Issues of Vegetable Crops Update
Index of Contents for Volumes 12 (2003)
Index of Contents for Volumes 12 (2002)
Index of Contents for Volumes 11 (2001)
Index of Contents for Volumes 10 (2000)
Index of Contents for Volumes 9 (1999)
Index of Contents for Volumes 8 (1998)
Index of Contents for Volumes 7 (1997)
Index of Contents for Volumes 6 (1996)
Index of Contents for Volumes 5 (1995)
Index of Contents for Volumes 4 (1994)
Index of Contents for Volumes 3 (1993)
Index of Contents for Volumes 2 (1992)
Index of Contents for Volumes 1 (1991)
2003 Issues
January 2003 Vol. 13 No. 1
February 2003 Vol. 13 No. 2
March Vol. 2003 13 No. 3
April 2003 Vol. 13 No. 4
May 2003 Vol. 13 No. 5
June 2003 Vol. 13 No. 6
2002 Issues
January 2002 Vol. 12 No. 1
February 2002 Vol. 12 No. 2
March Vol. 2002 12 No. 3
April 2002 Vol. 12 No. 4
May 2002 Vol. 12 No. 5
June 2002 Vol. 12 No. 6
August 2002 Vol. 12 No. 7
October 2002 Vol. 12 No. 8
November 2002 Vol. 12 No. 9
December 2002 Vol. 12 No. 10
2001 Issues
April 2001 Vol. 11 No. 1
May 2001 Vol. 11 No. 2
June 2001 Vol. 11 No. 3
July 2001 Vol. 11 No. 4
August 2001 Vol. 11 No. 5
September 2001 Vol. 11 No. 6
October 2001 Vol. 11 No. 7
November 2001 Vol. 11 No. 8
2000 Issues
1999 Issues
April 1999, Vol. 9; No. 1
September 1996, Vol. 9, No. 2
December 1999, Vol. 9, No. 3
1998 Issues
1997 Issues
1996 Issues
January 1996, Vol. 6, No. 1
March 1996, Vol. 6, No. 2
May 1996, Vol. 6; No. 3
August 1996, Vol. 6, No. 4
December 1996, Vol. 6, No. 5
1995 Issues
1994 Issues
January 1994, Vol. 4, No. 1
March 1994, Vol. 4, No. 2
May 1994, Vol. 4; No. 3
August 1994, Vol. 4, No. 4
November 1994, Vol. 4, No. 5
1993 Issues
January 1993, Vol. 3, No. 1
March 1993, Vol. 3, No. 2
May 1993, Vol. 3, No. 3
July 1993, Vol. 3, No. 4
September 1993, Vol. 3, No. 5
November 1993, Vol. 3; No. 6
1992 Issues
January 1992 Vol. 2. No. 1
March 1992 Vol 2. No. 2
May 1992: Vol. 2 No. 3
July 1992, Vol. 2 No. 4
September 1992, Vol. 2 No. 5
November 1992, Vol. 2, No. 6
1991 Issues
March 1991 Vol. 1 No. 1
May 1991 Vol 1. No. 2.
June 1991 Vol. 1. No. 3.July 1991 Vol 1. No. 4.
September 1991 Vol. 1. No. 5
November 1991 Vol 1. No. 6
Index of Contents
for Volumes 1 to 9 (1991 to 1999)
May
1991 Vol. 1 No. 1
1.0. Resources
1.1. Vegetable Production Training Manual
1.2. American Journal of Alternative Agriculture
1.3. 1991 Organic Supplier Directory
2.0 Upcoming Events
3.0 Research News
3.1 Cultivar Releases: Tomato; Soybean; Day neutral Strawberries
3.2 Bed spacing for strawberries
3.3 Uniform plant stands to promote early growth, may provide an early
competive
advantage to compete against weeds, and outgrow pest damage
June 1991 Vol 1. No.
