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Nematode Species Effective Biological Control of Slugs
Vancouver, Canada. If the researchers come up empty-handed, their next step may be to introduce the European ... species at risk and drive up economic costs. The gypsy moth, intentionally introduced, and the zebra ...
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Using New Genetic Techniques to Raise Bigger Yellow Perch
production efficiency up to 50 percent over current growth standards. Ohio State University aquaculturists ... source. It's a step-up from traditional selection where fish are bred without any knowledge of their ...
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Using the Weather to Control Dollar Spot
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/using-weather-control-dollar-spot
University Extension appointment. "That's where we came up with the idea of the using the concept ... found that fungicide applications made in either the fall or in early spring resulted in up to a 50 ...
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Biomass Crop Makes for Good Nursery Container Potting Mix
pine bark. Potentially up to five tons of switchgrass can be produced per acre, producing 50 cubic ... itself, so farmers may just bale some of it up or till it under," said Altland. "With 800,000 ...
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Plant Leaf Surface Impacts Effectiveness of Pesticide Applications
droplets hit the target, remain on the target and the pesticide active ingredients in droplets are taken up ... droplets cling better and are taken up by the plant much more readily. "Adding a surfactant reduces ...
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Use Equipment/Technology to Manage Risk
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/use-equipmenttechnology-manage-risk
speed up harvest. "Having a grain dryer, or a bigger one, allows earlier harvest," said ... money." Reeder said that while no-till soybeans is common practice, most farmers have yet to pick up ...
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C.O.R.N. Newsletter 2010-09
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletters/2010/09
recommend adjusting seeding rates by using the yield potential of a site as a major criterion for ... node, dig up plants from multiple locations in the field, remove the secondary (smaller) tillers and ...
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Garlic Breath? Science Says Eat an Apple
https://fst.osu.edu/news/garlic-breath-science-says-eat-apple
and moving through the bloodstream and into the lungs, where foul breath can linger for up to a day. ...
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Harvesting Corn for Silage A Tough Decision
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/harvesting-corn-silage-tough-decision
decisions some Ohio growers are facing this season. At a time when growers may have been giving up on their ... http://ohioline.osu.edu/agf-fact/0004.html. High nitrate concentrations are a concern in drought-stressed corn. "Nitrate is taken up from ... fermented in silos for up to two weeks can reduce nitrate concentrations by as much as 60 percent. ...
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Wet Spring Ideal to Practice Controlled Traffic
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/wet-spring-ideal-practice-controlled-traffic
before the next rains come in." That quicker planting could add up to better yields, especially in ... timely planting really shows up." Not only does controlled traffic give growers a jumpstart on ... compaction, 10 percent to 15 percent of the crop was being left in the field, adding up to thousands of ...