Guidance for Iowa Farmers Markets and U-Pick during COVID-19 guidance_for_farmers_markets_42420.pdf farmers_market_and_u-pick_guidance_4_24_20_final.pdfCategory: Extension PublicationsTags: COVID, farmers market, vegetable, produce
Effect of Tomato Rootstock on Hybrid and Heirloom Tomato Performance in a Midwest High Tunnel Production System https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI13874-19Category: Journal ArticlesTags: tomato grafting, high tunnel, heirloom, determinate, indeterminate
Cultivar Selection and Placement of Shadecloth on Midwest High Tunnels Affects Colored Bell Pepper Yield, Fruit Quality, and Plant Growth https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI14714-19Category: Journal ArticlesTags: pepper, high tunnels, shade cloth, cultivar
Evaluation of Summer Cover Crops for Fall Vegetable Production summer_cover_crop_article_for_webpage.pdfCategory: Research ReportsTags: cover crops, summer cover crops, soil organic matter, weeds, biomass, cabbage
Specialty Melons for High Tunnel Production in Iowa high_tunnel_specialty_melons_for_website.pdfCategory: Research ReportsTags: specialty melons, high tunnels, vegetables
The Use of Grafted Hybrid Tomatoes in the Absence of Soilborne Disease Pressure https://www.iastatedigitalpress.com/farmreports/article/id/468/Category: Research ReportsTags: tomato, grafting, high tunnel, rootstock
Integrating Vegetable and Poultry Production for Sustainable Organic Cropping Systems https://www.iastatedigitalpress.com/farmreports/article/id/454/Category: Research ReportsTags: vegetable, poultry, pepper, lettuce
Effects of Cultivar Selection and Placement of Shade Cloth on High Tunnels on Colored Bell Pepper Yield https://www.iastatedigitalpress.com/farmreports/article/id/441/Category: Research ReportsTags: pepper, heat, shade, high tunnels
Effect of Row Cover Materials and Cultivars in Broccoli Production Systems https://www.iastatedigitalpress.com/farmreports/article/id/440/Category: Research ReportsTags: cultivar, protek net, row cover
Evaluation of Grafted and Non-Grafted Hybrid and Heirloom Tomatoes in a High Tunnel https://doi.org/10.31274/farmprogressreports-180814-1601Category: Research ReportsTags: tomato, grafting, scion, rootstock, indeterminate, cherokee purple, determinate, mountain fresh plus, heirloom
A resource guide for beginning farmers https://store.extension.iastate.edu/product/14325Category: Extension PublicationsTags: vegetables, soil fertility, cover crops, compost, high tunnels
Short duration cover crops for vegetable production systems https://store.extension.iastate.edu/product/14481Category: Extension PublicationsTags: summer cover crops, Soil Health, weed suppression, nutrient cycling, N fixation, erosion, soil fertility, biomass
Crop rotations, composting and cover crops for organic vegetable production https://store.extension.iastate.edu/product/14760Category: Extension PublicationsTags: vegetable, soil, nutrient management, soil biology, composting, C:N ratio, feed stock
Suggested soil micronutrient levels and sampling procedures for vegetable crops https://store.extension.iastate.edu/product/14823Category: Extension PublicationsTags: vegetable, fertility management, fertilizer, soil
Jokela, D. and A. Nair. 2016. Effects of reduced tillage and fertilizer application method on plant growth, yield, and soil health in organic bell pepper production. Soil and Tillage Research 163:243-254. Category: Journal ArticlesTags: cover crop, roller crimping, strip-tillage, no-tillage, conservation tillage
Nair, A. and B. Carpenter. 2016. Biochar rate and transplant tray cell number have implications on pepper growth during transplant production. HortTechnology. Category: Journal ArticlesTags: peer-reviewed, journal article, research
Commercial melon production https://store.extension.iastate.edu/product/14683Category: Extension PublicationsTags: watermelon, squash, cucumber beetle, bacterial wilt, squash bug, strip-tillage, cultivar selection, pollination
Commercial asparagus production https://store.extension.iastate.edu/product/14745Category: Extension PublicationsTags: cultivar selection, weed management, pest and diseases, harvest, asparagus beetle, phytophthora, fusarium
Commercial production of Pak Choi https://store.extension.iastate.edu/product/14611Category: Extension PublicationsTags: cultivar, fertility, pest, harvest
Cereal rye cultivar trial preliminary data Rye Cultivar Handout 5-24-2016.pdfCategory: Research ReportsTags: cover crop, biomass, roller crimping, conservation tillage
Strip tillage in vegetable production https://store.extension.iastate.edu/product/14342Category: Extension PublicationsTags: vegetable, fertility, pest and diseases, weed management, roller-crimper, strip-tiller, conservation tillage, soil biology
