Frank Mangan Extension Associate Professor
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Research and Extension Summary The primary focus of my program is to work directly with commercial vegetable growers to enhance their ability to produce and market fresh vegetable crops. This includes both extension and applied research activities to address all aspects of vegetable production and marketing. A focus of my program in recent years has been to identify crops that are popular among the large and growing immigrant population in the state and region. Latinos are now the largest ethnic minority in Massachusetts, outnumbering African-Americans, with over 7% of the population. Asians are expected to reach 4% of states’ population by 2010. Massachusetts has the largest Portuguese-speaking population in the United States, represented by people from Portugal, Cape Verde, and in particular by a tremendous influx of Brazilians. With the growing diversity in the demographics of the state, growers are interested in taking advantage of these trends. This matches the needs of farmers who are searching for new marketing options. Information on ethnic crops that can be produced in the Northeast is available on a website I maintain, http://www.worldcrops.org/ (The url’s after the crops listed in the above paragraph are links to information on these crops at this website. Information on many of my research and Extension activities is available on the UMass Vegetable Team website, http://www.umassvegetable.org/. Selected Publications Mangan, F. R. Mendonça, M. Moreira. S. Nunes, F. Finger, Z. Barros, H. Galvão, G. Almeida, and M. Anderson. 2007. Production and marketing of vegetables for the ethnic markets in the United States. Revista Horticultura Brasileira (Horticultural Journal of Brazil). In Press. Mendonca, R. , F. Mangan, M. Moreira, A. Criswell, S. Nunes, and W. Autio. 2007. Adaptation of tropical pumpkin cultivars (Curcubita spp.) for production in the Northeastern United States. Proceedings of the InterAmerican Society for Tropical Horticulture. Vol. 50. ISSN-0245-2528. pp 1-6. Mendonca, R. , F. Mangan, M. Moreira, A. Criswell, S. Nunes, W. Autio, F. Finger, G. Almeida, G. Allen, and T. Brashear. 2007. Evaluation of hard squash varieties for Production in Massachusetts. UMass Veg. Notes. Vol. 18. No. 4. pp 1-4. Andersen, C. L. , R. Hazzard, R. Van Driesche, and F. X. Mangan. 2006. Alternative management strategies for control of Phyllotreta cruciferae and Phyllotreta striolata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) on Brassica rapa in Massachusetts. Journal of Economic Entomology vol. 99, no. 3, pp. 803 - 810 Andersen, C. L., R. Hazzard, R. Van Driesche, and F. X. Mangan. 2005. Overwintering and seasonal patterns of feeding and reproduction in Phyllotretra cruciferae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in the northeastern United States. Environmental Entomology 34: 794-800. Mendonca, Raquel U. de, M. Moreira, F. Mangan, and M. Moreira. 2006. Evaluation of eggplant (Solanum spp.) varieties for ethnic groups in the United States . Proceedings of the InterAmercian Society for Tropical Horticulture. Vol. 49. pp. 38-39. Mangan, F. 2005. Buying and selling fresh produce at the Chelsea Market. UMass Veg. Notes. Vol. 16. No. 2. pp 4-6. Casey , C.A. , Mangan, F.X., Herbert, S.J., Barker, A.V. and Carter, A.K. 2004. The effect of light intensity and nitrogen fertilization on plant growth and leaf quality of ngo gai (Eryngium foetidum) in Massachusetts. Acta Hort. (ISHS) 629:215-229 Porth, G., F. Mangan, W. Autio, and R. Wick. 2003. Evaluating organic and conventional management options for clubroot disease (Plasmodiophora brassicae Woron) on brassica vegetable crops in Massachusetts. (abstract). HortScience. Vol. 38 (5). p. 730.
Ethnic crops that can be grown in Massachusetts; UMass Extension Field Day. UMass Research Farm, S. Deerfield MA; July 7,05. Producing and Selling Ethnic Crops in the Northeastern US; USDA Risk Management Conference, Sturbridge MA. March 3, 05. Brazilian crops for growing markets in the Northeastern US; Booth at Brazilian Independence Day. New York City, New York; Sept. 4, 04. Opportunities for Growers in the Northeast: The Growth in Ethnic Markets. SARE Marketing Meeting. Northampton, Mass. July 20, 04. Growing and Marketing Niche Ethnic Crops. Connecticut Vegetable Growers Association. New Haven, Conn. Jan. 22, 04. Clubroot management in brassica. New England Vegetable Growers Conference. Manchester New Hampshire. December 18, 03 Asian brassica for New England. Meeting of cooperating growers for USDA SARE project. Sturbridge, Mass. Feb. 7, 2002. Asian and Hispanic crops for New England. Vermont Vegetable Growers Annual Meeting. Barre, Vermont. January 30, 2002. Identifying ethnic crops for New England. Northeast Organic Farmers Association annual winter conference. Barre, Mass. January 26, 2002. Identifying ethnic markets in New England. New Jersey Vegetable Growers Meeting. Atlantic City, New Jersey January 15, 2002.
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