CSANR
Washington State University
7612 Pioneer Way
Puyallup, WA 98371-4998
USA
Tel. (253) 445-4626
FAX (253) 445-4579
csanr@wsu.edu

List of all projects

Organised by keywords; please take note that keyword lists overlap. Projects are listed by the most frequently occuring keywords with which each projects is associated.

• Organic seed production and seed quality

alternatives

• Alternative methods for controlling plant disease including chitosan and copper
• Organic on-farm bamboo variety trials for shoot/pole production in the Pacific Northwest

aphids

• Development of IPM program for aphid control in crucifers

apple

• Rose Habitats to Enhance Leafroller Biological Control in Pome Fruits
• Income risk assessment of organic apple production in the Pacific Northwest

biocontro

• Augmenting biological control on farms

biocontrol

• Washington State Pest Management Resource Services
• Testing the Efficacy of New Biological Materials for Carrot Rust Fly Management

breeding

• Developing wheat varieties for organic agricultural systems
• Evaluate pea germplasm for pea cyst nematode resistance
• Integrating cultivar, soil and environment to develop regional value-added wheat crops with enhanced nutritional value

certification

• Organic certification education for extension agents and new farmers
• Alternative agriculture workshop series, Centralia Community College (1996-1999)
• Wheat breeding under certified organic growing conditions
• Training of farmers and extension agents on organic certification

cherry fruit fly

• Organic control of cherry fruit fly

codling moths

• Peshastin Creek Growers Areawide Organic Project

Colorado potato beetle

• Augmentation and Conservation of Insect-Attacking Nematodes and Fungi to Improve Insect Control in Pacific Northwest Potatoes

compost

• Compost Education and Resources for Western Agriculture (CERWA)

composting

• Agricultural use of yard trimmings
• Composting research program
• Composting process and utilization
• Composting and utilization

cover crop

• Cover crops for N supply for organic grape management
• Assessing Soil Quality in Intensive Organic Management Systems
• Nitrogen Supply and Partitioning in Managed Understories of Organic Apples

cover crops

• Winter cover cropping and soil and water quality
• Sudangrass production and quality
• On-farm research of buffers and ESA, cover crops, and pest control

cranberries

• Organic cranberry production

crops

• Integrating Biological Control into Cole Crop Production in the Pacific Northwest

database

• Organic Seed Production: Materials, Training, and a Seed Database

diseases

• Evaluation of biopesticides for control of gray mold on strawberries and raspberries

dryland

• Evaluating and Developing Varieties for Organic Systems
• Designing an Integrated Livestock-Grain Rotation for the Palouse Region of Washington and Idaho

ecology

• Insect ecology

economics

• Impacts of agricultural policy on sustainable agriculture
• Northwest Direct: Improving Markets for Small Farms - IFAFS grant (2001)
• Propose to teach direct and alternative marketing and sales

entomopathogenic nematodes

• Microbial control of potato tuber moth and other insect pests of potato

extension

• Survey (1996) of small and organic farms in the Pacific Northwest to identify research and extension needs
• Western Washington conferences _ Small Farming in Western Washington (1998), Farm to Table: Coming into the Food Shed (2000)

flea beetle

• FLEA BEETLE CONTROL TREATMENT DEMONSTRATION IN WESTERN WASHINGTON STATE

flea beetles

• Controlling Flea Beetles in Arugula Using Traps and Sprays

food

• Potential for organic cocoa butter production

grain

• Organic grain production
• Cropping systems research with relevance to organic systems

grains

• Comparisons of organic and conventional grain farms in terms of yield, energy efficiency and profit per acre
• Integrated biological control of Russian wheat aphid
• Washington Tilth survey

green manures

• Beneficial nematodes for controlling potato pests

health

• Livestock health, focus on sheep and goats

immigrant farmers

• Training immigrant farmers for sustainable agriculture

integrated

• Integrated biological control in glasshouse rose production
• Sustainability of organic, conventional, and integrated apple systems

IPM

• Evaluation of botanical insect control agents

leafrollers

• Microbial control of codling moth and other orchard pest insects

lettuce

• Evaluating vegetable varieties for organic systems

livestock

• Grassfed meats and milk

markets

• U.S. Organic Agriculture: Assessing Price Risk and Marketing Production

meeting

• Organic certification meetings

natural enemies

• Biocontrol of pea aphid
• Basic ecology/behavior of aphid predators and parasitoids in greenhouse cut flowers and in potatoes
• Cereal Leaf Beetle biology, damage and control in Washington
• Natural enemy evaluation and implementation
• Aphid natural enemy banks in floricultural glasshouses
• Natural enemy banks for the control of aphids in organically grown potatoes
• Biological control of the pea aphid (Myzus persicae) in organically grown peas and potatoes in the Pacific Northwest: introduction, environmental assessment, and release of promising new aphid parasitoids for augmentive biological control
• Conservation and classical biological control of Cherry Bark Tortrix in the PNW
• Biological control of Russian wheat aphid: introduction, environmental assessment, and release of exotic grain aphid parasitoids for biological control
• Degree-day models for monitoring and timing of control applications

nematodes

• Evaluate use of entomopathogenic nematodes to control cucumber beetle larvae (corn root worm) in green peas
• Bio-nematicides for management of plant parasitic nematodes in organic apple orchards.

