{"id":202,"date":"2025-07-27T19:47:42","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T00:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/hightunnelhabitats\/?page_id=202"},"modified":"2025-07-29T07:53:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T12:53:03","slug":"inside-the-tunnel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/hightunnelhabitats\/?page_id=202","title":{"rendered":"Strategies for Inside the Tunnel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This project is looking at optimizing the use of plant-mediated IPM systems in high tunnel vegetable production. Different deployment rates of two systems used together within tomato and cucumber production are being investigated: bush bean trap plants to detect spider mites and thrips and alyssum habitat plants to attract and sustain aphid natural enemies. More details coming soon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Photo Gallery:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"http:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/hightunnelhabitats\/files\/2025\/07\/alyssum-in-tomato-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-245\" style=\"width:181px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/hightunnelhabitats\/files\/2025\/07\/alyssum-in-tomato-1-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/hightunnelhabitats\/files\/2025\/07\/alyssum-in-tomato-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/hightunnelhabitats\/files\/2025\/07\/alyssum-in-tomato-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/hightunnelhabitats\/files\/2025\/07\/alyssum-in-tomato-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/hightunnelhabitats\/files\/2025\/07\/alyssum-in-tomato-1-624x832.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alyssum habitat plant in high tunnel tomato production.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"http:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/hightunnelhabitats\/files\/2025\/07\/alyssum-in-cukes3-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-243\" style=\"width:196px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/hightunnelhabitats\/files\/2025\/07\/alyssum-in-cukes3-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/hightunnelhabitats\/files\/2025\/07\/alyssum-in-cukes3-768x1024.jpg 768w, 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https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/hightunnelhabitats\/files\/2025\/07\/habs-in-tomato-cropped-768x1060.jpg 768w, https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/hightunnelhabitats\/files\/2025\/07\/habs-in-tomato-cropped-1113x1536.jpg 1113w, https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/hightunnelhabitats\/files\/2025\/07\/habs-in-tomato-cropped-624x861.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1334px) 100vw, 1334px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alyssum habitat plants and bean trap plants in tomatoes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"547\" height=\"702\" src=\"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/hightunnelhabitats\/files\/2025\/07\/Wasp-emerging-from-mummy-rich-bamford-uvm-signed2-resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-239\" style=\"width:185px;height:auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Aphidius sp. wasp parasitoid emerging from aphid mummy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/hightunnelhabitats\/files\/2025\/07\/sm-damage-on-bean-resized-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-240\" style=\"width:188px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/hightunnelhabitats\/files\/2025\/07\/sm-damage-on-bean-resized-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/hightunnelhabitats\/files\/2025\/07\/sm-damage-on-bean-resized-768x1024.jpg 768w, 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srcset=\"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/hightunnelhabitats\/files\/2025\/07\/syrphid-on-alyssum-in-tomato1.jpg 746w, https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/hightunnelhabitats\/files\/2025\/07\/syrphid-on-alyssum-in-tomato1-624x799.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Syrphid fly adult on alyssum in tomato tunnel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Funding provided by Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (NESARE)  <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.sare.org\/sare_project\/lne25-500r\/\">LNE25-500R<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column 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Different deployment rates of two systems used together within tomato and cucumber production are being investigated: bush bean trap plants to detect spider mites and thrips and alyssum habitat plants to attract and sustain aphid natural enemies. 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