2
1.0 Research News
1.1 Effect of cultural practices on plant, pests and diseases
1.2 Crop rotation and monoculture affect the soil “receptivity”
to take-all
1.3 Effect of crop rotation with sorghum to control cyst and root-knot
nematodes in soybean
1.4 The use of Antitranspirants to increase yields in transplanted bell
peppers
1.5 New asparagus breeding line
2.0 News Updates
2.1 Industry Associations in the mainland: Asparagus and Onions
2.2 Sweetpotato white flies in Florida tomatoes
2.3 Increase in air-shipment of speciality products
2.4 Herbs in the News
July 1991 Vol 1. No.
3
1.0 Research and Industry News
1.1 Produce quality in Supermarket
1.2 Vesicular-Arbuscular Mycorrhiza (VAM) helps control Pythium in greenhouse
cucumbers.
1.4 Drip Irrigation in California
1.5 Thrips control update from Florida
1.6 Watermelon Nutrition Tips
1.7 Hydroponics Production Tips
1.8 Florida Cultivar Trials; Spinach and Broccoli
2.0 Upcoming Events
September 1991 Vol.
1. No. 4
1.0 Research and Industry News
1.1 Organic Stores Target Upscale Markets.
1.2 Hydroponics in Illinois
1.3 Fresh Produce Promotion Campaigns in Mainland
1.4 Women in Agriculture
1.5 Smaller Packs demanded by Food Service Industry
1.6 New Alternative Pest Controls
1.8 No-till results in reduction of Nitrogen leaching
2.0 Upcoming Events
November 1991 Vol 1.
No. 5
1.0 Research and Industry News
1.1 Terminator II: Poinsetta Whitefly Hits California, Texas
1.2 Whitefly Chemical Control in greenhouse Tomatoes
1.3 PetoSeed to Evaluate TSWV Resistant Lines
1.4 Convention Fever Trivia
1.5 Manure Treatment Efficiency Affected by Soil Type
1.6 Pesticide Registration - Cal-EPA
1.7 Veggies and Health Pointers
1.8 Opportunities for Direct Marketing to Restaurants
1.9 Costs of Organics vs. Conventional Production
1.10 Nitrogen in Onion
1.11 Environmental Facts About Conventional Agriculture
2.0 Resources Available
3.0 Upcoming Events
January 1992 Vol. 2.
No. 1
1.0 Research and Industry News
1.1 Sweetpotato whitefly control with detergents
1.2 SPW Control Strategies
1.3 Other SPW factoids
1.4 Tolerance in Pepper to Western Flower Thrips
1.5 Calcium Nutrition and Tipburn in Lettuce
1.6 Greenhouse Tomato Production costs
1.7 Herb Hydroponic Production
1.8 Population Explosion, myth or reality?
1.9 Green manure for root knot nematodes
1.10 Food Irradiation factoids
1.11 Starter fertilizers on bulb onions
1.12 Need for a Statewide Vegetable Crops Association
2.0 Resources
March 1992 Vol 2.
No. 2
1.0 Research and Industry News
1.1 Nitrogen and Plastic Mulch on Greenhouse Lettuce
1.2 Food Service Factoids
1.3 Integrated Management Program for Sweetpotato whitefly and Melon
Thrips in Cucumber, Melon, Tomato, Eggplant and Pepper.
1.4 Vacationing? Visit Farm in England!
1.5 Statistics on organic farm numbers
1.6 Baby corn Production
1.7 Organic Mulch on Drip-Irrigated Tomatotes
1.8 Mushroom Production in North America: Factoids
1.9 Biological control for sweetpotato Weevil
2.0 Horticulture Department News
3.0 Resources
4.0 Upcoming Events
May 1992: Vol. 2 No.
3
1.0 Research and Industry News
1.1. Local Research Highlights: Cucurbits,Tomatoes, Celery
1.2. Decline of the Human Factor
1.3. Golden Snail wreaks havoc in Taro
1.4. Industry Analysis Projects for 1991-1992
1.5. Summary Statics for 1990 Hawaii grown Vegetables
2.0. Marketing Corner
2.1. Karen’s Six Produce Marketing laws
2.2. In the Table: Healthy Factoids
2.3. Produce Value Added Alternatives
3.0. Biological Control Corner
3.1 Residue management for nematode control
3.2 Previous work with crop residues
July 1992, Vol. 2 No.
