North American Strawberry Growers Association
Research Projects Funded in 2005

Title of Project: Comparison of Phosphorous Acid Products for Control of Leather Rot and Other Strawberry Diseases (Click here to read report)

Principal Investigator: Dr. Annemiek Schilder, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Michigan State University

Title of Project: Integration of Neonicotinoid Insecticides into Strawberry IPM Programs for Root, Fruit, and Foliage Protection (Click here to read report)

Principal Investigator: Dr. Rufus Isaacs, Dept. of Entomology, Michigan State University

Title of Project: Evaluating the Effect of Temperature on the Development of Xanthomonas fragariae, the causal agent of Bacterial Angular Leaf Spot (Click here to read report)

Principal Investigators: Dr. William W. Turechek and Dr. John Hartung, USDA – ARS Fruit Lab, Beltsville, MD

Title of Project: Molecular-Genetic Characterization of Flowering in Cultivated Strawberry (Fragaria xananassa) (Click here to read report)

Principal Investigators: Dr. Kevin M. Folta, Amit Dhingra, and Philip J. Stewart, Dept. of Horticultural Sciences, University of Florida

Title of Project: Specific Detection of Phytophthora Crown Rot and Anthracnose in Strawberry (Co-funded by the California Strawberry Commission)
(Click here to read report)

Principal Investigator: Dr. Frank J. Louws, Dept. of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University

Title of Project: A PCR-based Assay for Detection of Colletotrichum acutatum on Strawberry (Co-funded by California Strawberry Commission) (Click here to read report)

Principal Investigators: Mark Gleason, Daren Mueller, Forrest Nutter, and Gail Nonnecke, Dept. of Horticulture, Iowa State University

Title of Project: The Effect of Four Weed Management Systems on Soil Quality in Strawberry Production (Click here to read report)

Principal Investigators: Dr. Gail R. Nonnecke, Dept. of Horticulture, Iowa State University

Title of Project: Evaluation of Strobilurin Fungicides (Quadris and Cabrio) and Phosphorous Acid for Control of Leather Rot and Vascular Collapse of Strawberry, Caused by Phytophthora cactorum (Click here to read report)

Principal Investigators: Dr. Michael A. Ellis and Angel Rebollar-Alviter, Dept. of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University/OARDC

Grants totaled $32,400 including $27,400 from the North American Strawberry Growers Research Foundation and $5,000 in co-funding from the California Strawberry Commission.