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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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Established 1967

Michigan fruit producers are in competition with more than 30 fruit pests that threaten to damage their crops. 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. Research topics include studying performance attributes of reduced-risk pesticides, optimizing delivery systems for crop protection materials, monitoring and controlling invasive and emerging pests, and developing novel pest management tactics. The center also supports IR-4, a United States Department of Agriculture project that works with specialty crop growers, registrants and the United States Environmental Protection Agency to register products for use on specialty crops, including reduced-risk pesticides.

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  • Trevor Nichols Research Center Field Day will highlight fruit insect, disease and weed research

    Published on July 18, 2023
    Visit the Trevor Nichols Research Center in Fennville, Michigan, on Sept. 19, 2023, to learn the results of field research by MSU fruit specialists.

  • MSU Extension hosts second annual Blueberry Research Field Day

    Published on July 18, 2023
    Join Michigan State University Extension for this blueberry-focused event on Sept. 6 in Fennville.

  • James Averill named MSU AgBioResearch assistant director

    Published on June 7, 2023
    The Michigan agriculture leader begins his new role July 1.

  • MSU AgBioResearch, Extension to host research center field days this summer

    Published on June 6, 2023
    The public is invited to learn about research and programming that impact Michigan food and natural resources

  • A fruitful partnership

    Published on September 9, 2021
    MSU, Tree Fruit Commission, MDARD partner to support fruit industry

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