4
1.0. Research and Industry News
1.1. Crop Productivity and Biological Diversity
1.2. Nation-wide budget blues: Factoids
1.3. Insect populations in diversified soybean plots
1.4. Neem Tree Highlights
1.5 Research Directives in the continental US
1.5.1 Down South (Veggies) Cultural Aspects
Pests and Diseases
1.5.2 Down West (Asparagus) Washington State Asparagus Commission,
1992 Research Priorities
1.6. Growth Regulators Factoids
1.7. Soil Quality Review
1.7.1 Characterstics of a Productive Soil
1.7.2 What about Earthworms
1.7.3 Green manure in Germany
1.7.4 Rodent-Free Soils?
1.8. Sustainable Ag Coalition Forms
1.9. Pesticide Exposure Factoid
1.10. Resistance to Sweetpotato Weevil
1.11. Harvest Windows for Vegetables
2.0 The Marketing Corner
2.1 Value Added Packaging Innovations: Leafies, Berries, Onions, Carrots,
Eat Smart Recipe Wrap and Microwave Verdelli Style.
2.2. Avocados:Welcoming the newest member of the Vegetable Family
2.3. Organizing Your Daily Activities : The Fluid Theory of Time Management.
September 1992, Vol.
2 No. 5
1.0 Research and Industry News
1.1. The Vegetable Crops Library
1.2. A Chili Summer: A review of chili peppers
1.3. New Technique to control White Rot in Onions
1.4. Requirements for a successful biological control program
1.5. Pesticide Story : Statistics on Industry Pesticide Sales
1.6. Benlate Upate : Florida and Hawaii
2.0 The Marketing Corner
2.1 Consumer Factoids
2.2 Tips for increased sales
2.3 Break that Trade Balance : US 1991 Produce Exports to Japan
2.4. Melon Growers Cooperative forms in Imperial Valley.
2.5. Trucking Costs Transportation Trivia.
3.0 Upcoming Events
4.0 Resources
November 1992, Vol.
2, No. 6
1.0. Research and Industry News
1.1. Farmers Must Look After Themselves
1.2. Letters From Mississippi
1.2.1. Sweet Corn Insect Control
1.2.2. Sweet Corn Caterpillar Control
1.2.3. Stinkbugs in Sweet Corn
1.2.4 Stinkbugs in other Vegetables
1.2.5. Pinworms on Tomatoes
1.2.6. Powdery Mildew of Pumpkins and Squash
1.2.7. Botrytis Gray Mold on Greenhouse Tomatoes
1.3. Allelopathy in Taro
1.4. UH Horticulture Faculty Honored : Dr. Jim Brewbaker
January 1993, Vol. 3,
No. 1
Index of contents for volumes 1 and 2 (1991 and 1992)
March 1993, Vol. 3,
No. 2
1.0 Beyond pesticides research objectives in California
1.1 Insects Research needs at UC
1.2 Weed research needs at UC
1.3 Nematode Research at UC
1.4 Disease Research at UC
2.0 Salinity Factoids
3.0 Florida Field Tomato Production Technology
3.1 Marketing-background information
3.2 Problems of Production for Tomatoes in Florida
3.3 Production Factoids
3.4 Management of Tomato mottle virus
3.5 Infections result in greater growth reductions
3.6 Sweetpotato whitefly management and tomato IPM
3.7 Management of Fusarium crown and Root Rot for Tomato
3.8 Early blight control with processed sludge treatments
3.9 Packing house dump tank water treatments
3.10 Florida Tomato Cultivars
4.0 Other Ag factoids
5.0 The effect of Alternative nematicides for the control of rootknot
nematodes in edible ginger
6.0 The effect of Shur-Crop Kelp based algae solution on yields of leafy
Lettuce
7.0 1991 Vegetable Crops Statistics for Hawaii
8.0 Hawaii Vegetable Statistics Factoids
9.0 Upcoming events
10.0 Resources
11.0 Table: Production Summary of Vegetable Production in Hawaii, 1991
May 1993, Vol. 3, No.
