Crops

Author(s) Karen Delahaut, Walt Stevenson. Fusarium and Verticillium wilts once routinely devastated tomato crops. However, the availability of res...

Author(s) Karen Delahaut, Walt Stevenson. Environmental factors can affect the look—and sometimes the flavor—of developing tomato fruits. Because ...

Author(s) Carrie M. Laboski, Kevin Shelley. The soil fertility guidelines contained in this publication help Wisconsin graziers maintain an adequ...

This four-part series describes how to make quality forage in horizontal silos. Topics include preparation, packing, covering and feed out. (2013;...

Author(s) Dan Undersander, Craig Grau, Dennis Cosgrove, Jerry Doll, Neal Martin. As alfalfa stands age and thin, the primary question becomes: is ...

Author(s) Susan E. Rice Mahr, Raymond A. Cloyd, Daniel L. Mahr, Clifford S. Sadof. Greenhouse managers wage ongoing battles with insect pests. Thi...

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) C. F. Koval, S. W. Binnie. The eastern tent caterpillar is native to North America, and records of its existence go back as far as 1646....

Author(s) Christopher Anderson, Diane Mayerfeld. The drought has left many Wisconsin growers short on forage to feed their animals. As a consequen...

Author(s) Amanda Gevens, Jaime Wilbur. Late blight affects a variety of plants in the Solanaceae family but is best known for its destruction of ...

Author(s) Annie Deutsch, Christelle Guédot. Plum curculio, a beetle native to the midwestern United States, is one of the most common and detrimen...

Author(s) Teryl R. Roper. Plant growth regulators (PGRs) can be used with some precision for thinning fruit, regulating growth, and adjusting har...

Author(s) Teryl R. Roper, Gary G. Frank. Apple production can be a financially and emotionally rewarding venture. However, a desire to grow fruit...

Author(s) Dan Undersander, Ray Antoniewicz. Save money and raise healthier horses by improving the pastures they graze on. This 8-page publication...

Author(s) Jed Colquhoun. Residual herbicides are those that continue to control weeds for some time after application. Residual herbicides extend ...

Author(s) K. A. Delahaut, A. C. Newenhouse. This publication is packed with practical information for organic and conventional growers, and it's t...

Author(s) Karen Delahaut, Walt Stevenson. Angular leaf spot is a bacterial disease that can be economically damaging to cucumbers, honeydew melon,...

Author(s) Karen Delahaut, Walt Stevenson. Phytophthora blight is a fungal disease capable of completely destroying zucchini, pumpkin, summer squas...

Author(s) Amanda Gevens, Jaime Wilbur. Late blight can result in complete destruction of tomato crops if left unmanaged. Learn about the symptoms...

Author(s) Karen Delahaut, Walt Stevenson. Both early blight and Septoria leaf spot are potentially serious diseases that affect the leaves, stems,...

Author(s) Geoffrey Siemering, Matthew Ruark, Amanda Gevens. Trichoderma are fungi found worldwide that grow in and around plant roots and can incr...

Author(s) Geoffrey Siemering, Matthew Ruark, Amanda Gevens. Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (BAA) is a bacterium found in soil ecosystems worldwide tha...

Author(s) Geoffrey Siemering, Matthew Ruark, Francisco Arriaga, Erin Silva, Heidi Johnson. Many important field crops can benefit from an associat...

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) Shawn P. Conley, Adam C. Roth, John M. Gaska, Damon L. Smith. Every year, the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agricultural ...

Author(s) Kent Kohn, Thierno Diallo, Joe Lauer. Every year, the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and the...

Author(s) Teresa Hughes, Paul Esker. This reference guide provides information regarding symptoms, risk factors, and management options in order t...

Author(s) Paul Esker. This reference guide provides information regarding symptoms, risk factors, and management options in order to help improve ...

Author(s) Damon L. Smith, Scott Chapman, Bryan Jensen, Greg Blonde, Bill Halfman, Dan Undersander. This publication provides the latest research o...

Author(s) Paul R. Carter. One of the most important management decisions corn growers make each year is selecting corn hybrids. Find out how matur...

Author(s) Dan Undersander, Randy Shaver, Jim Linn, Pat Hoffman, Paul Peterson. Improve your livestock feeding programs by balancing rations more a...

Author(s) Richard Proost, Damon Smith. Offers basic guidelines for fungicide resistance management in corn, soybean, and wheat. Describes Fungicid...

Author(s) Dan Undersander, Mike Bertram, Jeff Breuer, Jason Cavadini, Arin Crooks, Heathcliffe Riday. Before buying seed, find out which forage v...

Author(s) Matthew Digman, Dan Undersander, Kevin Shinners, Craig Saxe. Rapid drying of hay and haylage shortens the harvest window, enhances fora...

Author(s) Keith Kelling. Modern management of alfalfa uses improved varieties, intensive harvest schedules, direct seeding, and up-to-date fertili...

Author(s) Matt Ruark, Mike Ballweg, Richard Proost. This publication provides an overview of management recommendations for radish cover crops and...

Author(s) Brian D. Luck, Jessica L. Drewry, Kevin J. Shinners, Joshua C. Friede. There is renewed interest in the agricultural community in adding...

Author(s) Brian Luck, Rebecca Willett, Jessica Drewry, Luiz Ferraretto. Learn about the steps you can take while harvesting corn to ensure the sil...

Author(s) Abby Augarten, Amber Radatz, Matt Ruark, Erica Olson. Calculating NUE (nitrogen use efficiency) can be relatively simple and offers insig...

Author(s) Karen Delahaut, Walt Stevenson. Clubroot is an old and serious disease of cole crops, including Brussels sprouts, cabbage, Chinese cabba...

Author(s) Karen Delahaut, Walt Stevenson. Once a very destructive disease, blackleg of cole crops has become less important with the introduction ...

Author(s) Karen Delahaut, Walt Stevenson. Black rot is one of the most serious diseases of cole crops. Learn about black rot's life cycle, how it ...

Author(s) Damon Smith, Marty Chilvers, Anne Dorrance, Teresa Hughes, Daren Mueller, Terry Niblack, Kiersten Wise. Charcoal rot of soybean is caus...

Author(s) Karen A. Delahaut. This fact sheet covers the imported cabbageworm, the cabbage looper, and the diamondback moth. Scouting tips and effe...

Author(s) Karen Delahaut, Walt Stevenson. Alternaria and Cercospora leaf blights are common fungal diseases of carrot leaves and petioles. Learn a...

Author(s) K. A. Delahaut. Cabbage maggots are insects that damage cole crops by feeding on the plant's roots and lower stems. Wounds produced by t...

Author(s) Karen Delahaut. Black cutworm larvae are active nighttime feeders, clipping many seedlings at or below the soil line. They prefer beets,...