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“Fresh Market Tomato fertility – the never-ending battle against fruit physiological disorders”
cloudy weather, wet and cool conditions, high nitrogen, low potassium, and compacted soils. Some of the ... particularly affected due to high percentages of fruit physiological disorders with some farms experiencing up ... to 50 percent of fruit affected. Thanks to greatly appreciated grant funding from the Ohio Vegetable ...
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Keeping Microbes Happy Key to Crop Success
https://southcenters.osu.edu/keeping-microbes-happy-key-crop-success
says Bob Perry, general manager, Perry Agricultural Laboratory, a soil testing lab in Bowling Green, ... Mo. Your tillage practices, fertilizer applications, soil pH and compaction levels all affect soil ... microbial health. Soil needs oxygen. This could come from light tillage, but if soil erosion is a risk, full ...
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New program to help train Ohio minority and socially disadvantaged farmers
farm safety, and farm/financial/risk management. It is anticipated that these newly trained beginning ...
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Soil and Water team publishes numerous manuscripts, applies for more grant funds
By Dr. Mohammad (Arif) Rahman SWBR Scientist Soil, Water, and Bioenergy team members at The Ohio ... classical papers dealt with the assessment of heavy metals pollution of soil-water-vegetative ecosystems ... associated with artisanal gold mining, and was published in Soil and Sediment Contamination. This paper ...
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15 Years, 15 Minutes: South Centers scientist Islam recognized by University for soil test kit commercialization
developing a soil test kit that was affordable, and so convenient and simple to use that any landowner could ... our communities.” The signature feature of this soil test kit is convenience. Unlike many other ... basic field test kit contains enough reagent and testing supplies for approximately 15 field soil tests ...
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Lab Resources
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OSU Soil Health Lab Advanced Analytical Lab Eye Protection and PPE A Limited Glove Selection ...
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International Workshop and Field Day on Climate-smart Agriculture in Ukraine
entitled “Impact of sustainable agricultural management practices on soil quality and crop productivity,” ... Kherson Branch of the State Agency of Ukraine, Kherson Branch of Soil Protection, Ukrainian ... Agriculture under Climate Change in Ukraine. More than 50 participants attended a field day and presentation ...
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Cooperation between CFAES and the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG) Will Enhance Food Security
determine risk factors for mycotoxin exposure by conducting surveys of maize-handling practices as well as ... estimating levels of mycotoxins are in maize, tortillas, and biological samples in Guatemala. The ...
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South Centers scientist recognized for reaching commercialization milestone
feature of this soil test kit is convenience. Unlike many other methods, it can be used in the field and ... people. “They do not have the facilities, so they cannot perform routine soil tests like we do in the ... revitalize the soil, and produce more food and export.” This one-step basic field test kit contains enough ...
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Extension and News Articles
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Crops. SAG-9-09). Ohio State University Extension. Islam K.R. and A. Sundermeier (2008) Soil quality test ... kit: A simple test for active organic matter as a measure of soil quality. SAG-4-08, OSU Extension, ... building or destroying soil organic matter. SAG-20-11. Ohio State University Extension. Hoorman, J., Aziz, ...