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Grafting Rootstocks onto Heirloom and Locally Adapted Tomato Selections to Confer Resistance to Root-knot Nematodes and other Soil Borne Diseases and to Increase Nutrient Uptake Efficiency in an Intensive Farming System for Market Gardeners

Grafting Rootstocks onto Heirloom and Locally Adapted Tomato Selections to Confer Resistance to Root-knot Nematodes and other Soil Borne Diseases and to Increase Nutrient Uptake Efficiency in an Intensive Farming System for Market Gardeners

Project Number: LS06-193
Year: 2006
Region: South
Type: Research and Education Project
2006 Annual Report
2006 Project Overview
2007 Annual Report
2009 Final Report

 Coordinator:

Mary Peet
Professor
North Carolina State University
Box 7609, Department of Horticultural Science
Raleigh, NC 27695
Phone: 919 515-5362
E-mail: mary_peet@ncsu.edu
Website: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/greenhouse_veg/

Participant:
Ken Dawson
Grower
Maple Springs Garden
9812 Allison Road
Cedar Grove, NC 27231
E-mail: dawsonkr@visionet.org

Tom Elmore
Grower
Thatchmore Farm
153 Dix Creek Rd. #1
Leicester, NC 27848
Phone: 828-683-1180
E-mail: sami@landofsky.org

Jean Harrison
Extension agent-Horticulture
NC Cooperative extension
Yancey County Center, 10 Orchard Drive
Burnsville, NC 28714
Phone: 828-682-6186
E-mail: Jean_Harrison@ncsu.edu
Website: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/yancey/

Alex Hitt
Grower
Peregrine Farms
9418 Perry Rd.
Graham, NC 27253
E-mail: abhitt@mindspring.com

Tony Kleese
Executive Director
Carolina Farm Stewardship
PO Box 448
Pittsboro, NC 27312
Phone: 919-542-2404
E-mail: ED@carolinafarmstewards.org
Website: http://www.carolinafarmstewards.org/about.html

Frank Louws
Associate Professor
North Carolina State University
Box 7609, Department of Plant Pathology
Raleigh, NC 27695
Phone: 919 515-6689
E-mail: frank_louws@ncsu.edu

Suzanne O'Connell
Graduate Research Assistant
North Carolina State University
Box 7609, Department of Horticultural Science
Raleigh, NC 27695

Cricket Rakita
Seed project Coordinator
Saving Our Seeds
286 Dixie Hollow
Louisa, VA 23093
Phone: (540) 894-8865
E-mail: cricket@savingourseed.org
Website: http://www.savingourseed.org

Cary Rivard
Graduate Research Assistant
North Carolina State University
Box 7616 Department of Horticultural Science, Department of Plant Pathology
Raleigh, NC 27695
Phone: 919 515-6689
E-mail: caryrivard@hotmail.com

Debbie Roos
Agricultural Extension Agent
NC Cooperative extension
Post Office Box 279
Pittsboro, NC 27312
Phone: 919.542.8202
E-mail: debbie_roos@ncsu.edu
Website: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/chatham/ag/SustAg/index.html

Tucker Taylor
Farm Manager
Woodland Gardens
1355 Athens Rd
Winterville, GA 30683
Phone: 706-227-1944 -
E-mail: tucker@woodlandgardens.org

SARE Funds   $ 193000
Matching Federal Funds   $
Matching Non-Federal Funds   $


This project was supported by the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture- National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA). Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed within do not necessarily reflect the view of the SARE program or the U.S. Department of Agriculture. USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.