Fertilizer
Improving Crop Nutrition and Soil Health with Liquid Organic Fertilizers
Rising fertilizer prices and increasing regulatory pressure push growers throughout California to consider decreasing mineral N use. Many…
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Disease
Seven-Year Review of Watermelon Grafting Research Programs to Advance Long-Term Sustainability of Watermelon Production in California
Research on grafted watermelons in California has entered its seventh year since 2019. As adoption grows in acreage,…
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Nutrition
Natural Bridge to Higher Plant Metabolism: Unlocking the Power of Biostimulants
Biostimulants are a natural “hack” to bridge the gap between average and better crops. While a growing segment…
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Fertilizer
Management of Potassium in Processing Tomato
Potassium is important to tomato vine health, fruit set and color. Recognizing where deficiencies may occur and correcting…
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Fertilizer
Biological Nitrogen Fixation: Can Bacteria Help Fertilize Our Crops?
In 1905, German scientist Fritz Haber successfully synthesized ammonia from atmospheric nitrogen gas, an inert form of nitrogen…
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Nutrition
It’s the Little Things that Count When Establishing a Crop
Literally and figuratively, it is the little things that count when establishing crops. Yes, it is the microbes…
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Nutrition
Organic vs Conventional Vegetable Production: Pros and Cons
The first concepts of organic agriculture as we now know it were developed in the early 1900s by…
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Nutrition
Plant Stress Defense and Management: How to Leverage Stress Response Mechanisms with Biostimulants
Every season, crops must overcome environmental stressors from a range of biotic and abiotic conditions, including pest and…
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Nutrition
Crop Performance with Biostimulants
How can we grow great crops when conditions are not great? Crop performance is a combination of both…
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Nutrition
Making a Case for In-Season Potassium Applications
Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium (NPK) are three major nutrient components of any fertility program and are developed to…
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