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Current Vegetable and Small Fruit Issues – June 13

Jun 17, 2017 | Berry, Vegetables

Penn State Extension Specialists and Educators from across the state discussed the following issues currently being seen on farms in Pennsylvania during their recent bi-weekly conference call: General conditions: Less rain, more heat, crops are finally moving along. ...

Current Vegetable and Berry Issues

Jun 4, 2017 | Berry, Potato, Vegetables

Growers and others should be aware of several important issues that were discussed by the Penn State Extension vegetable, berry and mushroom team during this week’s conference call. Allium leafminer damage to onions and garlic. This was the most common issue by far...

Researchers Test Self-Destructing Moth Pest

Jun 3, 2017 | Vegetables

Researchers in a New York cabbage patch are planning the first release on American soil of insects genetically engineered to die before they can reproduce. It’s a pesticide-free attempt to control invasive diamondback moths, a voracious consumer of cabbage, broccoli...

New Technology Helps Control Nematodes

Jun 3, 2017 | Berry, Potato, Vegetables

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University are applying drug-delivery technology to agriculture to control parasitic roundworms more effectively and safely. The tiny roundworms, or nematodes, cause $157 billion in crop failures worldwide each year, other...

Solving the Nitrogen Fixation Mystery

Jun 3, 2017 | Vegetables

Inspired by a natural process found in certain bacteria, a team of Caltech researchers is inching closer to a new method for producing fertilizer that could some day hold benefits for farmers — particularly in the developing world — while also shedding light on a...