Transferring biological control technology to Iowa strawberry growers
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2001-01-01
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Lewis, Donald
Professor Emeritus
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Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
The Leopold Center is a research and education center on the campus of Iowa State University created to identify and reduce negative environmental and social impacts of farming and develop new ways to farm profitably while conserving natural resources.
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Growers receive nearly $3.5 million gross income from strawberry production in Iowa. Substitution of environmentally friendly, natural products and biological controls for the current chemical-intensive growing approaches will be critical to the expansion of strawberry production in Iowa.