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GROWERSMISSION STATEMENT
The Gerbera Pest Management Alliance is designed to advance IPM/Biological Control programs for gerbera growers in California.
The program focuses on monitoring/sampling strategies, economic thresholds, cultural aspects of production, biological control and the integration of biological control with reduced risk pesticides.
Quick Facts:
Gerbera is somewhat unique as a cut flower crop because only the flower stems are harvested. Therefore, growers are more willing to tolerate leaf injury on gerbera than most other floriculture crops.
Gerbera is one of the largest cut flower crops in the United States and the acreage devoted to this crop continues to increase.
California is the largest producer of gerbera in the US, with more than 60 million stems harvested annually at a value in excess of $300 million/year.While this program is focusing on gerbera as a cut flower, it has broader applications and many of the results and outcomes can be used across the horticulture industry.
This project is being led by Professor Michael Parrella and Vanessa Carne-Cavagnaro at the University of California, Davis.
For further information, or to join up for announcements and newsletters,
contact: Vanessa Carne-Cavagnaro
Funding from:
USDA via the National Floriculture & Nursery Research Initiative
UC IPM
UC Agriculture and Natural Resources
Hansen Trust
American Floral Endowment
Kee Kitayama
Updated:
Tuesday, March 28, 2006