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

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

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

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

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

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

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

Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Research Reports

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 …

Midwest Triploid Watermelon Variety Trial In Southwest Indiana — 2014, Dan Egel, Dennis Nowaskie, Sara Hoke

Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Research Reports

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.

Nitrogen Release And Disease Suppressive Activity Of Four Compost Amendments On Three Vegetable Farms, Lori Hoagland, Elizabeth Maynard, Dan Egel, Natasha Cerruti, Jeff Evard, Ben Nava, Steve Spencer

Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Research Reports

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.

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

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

No abstract provided.

Midwest Vegetable Trial Report For 2014, Elizabeth Maynard

Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Research Reports

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 …

Agriculture/ Graduate Students/ Carlson & Bracke/ Purdue University/ 2014, Jake Carlson, Marianne S. Bracke

Data Information Literacy Case Study Directory

Librarians at Purdue University had the opportunity to develop a semester long data information literacy program to ten students in the College of Agriculture. The program was run as a pilot to test out ideas and approaches in teaching data literacy competencies to students. Topics included high level subjects such as data lifecycles, data management planning, metadata and sharing data, along with practical issues such as file naming conventions, developing a metadata record for a data set and depositing data into a repository. Materials in this case study include weekly lesson plans, slide decks, assignments, an application and other documents …

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

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

No abstract provided.

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

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

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

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

No abstract provided.

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

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

No abstract provided.

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

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

No abstract provided.

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

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

No abstract provided.

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

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

No abstract provided.

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

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

No abstract provided.

Midwest Vegetable Trial Report For 2014, Elizabeth Maynard

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

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

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

No abstract provided.

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

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

No abstract provided.