Associate Director of Agricultural IPM, Vegetable IPM Coordinator, NYS Integrated Pest Management
In collaboration with colleagues at Cornell, throughout the Northeast and beyond, Abby promotes and supports the use of integrated pest management practices with conventional and organic vegetable farmers through a combination of applied research, demonstration projects, educational programs and networking. Abby has provided hundreds of workshops and trained thousands of growers.
Capping an impressive 30-year career with Cornell University’s New York State Integrated Pest Management Program (NYSIPM), Abby Seaman has received the 2025 Outstanding Achievements in Integrated Pest Management Award from the Northeastern IPM...
NYSIPM’s vegetable specialists are conducting innovative research designed to mitigate these challenges. Our research is examining whether beneficial nematodes and fungi, applied directly to soil, can reduce striped cucumber beetle populations...