Vegetables

Food detectives looking for origin, distribution channels of the strain that contaminated romaine lettuce in the Yuma area

One positive of the ongoing battle with the guava root knot nematode is that sweet potatoes will likely see a reduction in the level of soil borne pathogens because farmers are going to be more mindful of using clean seed when planting to combat...

Sweet potato farmers should start clean and stay clean and use soil tests to determine if the guava root-knot nematode is present.

Texas Crop and Weather Report – Oct. 16, 2019

Clemson University researchers are armed with close to $7 million to design protocols for managing invasive guava root-knot nematodes.

Pumpkin quality is good but yields are down.

The regulations may be painful, inconvenient and difficult, but are vital for managing the guava root-knot nematode and maintaining North Carolina’s reputation as the leading sweet potato producing state in the country.

Georgia Agricultural Hall of Fame inductees have impacted Georgians from the dinner table to the fairgrounds.