NC & VA Cooperative Extension Collaborate on Eastern Pumpkin Trial
Pumpkin acreage is increasing across both North Carolina and Virginia. When selecting good varieties to plant, growers in the …
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Relief Funds for Farmers
Carolina Farm Stewardship Association posted an article about COVID-19 Relief Funds Available to Farmers Starting April 3. Click …
2019 Melon Cultigen Studies are Published
Orange flesh and specialty melon cultigen evaluation studies were conducted at the Central Crops Research Station in Clayton, NC …
2019 Greenhouse Vegetable Production Agent Training
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Grafting and Its Effect on Watermelon Tissue Firmness and Incidence of Hollow Heart
Marlee A. Trandel is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Horticultural Sciences from North Carolina State University. She …
NC County Extension Agents Practice Cucurbit Disease Identification Techniques
As part of NC State University Department of Plant Pathology and Entomology’s annual agent training each July, the Vegetable …
Cucumber Downy Mildew in Western North Carolina (7/30/2019)
Cucumber Downy Mildew (CDM) has been confirmed on cucumber samples from our sentinel plot in Waynesville, NC (Haywood County) …
Results of the 2018 Zucchini Squash Variety Cultigen Evaluations Are Published
NC State Extension Horticultural Science Vegetable specialist, Jonathan Schultheis, and Research Associate Keith Starke conduct annual variety trials on a …
2018 Watermelon Triploid Standard and Mini Watermelon Cultigen Evaluation Studies are published
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How to Pick the Perfect Pumpkin | Homegrown
In this episode of Homegrown, Penny Perkins-Veazie, a researcher in postharvest physiology with NC State – she studies what happens …
Results of 2017 NC Orange Flesh Melon Cultivar Evaluations Are Published
Extension Specialist Jonathan Schultheis and his Research Associate Keith Starke from the NC State University Department of Horticultural Science published …
2017 Pumpkin Cultivar Evaluation Trials Are Published
In 2017, North Carolina ranked 4th in pumpkin production in the US behind Illinois, Texas and California. This makes …
2017 USDA Specialty Crop Block Grant Program Recipients
On Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced the 2017 USDA Specialty Crop Block Grant …
Pest Management Strategic Plan for Tomato in the Southeast
Update (July 6, 2018): The Pest Management Strategic Plan for Tomato in the Southeast is complete! You can access the …
2016 Pumpkin Variety Trials
NC State College of Agriculture News highlighted vegetable crops extension researchers and their annual evaluation of pumpkin varieties. NC …
North Carolina Tomato Growers Association
The N.C. Tomato Growers Association (NCTGA) is a group of growers and suppliers interested in the improvement and promotion …
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