Disease
Fusarium Wilt of Tomato Race 3
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici (Fol) race 3 causes Fusarium wilt, a disease currently affecting most tomato-producing counties…
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Ag Industry
Weed Control in Lettuce
Economical and successful weed control in lettuce can be accomplished by utilizing key cultural practices, cultivation technologies and…
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Ag Industry
Making Sense of Biostimulants for Improving your Soil
Biostimulants…bio what??? You may have heard or read this phrase several times over the past year as this…
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Ag Industry
Detection of Marked Lettuce and Tomato by an Intelligent Cultivator
Weeds are difficult to control in lettuce and tomato due to labor shortages, increasing costs of hand weeding…
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Disease
Virus Pathogens: Challenges to the Health of Vegetable Crops
Farmers and other field professionals producing vegetable crops face a bewildering array of challenges. Insects and mites feed…
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Disease
Lettuce Dieback: New Virus Found to be Associated with Soilborne Disease in Lettuce
Lettuce dieback is a soilborne virus disease known to cause significant losses for lettuce production throughout all western…
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Pests
Preparing for the Invasive Spotted Lanternfly Threat
In 2014, Pennsylvania reported the occurrence of a large planthopper, the spotted lanternfly (SLF), in Berks County. SLF…
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Pests
Outsmarting Birds in Vineyards: Know Your Birds and Keep them Guessing
There are a number of options for controlling—or at least limiting the damage of—birds in vineyards, but experts…
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Pests
The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Is (Still) Invading California
The brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), Halyomorpha halys, has caused significant yield losses in fruit and nut crops…
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Cotton
Characterization and Interaction of Fusarium Races and Rhizoctonia on Disease Development in Cotton
Objectives of Proposed Research To survey and molecularly identify Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum (FOV) races and other…
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