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Pumpkin Cultivar Performance Trial Grown In Southern Ohio 2016, Brad R. Bergefurd Jan 2017

Pumpkin Cultivar Performance Trial Grown In Southern Ohio 2016, Brad R. Bergefurd

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

No abstract provided.


Potassium Applications And Yellow Shoulder Disorder Of Tomatoes In High Tunnels, Elizabeth Maynard, Israel S. Calsoya, Jill Malecki Jan 2017

Potassium Applications And Yellow Shoulder Disorder Of Tomatoes In High Tunnels, Elizabeth Maynard, Israel S. Calsoya, Jill Malecki

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

Tomatoes grown in unheated high tunnels can suffer significant loss in quality due to yellow shoulder disorder, particularly in susceptible varieties. This paper reports on a preliminary trial to determine whether incidence and severity of the disorder could be influenced by applying potassium fertilizers. Plots with higher leaf potassium content tended to have less fruit with severe yellow shoulder disorder, but increasing the amount of potassium fertilizer applied did not significantly reduce the disorder. From this study it isn’t possible to make specific recommendations for reducing yellow shoulder disorder with potassium applications.


Strawberry Variety Evaluation For High Tunnel Production In Southwest Indiana, Wenjing Guan, Larry Sutterer Jan 2017

Strawberry Variety Evaluation For High Tunnel Production In Southwest Indiana, Wenjing Guan, Larry Sutterer

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

No abstract provided.


Watermelon Variety Evaluations In Southwest Indiana, 2016, Wenjing Guan, Dan Egel, Dennis Nowaskie Jan 2017

Watermelon Variety Evaluations In Southwest Indiana, 2016, Wenjing Guan, Dan Egel, Dennis Nowaskie

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

No abstract provided.


2016 Pumpkin Cultivar Evaluations In West Virginia, Lewis Jett Jan 2017

2016 Pumpkin Cultivar Evaluations In West Virginia, Lewis Jett

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

No abstract provided.


Strawberry Variety Evaluation For High Tunnel Production In Southwest Indiana, Wenjing Guan, Larry Sutterer Jan 2017

Strawberry Variety Evaluation For High Tunnel Production In Southwest Indiana, Wenjing Guan, Larry Sutterer

Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Research Reports

This is a compilation of 21 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.


Kentucky Seedless Watermelon Variety Trial, 2016, Shubin Saha, John Snyder, John Walsh Jan 2017

Kentucky Seedless Watermelon Variety Trial, 2016, Shubin Saha, John Snyder, John Walsh

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

No abstract provided.


Muskmelon Variety Trial In Southwest Indiana — 2016, Wenjing Guan, Dennis Nowaskie Jan 2017

Muskmelon Variety Trial In Southwest Indiana — 2016, Wenjing Guan, Dennis Nowaskie

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

No abstract provided.


Msu 2016 Seedless Pickling Cucumber Variety Trial, Ben Phillips Jan 2017

Msu 2016 Seedless Pickling Cucumber Variety Trial, Ben Phillips

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

No abstract provided.


Cantaloupe Variety Trial For Kentucky, 2016, John Walsh, Shubin K. Saha, John Snyder Jan 2017

Cantaloupe Variety Trial For Kentucky, 2016, John Walsh, Shubin K. Saha, John Snyder

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

No abstract provided.


Evaluation Of A Cool-Season Grass-White Clover Mixture For Low-Nitrogen Input Lawns, Gabriel Adam Macke Dec 2016

Evaluation Of A Cool-Season Grass-White Clover Mixture For Low-Nitrogen Input Lawns, Gabriel Adam Macke

Open Access Theses

Turfgrass lawns require supplemental nitrogen (N) to maintain green color and seasonal shoot density. Improper lawn fertilization with excess N or phosphorus has the potential to contaminate both surface and groundwater. Thus, to reduce the reliance on supplemental N fertilization, alternative strategies or novel turf systems like grass-legume mixtures need explored. White clover ( Trifolium repens L.) is a stoloniferous legume that biologically fixes N from the atmosphere and adds N into the soil via mineralization. The objective of this field study was to evaluate the persistence and feasibility of a cool-season grass-clover lawn mixture. A lawn grass mixture with …


