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

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

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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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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 …


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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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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Northern Ohio Pepper Variety Trial — 2014, Allen M. Gahler, Matthew Hofelich Jan 2015

Northern Ohio Pepper Variety Trial — 2014, Allen M. Gahler, Matthew Hofelich

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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 …


Evaluation Of Broccoli Cultivars For Summer Crown-Cut Production In West Virginia, Lewis Jett Jan 2015

Evaluation Of Broccoli Cultivars For Summer Crown-Cut Production In West Virginia, Lewis Jett

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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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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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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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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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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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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 …


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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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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No abstract provided.