Grants and Contracts Details
Description
Scope of Work – SCBG – BESSIN – HARLEQUIN BUG
Roles of Personnel
Personnel 1: Ric Bessin. Project Director. Assist with the development and installation of the field
experiment; provide technical assistance and mentorship for the graduate student; coordinate periodic
group meetings among the project team; help with statistical data analysis; co-author/lead development
of publications, seminars and field presentations, prepare progress and final reports. Bessin will be
involved with the entire project.
Personnel 2: Lab Tech/Graduate Student. The graduate student will gain a Master’s Degree with the
research in this project. They will be directed by Bessin will manage the field component of the project,
including plot installation, plot management, data collection, data analysis, publication preparation, and
seminar presentations.
Activities
In each of the three years of the project, a fall broccoli study will be conducted on the UK horticulture
farm to assess the efficacy of selected organic insecticides for management of Harlequin bug. All of the
research and data collection will occur on this farm.
Information generated as a result of this project will be disseminated via field days, grower meetings, extension articles, publications and social media.
Status | Active |
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Effective start/end date | 12/15/22 → 9/29/25 |
Funding
- KY Department of Agriculture: $30,465.00
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