Forest Industry Byproducts Improve Soil Quality And Increase Pepper Growth In Three Soils Infested With Phythophthora Blight, Xiaojun Zhao Dec 2016

Forest Industry Byproducts Improve Soil Quality And Increase Pepper Growth In Three Soils Infested With Phythophthora Blight, Xiaojun Zhao

Open Access Theses

Phytophthora blight is a serious threat to the Midwest vegetable industry, because the oomycete pathogen responsible for this disease, Phytophthora capsici, has a wide host range, can spread quickly in fields, and produces resilient oospores that can survive in soil for years. Phytophthora capsici has become resistant to commonly used fungicides and resistant crop varieties are rare. Amending soil with complex organic substrates has potential to improve soil quality and suppress soil-borne pathogens including P. capsici. Indiana has a significant forest industry with many residual products that could be used as locally available amendments to meet this goal. …


The Role Of African Leafy Vegetables In Food Security, Marcia M. Croft Dec 2016

The Role Of African Leafy Vegetables In Food Security, Marcia M. Croft

Open Access Dissertations

African leafy vegetables (ALVs) are a diverse set of crops grown across sub-Saharan Africa. They have been a staple of traditional diets and contain many critical micronutrients but their importance has been largely ignored by researchers and policymakers at the expense of imported crops. Availability, accessibility, and utilization of ALVs are limited by factors across the supply chain. This research investigated seed systems, drought tolerance, hydroponic production, market barriers, consumer preference, and the impact of gender as related to ALVs. We found that ALVs play an important role in food security and that critical differences exist between formal and informal …


Managing Bacterial Wilt, Caused By Erwinia Tracheiphila, On Muskmelon With Early Control Of Striped Cucumber Beetle ( Acalymma Vittatum (F)), And Through Varietal Selection, Ahmad Shah Mohammadi Dec 2016

Managing Bacterial Wilt, Caused By Erwinia Tracheiphila, On Muskmelon With Early Control Of Striped Cucumber Beetle ( Acalymma Vittatum (F)), And Through Varietal Selection, Ahmad Shah Mohammadi

Open Access Dissertations

Muskmelon (Cucumis melo L), is an important vegetable crop in the United States. It is grown throughout the US, and Indiana ranked 4th in production after California, Arizona and Georgia with 12.4 thousand metric tons and market value of $7.6 million in 2015. Bacterial wilt of cucurbits, which is caused by Erwinia tracheiphila (E. F. Smith), and vectored by striped cucumber beetle (Acalymma vittatum (F)), is one of the most serious diseases of muskmelon that influences muskmelon quality and yield. Many cultivars of muskmelon are grown around the United States, especially in the Midwest. Muskmelon cultivars differ in …


Manipulating Air And Root-Zone Temperature For Energy-Efficient Floriculture Crop Production, Madeline W. Olberg Aug 2016

Manipulating Air And Root-Zone Temperature For Energy-Efficient Floriculture Crop Production, Madeline W. Olberg

Open Access Theses

Given the high energy costs for greenhouse floriculture production, growers are constantly searching for more energy-efficient methods of production. For example, some growers will lower greenhouse air temperature set points or grow crops in unheated high tunnels (HTs) or outdoors in order to minimize or eliminate heating costs. Unfortunately, development can be delayed and morphology can be altered if the mean daily air temperature (MDT) is reduced. We proposed that reducing MDT in combination with root-zone heating (RZH) could be an energy-efficient method for producing high-quality floriculture crops without significant delays. Unheated HT and unprotected outdoor production are very low-cost …


Mapping And Analyzing Energy Use And Efficiency In A Modified Hydroponic Shipping Container, Rachel E. Sparks Aug 2016

Mapping And Analyzing Energy Use And Efficiency In A Modified Hydroponic Shipping Container, Rachel E. Sparks

Open Access Theses

In urban centers today, vertical farming is becoming a popular alternative to conventional agriculture in an effort to increase local food production and improve urban food security by growing crops using hydroponic methods in controlled environment spaces. More specifically, one vertical method involves growing crops inside refurbished shipping containers, or a “farm-in-a-box” concept, which offers a flexible, mobile, and scalable means of year-round food production in a variety of climates. Despite benefits of producing food locally, some of the concerns associated with these vertical farming systems include high energy consumption from climate control and electric lighting systems as well as …