Guide to commercial potato production https://store.extension.iastate.edu/product/14501Category: Extension PublicationsTags: vegetable production, fertility, pest and diseases, weed management, harvesting, storage
The Organic Report: Compost as an Organic Amendment - American Vegetable Grower Category: Journal ArticlesTags: organic, compost
Sanitation is the key to successful Transplant Production - Greenhouse Insider, American Vegetable Grower Category: Journal ArticlesTags: transplant
Ten Steps to Healthy Crops - American Vegetable Grower http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/73955045/10-steps-healthy-cropsCategory: Journal ArticlesTags: crop management
Quality Ingredients for Transplant Production - American Vegetable Gower Category: Journal ArticlesTags: transplant
What is Happening to the Blossom End? - IowaProduce Newsletter http://www.iowaproduce.org/newsletterCategory: Journal ArticlesTags: blossom
Winter Rye: A Versatile Cover Crop - IowaProduce Newsletter http://www.iowaproduce.org/newsletterCategory: Extension PublicationsTags: cover crops, winter rye
Eight Tips to Better Manage Transplants - American Vegetable Grower http://www.growingproduce.com/vegetables/8-tips-to-better-manage-vegetable-trans…Category: Journal ArticlesTags: transplant, vegetable production
Cover Crops in Vegetable Production Systems https://store.extension.iastate.edu/product/14318Category: Extension PublicationsTags: cover crops, vegetable production
Recommended Tomato Varieties for Commercial Production in Iowa https://store.extension.iastate.edu/product/14287Category: Extension PublicationsTags: tomato, commercial, vegetable production
Optimizing Spring Asparagus Harvests - Growing Produce http://www.growingproduce.com/vegetables/optimize-your-asparagus-harvest/Category: Extension PublicationsTags: asparagus, harvest
Planning a Spring Garden on Your Acreage - Small Farm Sustainability https://www.extension.iastate.edu/smallfarms/content/planning-spring-garden-your-…Category: Journal ArticlesTags: garden
Managing Asparagus Harvests - IowaProduce Newsletter http://www.iowaproduce.org/may-2014Category: Journal ArticlesTags: asparagus, harvest
Potato Storage Considerations - IowaProduce Newsletter http://www.iowaproduce.org/april-2014Category: Journal ArticlesTags: potato, storage
Asparagus in the Home Garden https://store.extension.iastate.edu/product/4320Category: Extension PublicationsTags: asparagus, garden
Rhubarb in the Home Garden https://store.extension.iastate.edu/product/4059Category: Extension PublicationsTags: rhubarb, garden
Suggested Vegetable Varieties for Home Garden https://store.extension.iastate.edu/product/3980Category: Extension PublicationsTags: vegetable production, garden
Time for Transplants: Things to Consider as the Growing Season Approaches - IowaProduce Newsletter http://www.iowaproduce.org/march-2013Category: Journal ArticlesTags: transplant, growing season
Salinity Management in High Tunnels - IowaProduce Newsletter http://www.iowaproduce.org/february-2013Category: Journal ArticlesTags: high tunnels, crop management
Soil Microbial Biomass, Functional Microbial Diversity and Nematode Community Structure as Affected by Cover Crops and Compost in an Organic Vegetable Production System - Applied Aoil Ecology 58:45-55 Applied Soil biology article reprint (for web).pdfCategory: Journal ArticlesTags: biomass, compost, cover crops
Alfalfa-Based Organic Amendment in Peat-Compost Growing Medium for Organic Tomato Transplant Production - HortScience 46(2):253-259 Bradfield manuscript-published.pdfCategory: Journal ArticlesTags: organic, compost, alfalfa
Integrating Row Covers and Soil Amendments for Organic Cucumber Production: Implications on Crop Growth, Yield and Microclimate - hortScience 45(4):1-9 HortScience-Ajay.pdfCategory: Journal ArticlesTags: row covers, organic, cucumbers, vegetable production
In Vitro Evaluation of Red and Green Lettuce (Lactuca Sativa) for Functional Food Properties - Food Chemistry 118:300-306 In vitro evaluation of red and green lettuce (Lactuca sativa) for functional food properties.pdfCategory: Journal ArticlesTags: lettuce, Lactuca Sativa
Propagation and Commercial Availability of Stewartia spp.: Past Research Endeavors and Current Status - HortTechnology 20(2):277-282 Stewartia review article-Ajay.pdfCategory: Journal ArticlesTags: Stewartia
Rooting and Overwintering Stem Cuttings of Stewartia Pseudocamellia Maxim Relevant to Hormone, Media and Temperature. HortScience 43(7):2124-2128 2008 Stewartia.pdfCategory: Journal ArticlesTags: stem cuttings, hormone, Stewartia