Sustainable Agriculture Student Research Projects: 2018

Wireworm control in scallions: Attract-and-kill tactic using Metarhizium brunneum granules and rolled oats Hazel Chan, 2018 Key result: Soil application of Metarhizium brunneum and rolled oats before transplanting boosted scallion yield and tended to reduce wireworm damage.	Poster Paper
Effect of cut seed tubers and Metarhizium brunneum on wireworm damage in potato Lindsay Dodds, 2018 Key result: M. brunneum reduced wireworm damage to potatoes grown from cut seed pieces, but not to those grown from whole seed pieces.	Poster Paper
Effect of fine cement sand and zeolite amendment on rye (Secale cereal) biomass accumulation in two local soils Piper Kenney, 2018 Key result: None of the experimental factors had a detectable effect on rye biomass production.	Poster Paper
Evaluation of eleven summer cover crops for suitability to southwest British Columbia Angeli dela Rosa, 2018 Key result: Mustards gave superior soil cover while sorghum sudangrass produced at least as much biomass as mustards. Legumes produced the least biomass among crops tested.	Poster Paper
Season extension of ever-bearing strawberry in the Pacific Northwest Alexander G. B. Stark, 2018 Key result: Spring flowering of ever-bearing strawberries was three weeks earlier when plants were grown under row covers and low tunnels.	Poster Paper