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  Trevor Nichols Research Center

  The primary objective of the 156-acre Trevor Nichols Research Center is to find the best ways to keep fruit pest-free in Michigan while preserving the environment and ensuring economic viability for the state’s fruit growers.

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• Trevor Nichols Research Center: An overview

  Ensuring economic viability for the state's fruit growers is the objective of the 156-acre Trevor Nichols Research Center, located three miles from Lake Michigan in southwest Michigan.

• Effective pheromone pest control

  Researchers at Trevor Nichols Research Center are looking at new ways to deliver pheromones for mating disruption and pest control.

• Taking measures to protect fruit trees

  One new and novel delivery system MSU AgBioResearch scientists at Trevor Nichols Research Center are exploring is the application of trunk injection as a superior means of delivering plant protection materials to fruit trees.

• Developing environmentally friendly disease, pest management

  Field research investigates alternative methods using environmentally friendly tools for disease control. One such disease being leaf rust, which multiplies quickly under the right conditions.

• Helping growers control insects

  Researchers are studying insect pest issues that affect blueberry, grape, strawberry and raspberry crops in Michigan. The plantings at Trevor Nichols provide the resources for experiments that otherwise would not be accomplished on grower farms.

• Steve Van Timmeren

  Research Assistant I
  vantimm2@msu.edu
  269-561-5040
  

• Laura Lamb

  Research Technologist I
  lambl@msu.edu
  269-561-5040
  

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  John Wise

  Professor & IR-4 NC Region Director
  wisejohn@msu.edu
  517-432-2668
  

• Kyle Coffindaffer

  Assistant Farm Manager
  coffinda@msu.edu
  269-561-5040
  

• Jamie Polk

  Farm Management Staff
  polk@msu.edu
  269-561-5040
  

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  Faculty to discuss trial results at Trevor Nichols complex

  Published on September 10, 2013
  Insect and disease research will be the main topics of discussion during the annual research field day at the MSU Trevor Nichols Research Center (TNRC) Sept. 24.

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  Spotted wing drosophila proves formidable fruit foe

  Published on November 7, 2016
  Learn what MSU researchers are doing about a tiny invasive fly called spotted wing drosophila that's causing major problems for the fruit industry.

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  Single gene separates queen from workers

  Published on January 29, 2014
  Scientists have identified how a single gene in honey bees separates the queens from the workers.

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  M-AAA awards more than $600K in grants for MSU animal agriculture research

  Published on December 11, 2014
  Seventeen Michigan State University researchers and Extension outreach and education specialists have received more than $600,000 in funding from the Michigan Alliance for Animal Agriculture.

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  MSU AgBioResearch names new acting associate director

  Published on June 26, 2014
  George Smith, MSU animal science professor, will serve as acting associate director of MSU AgBioResearch beginning July 1.

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  Michigan grape scouting report – Aug. 5, 2020

  Published on August 5, 2020
  Egglaying from third generation grape berry moth is starting this week in southern vineyards.

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  Attracting wild bees to farms is a good insurance policy

  Published on April 4, 2014
  A paper co-authored by MSU AgBioResearch's Rufus Isaacs gives farmers of pollination-dependent crops tangible results to convert marginal acreage to fields of wildflowers.

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  Michigan agriculture proponents step down

  Published on February 3, 2020
  Two stalwarts of Michigan agriculture, Phil Korson and Jim Byrum, have retired at the end of 2019.

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  MSU researchers to study eco-friendly pest management solutions for invasive fruit pests

  Published on November 12, 2015
  Researchers from Michigan State University have received a $173,151 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture to study novel, non-spray control methods for invasive fruit pests.

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  Enviro-weather shows promise for growers of all kinds

  Published on June 11, 2013
  A 2011 survey of 1,000 fruit growers indicates that Enviro-weather helped to save at least $1.7 million in grower costs. Growers surveyed also indicated an estimated 7 million pounds in increased crop yield.