UMass Research Farm Field Day

Presentations will include:

• EVALUATING CARROT VARIETY AND DENSITY FOR WEED CONTROL
• SUMMER ANNUAL WEED SEEDLING EMERGENCE IN WARMED AND AMBIENT TEMPERATURES
• NO-TILL AND COVER CROP EFFECTS ON SILAGE CORN
• SUMMER LIVING RYE MULCHES
• CAN BEE DIVERSITY DECREASE PATHOGEN TRANSMISSION IN BUMBLE BEES
• (Not So) fast Food: Does pollen protein-lipid ration influence bumble bee floral visitation rates
• IT’S NO LAUGHING MATTER – UTILIZING ROOT EXUDATES OF SORGHUM TO REDUCE MICROBIAL NITROS OXIDE EMISSIONS FROM AGRICULTURAL SOILS.
• GROWING SWEET CORN INTO LIVING MULCH
• PERENNIAL COVER CROPS
• BREEDING RESISTANCE TO DOWNY MILDEWS – BASIL AND CUCUMBER VARIETY TRIALS
• EGGPLANT BREEDING FOR INDOOR & HIGH HEAT PRODUCTION
• SWEET CORN PESTS ADAPT TO CLIMATE CHANGE & USE OF Bt INSECTICIDES
• NOVEL INSECTICIDE CONTROL OF COLORADO POTATO BEETLE USING RNAi
• PEANUT PRODUCTION IN THE NORTHEAST