A press release from Purdue University last week was titled Study reveals listeria bacteria can hide inside tissue of romaine lettuce – Common sanitization practices may not be sufficient in killing bacteria. Assistant Professor of Food Science Amanda Deering’s research revealed “that the bacteria could live within lettuce in every stage of the plant growth […]
Continue reading...April 2, 2017 Matthew Elmore
Hurry Up and Wait. Now Go!
At the beginning of March we were potentially a week or two away from annual bluegrass seedhead emergence thanks to an extremely warm February. Cooler temperatures prevailed and significant snowfall across much of the Northeast brought soil temperature… Read More »
Continue reading...April 2, 2017 Matthew Elmore
Hurry Up and Wait. Now Go!
At the beginning of March we were potentially a week or two away from annual bluegrass seedhead emergence thanks to an extremely warm February. Cooler temperatures prevailed and significant snowfall across much of the Northeast brought soil temperatures down and put the brakes on annual bluegrass development for a few weeks. It’s now the beginning of […]
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April 2, 2017 Matthew Elmore
Hurry Up and Wait. Now Go!
At the beginning of March we were potentially a week or two away from annual bluegrass seedhead emergence thanks to an extremely warm February. Cooler temperatures prevailed and significant snowfall across much of the Northeast brought soil temperatures down and put the brakes on annual bluegrass development for a few weeks. It’s now the beginning of […]
Continue reading...April 2, 2017 Matthew Elmore
Hurry Up and Wait. Now Go!
At the beginning of March we were potentially a week or two away from annual bluegrass seedhead emergence thanks to an extremely warm February. Cooler temperatures prevailed and significant snowfall across much of the Northeast brought soil temperatures down and put the brakes on annual bluegrass development for a few weeks. It’s now the beginning of […]
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March 24, 2017 Andy Wyenandt
Best management practices for managing Dickeya dianthicola in potato – 2017
Using PCR test results and North American Certified Seed Potato Health Certificates to track Lot no., Dickeya dianthicola was reported in 22 states (ME, DE, FL, MD, MA, MN, NJ, NY, NC, PA, RI, VA, WV, WI, OH, IN, MO, MI, TX, ND, ID, and NM) on at least eleven potato varieties in 2016. Some of these varieties included: ‘Reba’, […]
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