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Poly-Coated Urea As A Seasonlong Nitrogen Source For Sweet Corn, Ron Goldy, Carly Andres, Virginia Wendzel Jan 2016

Poly-Coated Urea As A Seasonlong Nitrogen Source For Sweet Corn, Ron Goldy, Carly Andres, Virginia Wendzel

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Performance Of 19 Fresh Market And Six Saladette Tomato Cultivars In Southwest Michigan In 2015, Ron Goldy, Virginia Wendzel Jan 2016

Performance Of 19 Fresh Market And Six Saladette Tomato Cultivars In Southwest Michigan In 2015, Ron Goldy, Virginia Wendzel

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No abstract provided.


Evaluation Of Softneck And Hardneck Garlic Produced Within Or Without High Tunnels, Lewis Jett, Larry Campbell, John Murray Jan 2016

Evaluation Of Softneck And Hardneck Garlic Produced Within Or Without High Tunnels, Lewis Jett, Larry Campbell, John Murray

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Sugar-Enhanced And Synergistic Sweet Corn Cultivar Evaluation For Northern Indiana, 2015, Elizabeth Maynard, Israel S. Calsoyas Jan 2016

Sugar-Enhanced And Synergistic Sweet Corn Cultivar Evaluation For Northern Indiana, 2015, Elizabeth Maynard, Israel S. Calsoyas

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This paper reports on seven bicolor and two yellow sugar-enhanced or synergistic sweet corn entries that were evaluated at the Pinney-Purdue Agricultural Center in Wanatah, Indiana.


Midwest Cantaloupe Variety Trial In Southwest Indiana — 2015, Wenjing Guan, Dan Egel, Dennis Nowaskie Jan 2016

Midwest Cantaloupe Variety Trial In Southwest Indiana — 2015, Wenjing Guan, Dan Egel, Dennis Nowaskie

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Cantaloupe Variety Trial For Kentucky, 2015, Shubin K. Saha, John Snyder, Chris Smigell, John Walsh Jan 2016

Cantaloupe Variety Trial For Kentucky, 2015, Shubin K. Saha, John Snyder, Chris Smigell, John Walsh

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Comparison Of Attractiveness And Reaction Of Melon Cultivars To The Striped Cucumber Beetle And Bacterial Wilt, 2015, Ahmad Shah Mohammadi, Ricky E. Foster, Elizabeth Maynard, Dan Egel Jan 2016

Comparison Of Attractiveness And Reaction Of Melon Cultivars To The Striped Cucumber Beetle And Bacterial Wilt, 2015, Ahmad Shah Mohammadi, Ricky E. Foster, Elizabeth Maynard, Dan Egel

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No abstract provided.


2015 Butternut Squash Cereal Rye Cover Crop Trial, Ben Phillips Jan 2016

2015 Butternut Squash Cereal Rye Cover Crop Trial, Ben Phillips

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No abstract provided.


2015 Bt Sh2 Sweet Corn Variety Trial, Ben Phillips Jan 2016

2015 Bt Sh2 Sweet Corn Variety Trial, Ben Phillips

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Midwest Triploid Watermelon Variety Trial In Southwest Indiana — 2015, Wenjing Guan, Dan Egel, Dennis Nowaskie Jan 2016

Midwest Triploid Watermelon Variety Trial In Southwest Indiana — 2015, Wenjing Guan, Dan Egel, Dennis Nowaskie

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No abstract provided.


Evaluation Of Three Pollinizer Planting Patterns On Seedless Watermelon Yield, Ron Goldy Jan 2016

Evaluation Of Three Pollinizer Planting Patterns On Seedless Watermelon Yield, Ron Goldy

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Sugar-Enhanced And Synergistic Sweet Corn Cultivar Evaluation For Northern Indiana, 2014, Elizabeth Maynard Jan 2015

Sugar-Enhanced And Synergistic Sweet Corn Cultivar Evaluation For Northern Indiana, 2014, Elizabeth Maynard

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Indiana sweet corn acreage harvested for fresh market averaged 5,233 acres annually from 2011- 2013, with a yield of 63 hundredweight per acre (149 crates or 3.1 tons per acre) and an annual value of $13.9 million (USDA NASS, 2014).

Sweet corn fields for fresh market sales are located throughout the state. In northern Indiana, bicolor corn is most commonly grown. Varieties with improved eating quality are of interest to both producers and consumers. Producers are also interested in yield, ear size, appearance, and agronomic characteristics.

This paper reports on nine bicolor and one yellow sugar-enhanced or synergistic sweet corn …


Supersweet Sweet Corn Cultivar Evaluation For Northern Indiana, 2014, Elizabeth Maynard Jan 2015

Supersweet Sweet Corn Cultivar Evaluation For Northern Indiana, 2014, Elizabeth Maynard

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Indiana sweet corn acreage harvested for fresh market averaged 5,233 acres annually from 2011- 2013, with a yield of 63 hundreweight per acre (149 crates or 3.1 tons per acre) and an annual value of $13.9 million (USDA NASS, 2014). Sweet corn fields for fresh market sales are located throughout the state. In northern Indiana, bicolor corn is most commonly grown.

Varieties with improved eating quality are of interest to both producers and consumers. The term ‘supersweet’ commonly refers to sweet corn with two copies of the shrunken-2 (sh2) gene that have high levels of sugar in the kernels and …


Kentucky Cantaloupe Variety Trial — 2014, Shubin K. Saha, Lucas Hanks Jan 2015

Kentucky Cantaloupe Variety Trial — 2014, Shubin K. Saha, Lucas Hanks

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Biochar As A Soil Amendment In A High Tunnel, Polybag Growth System, Ron Goldy, Virginia Wendzel Jan 2015

Biochar As A Soil Amendment In A High Tunnel, Polybag Growth System, Ron Goldy, Virginia Wendzel

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Kentucky Triploid Watermelon Variety Trial — 2014, Shubin K. Saha, Lucas Hanks Jan 2015

Kentucky Triploid Watermelon Variety Trial — 2014, Shubin K. Saha, Lucas Hanks

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No abstract provided.