Pollinator Garden, Paige E. Bradley Mar 2016

Pollinator Garden, Paige E. Bradley

Engagement & Service-Learning Summit

The goal of the project is to increase awareness about global climate change and the necessity of environmentally sustainable practice, particularly among the younger citizens of the Lafayette area. The Lyn Greece Boys & Girls Club extended a hand and offered us land to install a pollinator garden on their campus and an opportunity to meet with the kids one-on-one to promote sustainability ideas and help them understand the basics of gardening. The project is as local as possible, using native plants, no pesticides or herbicides, Bennett's Greenhouse (a local business), and the resources on campus to reach out to …


Midwest Vegetable Trial Report For 2015, Elizabeth Maynard Jan 2016

Midwest Vegetable Trial Report For 2015, Elizabeth Maynard

Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Research Reports

This is a compilation of 19 research trial reports from six land-grant universities in the midwestern United States. Crops include bok choy, cantaloupe, cucumber, pepper, pumpkin, sweet corn, squash, tomato, and watermelon. Several crops were evaluated in high tunnels or hoophouses. Most trials evaluated different cultivars or varieties, including one investigating cantaloupe variety influence on cucumber beetle presence and incidence of bacterial wilt. Four reports addressed specific growing practices: the use of poly-coated urea to supply nitrogen to sweet corn, biochar use in a high tunnel bag culture system, use of cereal rye cover crop in butternut squash, and pollinizer …


Sugar-Enhanced And Synergistic Sweet Corn Evaluations In Central Kentucky, Chris Smigell, John Strang, John Snyder Jan 2016

Sugar-Enhanced And Synergistic Sweet Corn Evaluations In Central Kentucky, Chris Smigell, John Strang, John Snyder

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

No abstract provided.


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

Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Research Reports

This is a compilation of 21 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.


Mini- And Heirloom Sweet Pepper Variety Performance In High Tunnels, 2015, Elizabeth Maynard, Israel S. Calsoyas Jan 2016

Mini- And Heirloom Sweet Pepper Variety Performance In High Tunnels, 2015, Elizabeth Maynard, Israel S. Calsoyas

Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Research Reports

Trials on mini sweet peppers and other specialty sweet peppers in the Midwest have not recently been reported. We undertook this project to compare yield and fruit characteristics of hybrid and heirloom peppers grown in high tunnels using organic and conventional production methods.


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

Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Research Reports

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.


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

Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Research Reports

This is a compilation of 21 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.


Chloroplast Rna-Binding Protein Rbd1 Promotes Chilling Tolerance Through 23s Rrna Processing In Arabidopsis, Shuai Wang, Ge Bai, Shu Wang, Leiyun Yang, Fen Yang, Yi Wang, Jiankang Zhu, Jian Hua Jan 2016

Chloroplast Rna-Binding Protein Rbd1 Promotes Chilling Tolerance Through 23s Rrna Processing In Arabidopsis, Shuai Wang, Ge Bai, Shu Wang, Leiyun Yang, Fen Yang, Yi Wang, Jiankang Zhu, Jian Hua

Department of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Faculty Publications

Plants have varying abilities to tolerate chilling (low but not freezing temperatures), and it is largely unknown how plants such as Arabidopsis thaliana achieve chilling tolerance. Here, we describe a genome-wide screen for genes important for chilling tolerance by their putative knockout mutants in Arabidopsis thaliana. Out of 11,000 T-DNA insertion mutant lines representing half of the genome, 54 lines associated with disruption of 49 genes had a drastic chilling sensitive phenotype. Sixteen of these genes encode proteins with chloroplast localization, suggesting a critical role of chloroplast function in chilling tolerance. Study of one of these proteins RBD1 with an …


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

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

No abstract provided.


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

2015 Bt Sh2 Sweet Corn Variety Trial, Ben Phillips

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

No abstract provided.


Hot Pepper Cultivar Evaluation Using Extension Master Gardeners, G.A. Pabodha Galgamuwa, Charles J. Barden, Ward Upham Jan 2016

Hot Pepper Cultivar Evaluation Using Extension Master Gardeners, G.A. Pabodha Galgamuwa, Charles J. Barden, Ward Upham

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

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

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

No abstract provided.


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

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

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

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

No abstract provided.