Awards/Funding

• United States Department of Agriculture, Special Grants Program . $110,192. Use of molecular genetics to reduce pesticide dependence in cranberry production. F.L. Caruso (PI), C.J. DeMoranville, H.A. Sandler, and C. Neto. July 2008-June 2009.

  United States Department of Agriculture, Northeast-IPM Program. $128,738. Combining a disease and weather monitoring network with measurements of inoculum potential for disease forecasting in vineyard IPM for southern New England . F. Ferrandino (PI), R. Kiyomoto, D. Cooley, F. Caruso, J. LaMondia, H.A. Sandler, and P. Rolshausen. May 2008-August 2011.

  Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program. $49,093. Use of flame cultivation as a nonchemical option for weed control in commercial cranberry production. H.A. Sandler. August 2008-April 2010.

  IR-4 Minor Use, Pesticide Registration Project. $9,400 . Residue Evaluation Program-Quinclorac. H.A. Sandler. May 2008-October 2009.

  MA Dept. of Agricultural Resources-IPM Grant. $9,400 . Review and revision of MA State Pesticide private certification study manuals and private certification exams related to cranberry. N. Clifton, grant coordinator, H.A. Sandler, M.M. Sylvia, A.L. Averill, and F.L. Caruso. November 2008-May 2009.

  Cape Cod Cranberry Growers' Association/Cranberry Institute.$7,000. Postemergence dodder control options. H.A. Sandler. May 2008-December 2009.

  Cranberry Research Foundation/Cranberry Institute.$8,000. Obtaining efficacy data for perennial weed control with a liquid formulation of Casoron. H.A. Sandler. May 2008-December 2008.

  Syngenta Crop Protection.$4,000. Evaluation of weed control using Callisto through chemigation systems. H.A. Sandler. May 2008-December 2008.

  Chemtura, Inc.$2,500. Use of split applications of Casoron on cranberry. H.A. Sandler. May 2008-December 2008.

  Syngenta Crop Protection.$2,000. Phytotoxicity of Callisto and organophosphate insecticide tank mixes on cranberry. H.A. Sandler. July 2008-November 2008.

  Cranberry Research Foundation.$2,400. Efficacy screening with repeated annual applications of mesotrione on woody perennial weed species. H.A. Sandler. May 2008-December 2008.

  Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.$7,100. Implementation of periodic mowing in the management of Stevens: an alternative to sanding or pruning. C.J. DeMoranville and H.A. Sandler. April 2008-April 2012.

  USDA Hatch Allocation, State Agricultural Experiment Station, $6,000. Best management practices for propagating cranberry vines and planting new cranberry beds. H.A. Sandler. October 2007-September 2008.