The Vegetable Marketing and Research Program Board and the Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers Association funded the following research proposals in 2022. The Vegetable Growers Association provided $42,823 of the funding and the Vegetable Marketing and Research Program provided $26,000.
- Impact of Management Practices on Soil Health Indicators in Conventional and Organic Vegetable Cropping Systems (multiyear- Year 3)
Dr. Gladis Zinati, Rodale Institute - Are Organic Herbicides Effective for Burndown Prior to Crop Establishment?
Dwight Lingenfelter and John Wallace, Penn State University - Potential Herbicide Programs to Control Problem Weeds in Pumpkin
Dwight Lingenfelter and John Wallace, Penn State University - Improving Onion Center Rot Management Through More Precise Topping at Harvest
Beth K. Gugino and Jennie D. Mazzone, Penn State University - Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Pyridate in Snap Beans
Lynn Sosnoski, Cornell AgriTech; Dwight Lingenfelter, Penn State University; and Mark VanGessel, University of Delaware - In-Row Cultivation Using Camera Guidance Technology in Snap Bean
John Wallace and Tosh Mazzone, Penn State University - Assessing the Ability of Tomato Communities to Suppress Disease in a Transplant Setting
Kevin L. Hockett, Penn State University - Evaluation of Rootstock-Scion Interaction and Yield Performance in Fresh-Market Tomato Grown in High-Tunnel
Timothy Elkner,, Andrew Blunk and Francesco Di Gioia, Penn State Extension and University - Keeping PA Vegetable Growers Profitable: Statewide Cultivar Trials
Elsa Sánchez, Robert Pollock, Timothy Elkner, Thomas Butzler, and Megan Chawner – Penn State University and Extension - Breeding Processing Tomatoes for Production in PA
Majid R. Foolad, Penn State University - Breeding Fresh-Market Tomatoes for Production in PA
Majid R. Foolad, Penn State University