to assess pathogen viability and seed germination; the project will also include trials of different compost recipes to assess their suppression qualities in the field. Outreach will be through a summary fact sheet, industry newsletters and magazines, and the web.