Fall Broccoli Cultivar Trial 2012-2013, Shawn Wright, Darrell Slone, John Snyder Jan 2015

Fall Broccoli Cultivar Trial 2012-2013, Shawn Wright, Darrell Slone, John Snyder

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Midwest Vegetable Trial Report For 2014, Elizabeth Maynard Jan 2015

Midwest Vegetable Trial Report For 2014, Elizabeth Maynard

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This is a compilation of 30 research trial reports from seven land-grant universities in the midwestern and northeastern United States. Crops covered include Asian vegetables (Napa cabbage, pak choy or bok choi, mizuna, tatsoi, Yukina savoy, komatsuna, senposai, and Tokyo bekana) broccoli, cantaloupe, cucumber, kohlrabi, pepper, potato, pumpkin, radish, sweet corn, tomato, and watermelon. Several crops were evaluated in high tunnels or hoophouses. Most trials compared different cultivars or varieties. Four reports addressed specific growing practices: the use of hairy vetch to supply nitrogen, biochar use in a high tunnel bag culture system, effects of organic soil amendments, and scion-rootstock …


Kentucky Bell Pepper Variety Trial — 2014, Shubin K. Saha, Lucas Hanks Jan 2015

Kentucky Bell Pepper Variety Trial — 2014, Shubin K. Saha, Lucas Hanks

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No abstract provided.


Evaluation Of 18 Specialty Potatoes In Southwest Michigan, Ron Goldy, Virginia Wendzel Jan 2015

Evaluation Of 18 Specialty Potatoes In Southwest Michigan, Ron Goldy, Virginia Wendzel

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No abstract provided.


Efficacy Of Fungicides For Managing Powdery Mildew In Pumpkin — 2014, Margaret T. Mcgrath, Karen Lamarsh Jan 2015

Efficacy Of Fungicides For Managing Powdery Mildew In Pumpkin — 2014, Margaret T. Mcgrath, Karen Lamarsh

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Saginaw Valley Research And Extension Center 2014 Pumpkin Variety Trial, Ben Phillips Jan 2015

Saginaw Valley Research And Extension Center 2014 Pumpkin Variety Trial, Ben Phillips

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Pumpkin Cultivar Production & Quality Evaluations — 2014, Brad R. Bergefurd, Wayne Lewis, Thom Harker Jan 2015

Pumpkin Cultivar Production & Quality Evaluations — 2014, Brad R. Bergefurd, Wayne Lewis, Thom Harker

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No abstract provided.


Hairy Vetch As A Replacement For Synthetic Nitrogen, Ron Goldy, Virginia Wendzel Jan 2015

Hairy Vetch As A Replacement For Synthetic Nitrogen, Ron Goldy, Virginia Wendzel

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This is a compilation of 30 research trial reports from four land-grant universities in the Midwestern United States. Crops include cantaloupe, pickling cucumber, pepper, potato, pumpkin, summer squash and zucchini, sweet corn, tomato, and watermelon. Somecrops were evaluated in high tunnels or hoophouses. Most trials evaluated different cultivars or varieties. One report addressed plant spacing for sweet corn and one addressed soil block for production of tomato seedlings. A list of vegetable seed sources and a list of other online sources of vegetable trial reports are also included.


Collaborating With Extension Master Gardeners To Evaluate Tomato Cultivars, Charles J. Barden, G.A. Pabodha Galgamuwa, Ward Upham Jan 2015

Collaborating With Extension Master Gardeners To Evaluate Tomato Cultivars, Charles J. Barden, G.A. Pabodha Galgamuwa, Ward Upham

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No abstract provided.


Evaluation Of 13 Slicing Cucumbers In Southwest Michigan, Ron Goldy, Virginia Wendzel Jan 2015

Evaluation Of 13 Slicing Cucumbers In Southwest Michigan, Ron Goldy, Virginia Wendzel

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Eighteen Rootstock And Five Scion Tomato Varieties: Seedling Growth Rates Before Grafting And Success In Grafting The Ninety Variety Combinations, Bizhen Hu, Jennifer Moyseenko, Stephanie Short, Sonia Walker, Matthew D. Kleinhenz Jan 2015

Eighteen Rootstock And Five Scion Tomato Varieties: Seedling Growth Rates Before Grafting And Success In Grafting The Ninety Variety Combinations, Bizhen Hu, Jennifer Moyseenko, Stephanie Short, Sonia Walker, Matthew D. Kleinhenz

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2014 Evaluation Of Determinate Tomato Varieties For High Tunnel Production In Kansas, Kimberly L. Oxley, Cary L. Rivard Jan 2015

2014 Evaluation Of Determinate Tomato Varieties For High Tunnel Production In Kansas, Kimberly L. Oxley, Cary L. Rivard

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Late Blight Resistant Tomato Variety Evaluation Conducted With Organic Production Practices — 2014, Margaret T. Mcgrath, Karen Lamarsh Jan 2015

Late Blight Resistant Tomato Variety Evaluation Conducted With Organic Production Practices — 2014, Margaret T. Mcgrath, Karen Lamarsh

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West Virginia Pumpkin Cultivar Evaluations 2014, Lewis W. Jett, Rodney Wallbrown, J J. Barrett, J D. Johnson Jan 2015

West Virginia Pumpkin Cultivar Evaluations 2014, Lewis W. Jett, Rodney Wallbrown, J J. Barrett, J D. Johnson

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No abstract provided.