Evaluation of Commercially Viable Spore Traps for Detection of Clade 1 and Clade 2 Downy Mildew on Cucurbits
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Organization
North Carolina State University
Award Date
Award Amount
109,920
Program Name
Translational Research Grant
Program Category
Research and Equipment Support
Principal Investigator
Lirong Xiang
Fiscal Year
2023
Region
Research Triangle
Project Description:
North Carolina State University received $109,920 to evaluate a new method of deploying spore traps in cucumber farm fields for the early detection of downy mildew spores in order to gather data in real time on the presence of crop disease and the need for fungicidal treatment.