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Author(s) Teryl R. Roper, Daniel L. Mahr, Patricia S. McManus, Brian R. Smith. This award-winning manual offers detailed instructions on how to su...

Author(s) Brian R. Smith, Daniel L. Mahr, Patricia S. McManus, Teryl R. Roper. Strawberries are the most widely grown small fruit crop in Wisconsi...

Author(s) Robert Tomesh. Vine-type fruits and vegetables—such as tomatoes, melons, and cucumbers—are some of the most popular produce grown. Vari...

Author(s) Teryl R. Roper, Daniel L. Mahr, Patricia S. McManus. Currants, elderberries, and gooseberries are all native to Wisconsin woodlands, fen...

Author(s) John Hendrickson, Jim Stute. This garden guide describes how to choose a combination of cover crops that will provide your soil with wha...

Author(s) A. Atucha, B. R. Smith, J. van Zoeren. Find out which fruit cultivars are recommended for your area. Describes flavor, ripening date, wi...

Author(s) D. L. Mahr, P. S. McManus, T. R. Roper. Raspberries can be grown throughout Wisconsin. The cultural practices listed in this brief fact ...

Author(s) M. F. Heimann, S. N. Jeffers. A serious disease of apple and pear trees in the Midwest, fire blight also affects many other members of t...

Author(s) T. R. Roper. Want a bumper crop of berries this year? Learn to determine your lime, organic matter, and fertilizer needs for raspberries...

Author(s) Amaya Atucha, Madeline Wimmer. Cold climate hybrid grape cultivars differ from European grape cultivars in several respects and require ...

Author(s) Christelle Guédot, Janet van Zoeren. Since it was first detected in Wisconsin in 2010, spotted wing drosophila (SWD) has rapidly expande...

Author(s) Brian R. Smith, Teryl R. Roper. Find out which fruit cultivars are recommended for your area of Northern Wisconsin. Describes flavor, ri...

Author(s) Brian R. Smith, Daniel L. Mahr, Patricia S. McManus, Teryl R. Roper. A variety of raspberries-black, purple, and yellow as well as red-c...

Author(s) Christelle Guédot, Jed Colquhoun, Glenn Nice, Leslie Holland. Revised March 2024. The latest recommendations for disease, insect, and wee...

Author(s) Christelle Guédot, Janet van Zoeren. In the summer of 2016, the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) was detected for the first time in agr...

Author(s) D. L. Mahr, P. S. McManus, T. R. Roper Strawberries are one of the easiest fruit crops for gardeners to grow. However, they are suscepti...

Author(s) P. S. McManus. Black Root Rot is one of the most common problems affecting strawberries in commercial plantings and in the home garden. ...

Author(s) P. S. McManus. Angular leaf spot, caused by Xanthomonas fragariae, is the only important bacterial disease affecting strawberries. Find ...

Author(s) Amaya Atucha, Janet van Zoeren. Monitoring fruit ripening is a critical step in determining the optimal time to harvest grapes to ensure...

Author(s) John Folstad, Sharon C. Long, Doug Soldat, Geoff Siemering. As interest in community gardening continues to grow, more and more gardens...

Author(s) R. Chris Williamson. This fact sheet on the Japanese beetle, considered the single most important turf grass pest in the United States ...

Author(s) John Folstad, Sharon C. Long, Doug Soldat, Geoff Siemering. As interest in community gardening continues to grow, more and more gardens...

Author(s) L. D. Wells-Hansen, P. S. McManus. Tobacco streak virus (TSV) is one of four viruses detected in cranberry to date. Irregularly shaped, ...

Author(s) D. L. Mahr, P. S. McManus, T. R. Roper. Lists general suggestions and specific directions for managing weed, insect, and disease pests o...

Author(s) Teryl R. Roper.  For fruit to develop, pollen must be transferred from the anther to the stigma. Find out which crops require pollen fr...

Author(s) Patricia S. McManus. Leaf spot diseases of cranberry are common in Wisconsin, but losses are usually insignificant. Learn about the thre...

Author(s) P. S. McManus, A. Vasanthakumar, V. Best. Cranberry stem gall is a sporadic problem in Wisconsin. Once infected, vines take several year...

Author(s) Patricia S. McManus. Learn about the fungi that cause fruit rot in cranberries and management strategies. Also describes three disorders...

Author(s) Patricia S. McManus. Cottonball, a disease caused by the fungus Monilinia oxycocci, fills berries with a cotton-like fungus and makes th...