3
1.0 First tele Conference for Commercial Vegetable Grow-ers
1.1 Third Annual Living -Sod Field Day
1.2 Methanol Seminar
1.3 Vegetable Action Group Meeting
1.4 Kamuela Workshop on Diamondback Moth Control
2.0 Research and Industry News
2.1 Table: Mean rates of nitrogen fixed per acre by several legume crops
2.2 Table: Effect of soil nutrient deficiency on yield of legumes, described
as percent of maximum yields
2.3 Purslane as a vegetable (Ag Consultant Jan 93)
2.4 Principles of Appropriate Technology for U.S. Agriculture
2.5 Standards for Resourceful Agriculture
2.6 Popcorn Factoids
2.7 Potassium Silicate for Disease Control
3.0 The Marketing Corner
3.1 The WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program
4.0 Research Updates on Biological Control
4.1 Natural Enemies in Cotton
4.2 Natural enemies for Lepidoptera
4.3 Natural Nematode Control
4.4 Natural control of soybean fungi
4.5 Biocontrol in rangelands
4.6 Cricket Control with Nematodes
4.7 Natural enemies of aphids: Aphidophagous hover flies (Diptera: Syrphidae)
4.8 List of flowering plants and associated aphid predator hover fly
species
5.0 Upcoming events
6.0 Resources
July 1993, Vol. 3,
No. 4
1.0 Cultivar Trials in Hawaii
2.0 Eggplant Cultivar Trials in Cooperation with Dr. Joe DeFrank
3.0 Cabbage Cultivar Trials in Cooperation with Dr. Ron Mau
4.0 Pepper Cultivar Trials
5.0 ‘Sweet Charlie’ Florida Strawberry
6.0 Environmental Costs of Pesticide Use
7.0 Crop Extracts for Biocontrol
8.0 Upcoming events
9.0 Resources
September 1993, Vol.
3, No. 5
1.0 Veg Resource Notes
1.1 Transplanters
2.0 Research Highlights
2.1 Bird Watch: Local bird factoids
2.2 Phosphorus Watch: Assessing P needs in Florida Vegetables
2.3 Nitrogen Watch: Effect on snap beans and watermelons in Florida
3.0 Chemical Black Scale Control in Olives
4.0 Tips to Reduce Incidence of Tip-Burn in Chinese Cabbage
5.0.Use of Etephon or Ethrel (trade name)
6.0 Marketing corner
6.1 Pesticide Attitudes: Consumers’ and Growers’ surveys on
pesticides use
6.2.1 Major California Terminal Markets
6.2.2. Produce Directories (published quarterly)
6.2.3 Produce Price Information
6.2.4 Produce Newsweeklies
6.2.5 General Vegetable Monthly Magazines
6.3 Top wholesaler’s expectations
6.4 Typical Wholesaler’s Expectations
7.0 Upcoming events
8.0 Farmer Worker/Safety Regulations
November 1993, Vol.