nitrogen

• Legume Cover Crops as Nitrogen Sources for Organic Grape Production
• Proposed winter cover crop species effect on N and pest management
• Soil ecology and soil quality
• Fruit yield and size decline in organic pear orchards

nutrients

• Metal availability in phosphate rock
• Manure management: on-farm composting and applications in organic pumpkin production

on-farm

• Develop on-farm composting systems in conjunction with urban materials for on-farm use and for sale to the public

orchards

• Four-acre organic block at Wenatchee Valley College (WVC)
• Sampling thresholds and methods for codling moth, leafroller, lacanobia fruitworm and other pests
• Adjuvants for use in apple orchards and IPM for hybrid poplar plantings

Organic

• Management and Marketing of Special Forest Products from Working Forest Lands

personnel

• Test project entry

pesticides

• Use of oils and particle films as pest control agents
• Evaluation of insecticides from the neem tree as controls of vegetable pests

potatoes

• Field evaluation of a new strain of Aphidius colemani against Myzus persicae in potatoes
• Cover cropping systems for potatoes, including biofumigation using green manures
• Evaluate copper hydroxide and compost tea for late blight control
• Testing calcium as a natural barrier in potatoes against disease
• Late blight control on an organic potato farm
• Potato insect research - small portion on organically grown potatoes
• Develop and evaluate attractants for monitoring and controling insect pests of agricultural crops including apple, pear, potato, and corn
• Organic on-farm late blight control study in potatoes

price

• Organic Apple Price in Response to Crop Size Supplied to the Market

research

• Studies on the biology and epidemiology of fungal pathogens of small fruit crops
• Overseeded cover crops for weed control in organic vegetables
• Soil quality research

seed

• Organic seed treatment for carrots
• Control of Xanthomonas in Cabbage Seed
• Screening potential and registered organic seed treatments for control of damping-off and seedling blight pathogens of vegetables

seed production

• Organic seed production and seed quality

seeds

• Proposed production of organic vegetable seed

small fruits

• Suppression of the Orange Tortrix Leafroller and other key leafrollers in organically grown caneberries: natural enemy evaluation and implementation
• Evaluation of cranberry genotypes for horticultural traits and reaction to disease and insects
• Soil quality and horticultural performance of organic and biodynamic wine grape production systems
• Biological control of arthropods in horticulture, specifically hops, grapes and currants

soil acidification

• Bio-Intensive Forage and Hay Production

soil quality

• Cover Crops for Weed Management in Organic and Transition Systems
• Evaluating nutrient and economic value of local organic waste materials
• On-farm composting of offal in organic poultry production
• Compost and dairy manure nutrient management
• Organic Nutrient Management and Water Quality - Washington State University, Puyallup Web Site

soils

• Use of resident biological resources for the management of replant disease in organic tree fruit production systems
• Bioavailability of waste constituents in soils
• Organic nutrient management

statistics

• Economic Trends in Organic Production and Marketing

strawberry

• Comparing organic and conventional strawberry production

Sustainable

• Configuring teaching/research programs to directly support family-based agriculture
• Educational events for organic agriculture
• Sustainable farming education and demonstration farm (Robin Hill Farm)
• CSANR Organic Program

systems

• Sustainability of perennial grain, direct-seed grain, organic grain, and CRP systems
• Intercropping medic (Medicago litoralis) for carrot rust fly control in organically grown carrots
• Integrated weed management
• Biological control of pea aphid in organic pea cropping systems and organic sweet pea production in the Pacific Northwest

tree fruits

• Compost use in orchards
• Understory management for organic orchards
• Tree fruit pest phenology models
• Establish sampling methods for natural enemies of fruit pests
• Mating disruption of codling moth and leafroller for biological control
• Apple Production Without the Input of Neuroactive Insecticides
• Evaluate management of cover crops and natural habitats as means of enhancing biological control in orchards

vegetables

• Organic on-farm baby corn variety trials
• Organic on-farm pea vine variety trial
• Edamame Variety Trials
• Niche market shell bean variety trial
• Evaluate potato and tomato germplasm for late blight resistance

website

• Evaluate compost tea for control of late blight on potatoes
• Evaluate use of tomato cages in late blight control
• http://mtvernon.wsu.edu/plant_pathology/plant_path.htm
• http://mtvernon.wsu.edu/path_team/vegpath_team.htm
• Integrated organic amendment research: nutrients, disease suppression, economics
• Evaluate use of copper hydroxide in organic late blight control
• Model insect and disease development for pest management purposes
• Research on alternatives to fumigation for apple replant disease
• Snyder Lab (predator and parasitoid ecology) Web Site

weed control

• Using dried distillers grains to suppress weeds
• Alternative Mulches for Weed Control in Vegetable Production Systems
• Organic transition rotations for northwestern Washington

weeds

• Bio-rational insect and weed management in cranberries
• Weed control in organic vegetable production
• Farmscaping with Native Plants
• Weed control in organic strawberries, including flaming, corn gluten, wheat gluten, and mustardseed meal

wheat

• Weed Management in Organic Dryland Spring Wheat
• Organic Cropping Research for the Northwest
• N use efficiency in organic wheat

winter

• Winter vegetable production

workshops

• Organic tree fruit production

WSU

• Transition to organic grain production

Updated January 20, 2005