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Kudzu Presents Problems, Not Yet Running Rampant in the North
appeared every year,” Dorrance said. “As it turns out, not every patch of kudzu is a good host for rust. ... searching for patches of kudzu, learning how the plant overwintered in the relatively colder climate of the ... kudzu is critically important, particularly in keeping the plant from destroying the native habitat of ...
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Soybean Rust Confirmed in Southern U.S., But Little Threat to Ohio Crop
concern. However, the good news is that not all kudzu is susceptible to the current strains of soybean rust ... kudzu was frozen for a long time, thus taking out both kudzu and soybean rust." Dorrance said that ... manageable. • Kudzu is an overwintering host for the disease, but not all kudzu species are susceptible. • The ...
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Soybean Rust Sentinel Plots to Continue in 2006
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/soybean-rust-sentinel-plots-continue-2006
disease this growing season. Anne Dorrance, an Ohio State University plant pathologist with the Ohio ... "Because of the sentinel plots placed throughout the south we will know a month ahead of time if we are ... sentinel plots have been established in over 30 states and Canada, stretching as far south as Florida, as ...
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Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Dandy, Yes, But Not Before Bed (for the Week of April 15, 2007)
names for the dandelion are tell-time, fairy-clock, lion's tooth and dumble-dor. Notes: Scientists ... part of the College- is a weekly column for children about science, nature, farming and the ... you'll see how the plant gets its name. The dandelion has other names, too. There's blowball, due to ...
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Nationwide Resources Aid in Soybean Rust Preparation
been reported to date. Once soybean rust is confirmed, an application strategy for potentially impacted ... similar diseases. The publication contains articles, illustrations, photographs, maps, tables and charts, ... a University of Kentucky Extension specialist for the Department of Plant Pathology, and an editor of the ...
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Urban Farming in a Parking Lot? See It in Action in Wooster: Tours Start May 31
it out in a field,” he said. “It’s possible. Look at what we’ve done here. But there’s not much data ... May 22, 2012 WOOSTER, Ohio-- Joe Kovach, an Ohio State University scientist who is studying the ... best ways to grow food in old asphalt parking lots, will hold free public tours at his test plots in ...
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Yields Inconsistent with Fungicide-Treated Corn Plots, Study Finds
May 12, 2008 WOOSTER, Ohio-- The jury is still out on the effectiveness and feasibility of using ... Development Center. "For example, we found that in some cases an untreated plot out-yielded a treated ... leaf spot and northern corn leaf blight. "What we would tell farmers is that if they choose to use ...
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Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick (for the Week of Jan. 7, 2007): Warmer Winters, Sooner Weevils
this good to know.) It does this based on the bloom times of plants. It shows, for instance, that black ... The source for this column and the link in the postscript is an Ohio State press release titled ... State University Extension, both part of the College- is a weekly column for children about science, ...
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Chow Line: Behavior changes key in weight loss (8/24/12)
asked how often they ate snacks or meals in front of the television, how much TV they watched on an ... weight successfully? That’s an interesting question. Most people, for obvious reasons, focus on food when ... loss have found a few strategies beyond cutting calories that seem to work for many who have lost ...
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Soybean Rust Predicted to Hit Ohio, But When?
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/soybean-rust-predicted-hit-ohio-when
in the Florida panhandle in mid-May. To date for the 2006 season, rust survived the winter on kudzu ... State University Extension and research plant pathologist. But the question remains whether the disease ... encounter low levels of the disease, but at what point during the growing season is an uncertainty," ...