2002 Projects Supported by

The Ontario Processing Vegetable Growers

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Research Project Researcher Funding
Development of Alternative Irrigation Practices to improve water use-efficiency, nutrient use-efficiency and water quality for the production of processing cucumbers on coarse-textured soils B. Ball Coelho R.P. Beyaert   R.C. Roy $ 12,650.00
Processing Vegetable Cultivar Evaluation J. Warner $ 8,000.00
The Development of Pest Management Strategies for Insects and Diseases in Processing Vegetables* R. Pitblado  $ 4,025.00
Processing Cauliflower Cultivar Evaluations* A. McKeown $ 2,875.00
Processing Cucumber Variety Evaluation and Machine Harvest Studies* J. O'Sullivan   J.W. Zandstra $ 7,000.00
Weed Management Studies in Processing Vegetables J. O'Sullivan $ 7,000.00
Development of a Pre-Sidedress Soil Nitrogen Test for Processing Sweet Corn to Maximize Marketable Yield and Reduce Input Costs T. Zhang $ 14,000.00
Weed Control Evaluations in Processing Vegetable Crops D. Robinson $ 24,000.00
NYS Processing Snap Bean and Sweet Corn Variety Evaluations1 J. Ballerstein $ 3,000.00
Agronomic & Environmental Consequences of Applying Fertilizer Nitrogen and Phosphorus to Processing Tomatoes and Green Peppers Under Drip Irrigation T. Zhang $ 6,000.00

TOTAL

$ 88,550.00

+ U.S.

$3,000.00

* Partial funding provided by the Ontario Food Processors Association.

$3,000 U.S. allocated to this project