[Pollinator] Native Pollinator Study Topic of September 30 Workshop

[Ashley Minnerath]

For Immediate Release

 

Contact: Barbara Phillips, Public Affairs Specialist

            barbara.phillips at nj.usda.gov or 732-537-6044

 

 

Native Pollinator Study Topic of September 30 Workshop

 

September 27, 2011 - The results of a two year Rutgers University study will
be presented during a Pollinator Habitat Workshop on Friday, September 30,
2011, at the Cape May Plant Materials Center (PMC) in Cape May Court House.
The study was funded by a $32,204 Natural Resources Conservation Service
Conservation Innovation Grant awarded to Rutgers entomologists in 2009 to
develop science-based pollinator restoration protocols for use in Farm Bill
conservation programs. 

Dr. Rachel Winfree and her associates established a total of 120 plots with
twenty native plant species in September 2009 to learn if native pollinators
that provide benefit to various New Jersey agricultural crops were attracted
to these native plants. The use of each plant species by bee and butterfly
pollinators was measured daily whenever plants were in bloom in 2010. A
total of 4358 visits to flowers from 66 pollinator species were observed.
Results were highly significant statistically. Overall nine of the twenty
plant species are recommended for use in pollinator restorations. 

Agricultural producers and conservation organizations working with producers
are encouraged to attend the September 30 workshop. In addition to Winfree's
lab research on native pollinators, sessions on the importance of
pollinators, bee biology, the creation and protection of pollinator habitat
on farmland, and available assistance for pollinator conservation through
Farm Bill programs will be presented. A tour of the Plant Materials Center
will include the research facility, the test plots, the pollinator garden,
and flowering hedgerows installed at the PMC. 

Registration information
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utter\Sept%2030%20Pollinator%20Workshop\Registration%20information>  is
online at: http://www.xerces.org/events/. Contact Jolie Dollar
<mailto:jolie.dollar at nj.usda.gov?subject=September%2030%20pollinator%20works
hop>  at (609-465-5475 x101) with questions about the workshop. The Cape May
PMC is located at 1536 Route 9 North, Cape May Court House, NJ.

The Conservation Innovation Grant program (CIG) is a voluntary program
administered by NRCS to stimulate the development and adoption of innovative
conservation approaches and technologies. 

 

 

 

Ashley Minnerath

Pollinator Program Assistant

 

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