Past Projects
Alternatives to plastic mulch for organic watermelon production
 Comparing
mulches for weed management in organic watermelon. |
KSU
Contacts: Duration: 2006-07 |
Does Brix equal quality? Testing a popular alternative agriculture hypothesis using kale
 Does
the
soluble solid content of kale juice, measured with a refractometer in
degrees Brix, correlate with other quality parameters? |
KSU
Contacts: Duration: 2006-07 |
Evaluation of alternative bioethanol feedstock crops
 How do sweet corn,
sweet potato, sweet sorghum and Jerusalem artichoke compare in terms of
land-use efficiency for ethanol production in a low-input organic
system? |
KSU
Contacts: Duration: 2007 |
The Great Kale Cook-Off
 A
taste
test to determine how people like their
kale cooked. Recipes and results. |
KSU
Contacts: |
Natural capsaicinoids: Alternative pesticides for organic growers
 Developing
botanical
insecticides from peppers, and evaluating their environmental impact. |
KSU
Contact: Duration: 2004-06 Funding: Capacity |
Organic cucumber beetle management in muskmelon
 Evaluation
of pyrethrum insecticide, reflective mulch, companion plants, and row
covers for cucumber beetle management in organic muskmelons. |
Contact: Duration: 2002-04 Funding: SARE |
Organic pawpaw production
 Developing practices
to promote earlier bearing and consistent tree performance, and longer
tree life for organic and limited resource farmers. |
Contact: Duration: 2005-08 Funding: SARE |
Organic weed management in sweet corn and edamame soybean
 A
soil-to-plate study, examing the effect of various organic
cultivation and weed management tactics on soil quality, weed pressure,
crop yield, and crop quality. Includes complementary
studies examining the
effectiveness of corn gluten meal as a
herbicide. |
KSU
Contacts: Duration: 2004-07 Funding: Evans-Allen |
Physical pest management tools
 Traps
and barriers to protect plants from pests. |
KSU
Contact: |
Sweet corn pest management and ecology
 A
whole-crop ecological
comparison of organic, conventional, and biotechnology-enhanced sweet
corn production systems. |
Contact: Duration: 2004-08 Funding: Evans-Allen |
