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Choices And Preferences Of Vermont Master Gardeners - Do Socio-Demographics Matter?, Grace Matiru
Choices And Preferences Of Vermont Master Gardeners - Do Socio-Demographics Matter?, Grace Matiru
Graduate College Dissertations and Theses
ABSTRACT
This study was designed to characterize the choices, preferences and motivations of fruit and vegetable gardeners in Vermont, and to determine whether socio-demographic characteristics affect some of these choices, preferences and motivations. Using a survey of Vermont Extension Master Gardeners (EMGs), data were gathered over a 3-year period (2011-2013). The findings show most EMGs (>90%) garden in private home gardens, and the most popular vegetables grown were tomatoes, herbs, and salad greens. Beans, cucumbers and peppers sere also popular and among fruits, blueberries, apples, raspberries and strawberries were grown by over 40% of EMGs. Approximately 10% of EMG …
Top-Down And Bottom-Up Tools For Integrated Pest Management In Northeastern Hop Production, Lily Calderwood
Top-Down And Bottom-Up Tools For Integrated Pest Management In Northeastern Hop Production, Lily Calderwood
Graduate College Dissertations and Theses
The demand for locally sourced hops from Northeastern microbreweries began the recent resurgence in local hop production. The farming community has increased acreage and improved the quality of hops grown and processed in the Northeast region over the past five years. There was a sharp increase in the number of Northeast hop producers from six in 2009 to over 175 in 2014. Hop growers in the Northeast are new to the crop and have limited experience with pest identification and management. This dissertation encompasses three research projects that were conducted over the 2012-2014 growing seasons. These projects were the first …
Comprehensive Assessment Of Organic Apple Production In Vermont: Experience From Two Orchard Systems, 2006-2013, Terence L. Bradshaw
Comprehensive Assessment Of Organic Apple Production In Vermont: Experience From Two Orchard Systems, 2006-2013, Terence L. Bradshaw
Graduate College Dissertations and Theses
Despite substantial consumer demand and willingness to pay premium prices for organically grown fruit, apple growers in Vermont and other New England states have been slow to adopt certified organic practices. Barriers cited in the past to increased adoption of organic apple production in the region include susceptibility of traditionally grown cultivars to apple scab, lack of effective insect pest management materials, and few available effective options for fruit thinning. Recent changes in apple cultivar plantings in the region, introduction of new insect pest management materials, and advances in crop thinning justified an evaluation of organic apple production systems containing …
The Efficacy And Non-Target Impacts Of An Organic Disease Management System Containing Biostimulants Compared With Two Sulfur-Based Systems On Four Apple Cultivars In Vermont, Ann L. Hazelrigg
Graduate College Dissertations and Theses
Disease management in organic apple orchards in Vermont is focused on controlling diseases with sulfur fungicides. The objective of this two year study was to evaluate the target and non-target effects of an organic disease management system containing agricultural biostimulants compared to two sulfur-based systems on foliar and fruit diseases, pest and beneficial arthropods, tree growth, yield and fruit quality on four cultivars, `Ginger Gold', `Honeycrisp' and `Liberty' and `Zestar!'. Trees were arranged in a complete randomized design of five three-tree replications in a certified organic orchard. The two sulfur-based systems differed in the number of applications; in the third …