Onions
Michigan Onion Committee Research Priorities
Contact Information:
Michigan Onion Committee
Executive Director: Greg Bird
Michigan Onion Committee
6835 S Krepps Rd
St John’s, MI 48879
gbird@michiganonion.com
mobile: 517-392-0719
office: 517-663-6725
Updated August 2021
Weed control:
- Improved crop safety of post-emergence herbicides.
- Improved weed control with pre-emergence herbicides.
- Improved control of yellow nutsedge, marsh yellowcress and pepper weeds through chemical and/or cultural methods.
Disease control:
- Improved understanding of Stemphyllium leaf blight.
- Improved understanding and control of bacterial bulb rots.
- Development of disease forecasting models for onion.
Insect control:
- Improved control of onion thrips
- Onion maggot.
- Improved IPM strategies.