to offer. Cornell has lots of useful information for organic farmers— after all, IPM is fundamental to any sound, thoughtful pest management system. But the material is dispersed among a range of publications, many not specific to organic production...
— or is simply embodied in the experience of successful organic farmers or researchers. Now our organic production guides are bringing this information together. Partnering with the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets on this special project...

and Shrubs, 2001. Cornell Cooperative Extension. See pp. 143–156 for information on glyphosate and other herbicides registered for ground covers and woody ornamentals. Cornell Resource Center, resctr@cornell.edu; 607.255.2080. Using Organic Matter in the Home...
, you can yank up the turf, shake out and reserve the soil, and compost the grass.) Now pile organic matter onto the paper. Put the coarsest on the bottom. For the top few inches, Start with tidy garden beds, prevent new arrivals, and when weeds happen...

., Senesac, A., Gilrein, D. and Peck. D. 2004 Pest Management Guidelines for Commercial Turfgrass, Cornell University Media and Technology Services, Ithaca, NY. Seaman, A. J. (Ed.) 2004. Organic Vegetable Production: Proceedings from a ThreeDay Series...
systems manner. We have had several such projects in the past few years evaluating vegetables, strawberries, organic production, field crops, and golf course turf. These projects are valuable tools for assessing the status of our IPM progress. They can...

of documentation of practices A. Pre-season: 1) Maintain a 1 month crop-free, weed free period. 2) Disinfect structure (all surfaces). 3) Discard or steam sterilize growing medium used for crop production. 4) Disinfect irrigation system. B. Transplant Production: 1...
) Purchase hot water treated seed. 2) Use new or steam sterilized growing medium for transplant production. 3) Where market allows choose most disease resistant variety(ies). 4) Grow transplants in separate greenhouse from other crops. � Points 10 10 10 5...

) Utilize green or animal manure in year before planting to increase organic matter. B. Planting N 1) Use only crowns which are certified free of Fusarium. N 2) Plant to a depth of 8 inches on sandy soils; 4-6 inches on heavier soils. H M H   H   H H M   H...
and Forecasting N,E 1) Scout several times a week for insects and foliar diseases during spear production (asparagus beetle, cutworms, slugs). Scout weekly during fern production (asparagus beetle, purple spot, rust) N,E 2) Use available thresholds for diseases...

.............................................. 53 T. Weigle, G. English-Loeb, M Hoffmann �Please use links to access Project Reports L ivestock/ Field Crop Tactical Agriculture (TAg) in Eastern New York State: Field Com, Alfalfa, Soybeans and Organic Field C ro p s...
.....................................................93 B. Eller, G. Couch Integrated Management o f Fungus Gnats in Production Greenhouses................ 96 G. Couch, R Baglia Vegetable Report on the Eastern New York Bacterial Canker Cultural Practice D em onstration...

" • "Protecting your business and the environment with best management practices" • "Organic vegetable production" conference • "Entomopathogenic nematodes and other microbial control products for use on golf course turf" • "Pest management policy development...
in peaches); A. Agnello, H. Reissig, D. Combs (pest management tactics for organic apple production) Researcher discovers scientific windfall Until recently, no one knew just how many billions of fungicide-resistant disease spores lurked in apple bins from...

products that perform well and meet exacting organic standards. For apple growers, IPM helped fund Cornel University researchers who tested and improved organic methods for apple maggots, fruit thinning, and weed suppression. For organic dairy and beef...
in this growing market since 1989. Since 2000, we've helped teach over 150 organic vegetable growers organic-friendly techniques in winter production schools and have worked with farmer-collaborators, studying their production systems and seeing how crop rotations...

can produce healthy, productive, top-notch turf using few or no pesticides. Fundamental research Turfgrass managers have long been clamoring for advice on amending athletic fields with organic materials. Although we face several years of careful...
changed enormously over the years, and we can’t presume to know how “nontarget” organisms will be affected by their use—even biological controls may threaten them. Now we’re looking at a number of chemical and biological grub control products, and so far...

(Year 3)— F. Rossi and E. Gussack, Hort. Research Evaluation of golf turf management systems with reduced chemical pesticide inputs (Year 2)—J. Grant, NYS IPM, and F. Rossi, Hort. Continued examination of organic fertilizers/microbial products...
for apple fruit russet (New)— T. Burr, Plant Path., Geneva Organic apple production system for NY (New)— T. Robinson, Hort Sci., A. Agnello, Ent., Geneva, I. Merwin, Hort., H. Reissig, Ent., Geneva, D. Rosenberger, Plant Path., Highland, J. Schupp, Hort Sci...