Organic Growing Media: How Can It Affect the Health of My Transplants?
Join this webinar to explore research on organic growing media for tomato and cucurbit seedlings, including performance…
Northern Vegetable Improvement Collaborative (NOVIC)
Project OverviewThe Northern Organic Vegetable Improvement Collaborative (NOVIC) is a farmer-participatory plant…
High Tunnel Pest Exclusion System
Discover how shade cloths can protect crops from pests while allowing beneficial insects to thrive. This resource…
Cultural Practices for Root-Knot and Root-Lesion Nematode Suppression in Vegetable Crop Rotations
Learn how cultural practices like cover copping and using poultry litter can help manage root-knot nematodes in…
Cucumber Beetles: Organic and Biorational Integrated Pest Management
Cucumber beetles damage cucurbit crops by feeding on young plants, roots, and leaves, and transmit diseases. This…
Seeding a Culture of Innovation in Organics: Farmer-Led Breeding of Peppers, Broccoli and Cucumber
This project supports three breeding projects in cooperation with the Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario’s…
Development and Assessment of Bacterial Wilt and Downy Mildew Resistant Cucumber Seedstocks - Year Two
In this project I will continue to assess downy mildew (DM) resistant cucumber seedstocks, with intensified focus…
On-Farm Assessment of Melon and Cucumber Feedstocks for Downy Mildew and Bacterial Wilt
In this project I will assess resistance to both Bacterial Wilt and Cucurbit Downy Mildew among selected cucumber…
Deploying microbes as a seed treatment for protection against soil-borne plant pathogens
Plant diseases, especially those caused by soil-borne seed infecting pathogens, pose a serious threat to the…
Seed Increase Trials Lead to Release of Promising New Disease-Resistant Varieties
The main purpose of our project was to deliver the results of several years of organic vegetable breeding to the…