Vegetable News Highlights

• ‘Diagnosing and controlling important diseases of cucurbit crops in the home garden’. July 21, 2009. 
  
  Cucurbit Disease Clinic Webinar: One hour long followed by one hour of questions and answers.
  Curcurbit Disease Webinar (slides only—10 MB PDF):  File contains slides used in the presentation.

• ‘Late blight and other important diseases of tomato in the home garden’. July 2, 2009. 
  
  Late Blight Fact Sheet (PDF): Late blight in homeowners' gardens – Fact Sheet.
  Late Blight Webinar: One hour long followed by one hour of questions and answers.
  Late Blight Chat Room Questions and Answers (PDF): Find all the answers to questions asked during the webinar here.
  Late Blight Webinar (slides only—PDF):  File contains slides used in the presentation.

The above recordings of webinars require you to click on the Webinar hyperlink and allow for the Elluminate program to download to your computer. A PowerPoint presentation will appear on your screen. Please make sure the volume is on so you can hear the presentation.

• Pumpkin Size and Quality Improved Using Municipal Leaf Mulch — December 29, 2008. Andy Wyenandt, Joseph Heckman, and Nancy Maxwell

• Jack Rabin was interviewed by New York Times — June 16, 2008:  Rutgers Helps Revive Ramapo (the Tomato, That Is)

• The Star-Ledger — April 30, 2008: A local taste for shallots

• Rick VanVranken was interviewed for a national NPR story on April 25, 2008 about shortage of farm labor and effect on planting decisions

• The Star-Ledger — April 22, 2008: Speak up, if you want your (Jersey) asparagus

  The Star-Ledger — April 16, 2008: Dandelions as underrated as underfoot

• South Jersey News Online — January 14, 2008: Quest for perfect tomato stretches from NJ to Israel

• 2007 – American Vegetable Grower – Bonus Coverage
  Support Groups: Understanding FRAC code groups can help you maintain the effectiveness of valuable fungicide treatments
  By Andy Wyenandt and Nancy Maxwell

• Managing Fungicide Resistance and Cucurbit Powdery Mildew
  By Meg T. McGrath and Andy Wyenandt

• Understanding Fungicide Resistance Management for Cucurbit Downy Mildew Control
  By Andy Wyenandt and Gerald Holmes

Rutgers & NJAES Host
19th International Pepper Conference

This past September, Rutgers University and NJAES hosted the 19th International Pepper Conference in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Dr. Andy Wyenandt, Extension Specialist in Vegetable pathology and Dr. Wesley Kline, Cumberland County Agricultural Agent, hosted the 2-day event along with members of the NJAES Vegetable Working Group which featured a day of oral research presentations and a day-long field tour of vegetable production operations in South Jersey. Over 100 participants consisting of researchers, industry reps, extension educators and growers from 14 states and 14 countries attended this year’s meeting in New Jersey. This year, there were 27 oral presentations and 10 posters featuring all aspects of pepper production. Our keynote speaker, Dr. Paul Bosland, New Mexico State University and Director of the Chile Institute, gave an opening address on how to ‘Think Global, Breed Local: Specificity and Complexity of Phytophthora capsici’. On the second day, participants split up into two groups and visited the Sheppard, Laning, Flaim, Hensel, Wuillerman and Graiff farming operations where they got to see New Jersey vegetable production up close!

Information found in the proceedings of this year’s meeting can be found be clicking here!