3; No. 6
1.0 Vegetable Industry Analysis
1.1 Production Management
1.1.1 Sweetpotato whitefly
1.1.2 Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus
1.1.3 Diamondback moth
1.1.4 Agri-chemical contamination - Benlate
1.1.5 Mosaic Virus in Cucurbits, Turnip Mosaic, and PVY
1.1.6 Leaf Miner
1.1.7 Quarantine Regulations
1.2 Marketing
1.3 Land and Water Resources
1.4 Information Transfer
1.5 Others
2.0 Research news/update
2.1 Fall Eggplant Living Mulch Field Day
2.2 K-Silicate for Disease Control, Follow-up
2.3 Other Research Notes
3.0 Upcoming events
January 1994, Vol. 4,
No. 1
1.0 Research and Industry News
1.1 Effect of Composts on Leafy Lettuce Yields
1.2 Mites Control in Field Soybeans
1.3 Mites on California strawberries
1.4 Proper Irrigation for Nematode control in soybeans
1.5 Ag Factoids
1.6 Factoids on Ag-Consulting
1.7 Bird Damage in California Orchards
1.8 Petiole Sap Analysis in Watermelon
1.9 Watermelon Trials in Florida
1.10 Strawberry Drip Irrigation Fertility
1.11 Stink Bug control in Mississippi
1.12 Pumpkin Cultivar and Fungicide Trials in Tennessee
1.13 Weed Control in California Paddy Rice
1.14 New Insecticide for Sweetpotato Whitefly in California
1.15 Seedless watermelon in Florida
1.16 Weed control in Carrots
1.17 Squash variety trials in Florida
2.0 Specialty crops in Chicago
2.1 Asparagus Grading Standards in Canada
2.2 Specialty crops in Chicago
3.0 Biological Control
3.1 Biological Control with Encarsia Formosa
3.2 Lace Wing Factoids
4.0 Chinese Cabbage Cultivar Trial in Volcano
March 1994, Vol. 4,
No. 2
1.0 Drip Irrigation
1.1 Is it adapted to the crops I grow?
1.2 Water sources
1.3 Installation and major system components
1.4 System Maintenance
1.5 How much to irrigate?
1.6 Calculation of water demand in Drip Systems Based on Known Irrigation
Levels for Furrow Irrigation
1.7 How often to Irrigate
1.8 When to Irrigate?
1.9 Tensiometers
1.10 Fertilizers Management Considerations
1.11 Yields based on ET
1.12 Bed Width
1.13 Moisture/disease interactions
1.14 References
2.0 Upcoming Events
May 1994, Vol. 4; No.
3
1.0 Cultivar Selection: Recommendations in Hawaii
2.0 Thrips affect peppers in Florida
3.0 Armyworm Control in Florida
4.0 Update on Organic Certification in Hawaii
5.0 High elevation Chinese cabbage Cultivar Trials
5.1 Summer 1993 Trials
5.2 Winter 1993 Trials
6.0 Biological Control Corner
6.1 Leafminer biological control with nematodes
6.2 Cover crops and Compost Management for Root
Knot nematode control in mung beans
7.0 Upcoming events
8.0 Resources
August 1994, Vol.
4, No. 4
1.0 Living Mulches: Eggplant growth and yields in living mulch and monocultures
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Preliminary on-farm trials
1.3 Experiment Station Trials
1.4 Results and Discussion
1.5 On-farm Trials
1.6 Experiment Station Trials
1.7 Relative Yields
1.8 Fruit Quality
1.9 Canopy Dimensions
1.10 Nematodes
1.11 Growth Observations
2.0 Leafhopper control in grapes
3.0 Insecticides toxic to bees
4.0 Marine culture factoids
5.0 New vegetable Specialists at HSPA
6.0 Research priorities in SW Florida
7.0 Action thresholds in cotton: mites, whiteflies
8.0 Landfill factoids
9.0 Strawberry mite control
10.0 High Elevation Head Cabbage Cultivar Trial
11.0 Frozen Products Factoids
12.0 Tomato Greenhouse Cultivar Trials at High Elevation
November 1994, Vol.
4, No. 5
1.0 Insectaries
1.1 List of plants reported to be useful as insectaries for attraction
of beneficials in agroecosystems
1.2 List of beneficial arthropods and plants used to attract them in
agroecosystems
1.3 List of weedy or crop species which have been reported as hosts
of beneficial populations in agroecosystems
1.4 List of insectary mixes sold in California
1.5 Resources
1.6 Insectary references
2.0 Local Extension Activities
2.1 Second annual teleConference for Commercial Vegetable Growers
2.2 Waimanalo Field Day
2.3 Poamoho Field Day
2.4 Action Group update
3.0 Upcoming Events
January 1995, vol. 5,
No. 1
1.0. Index of Contents for Volumes 3 and 4 (1993-1994)
2.0. Graphs: Monthly import volumes to Hawaii of important commercial
vegetables.
March 1995, Vol. 5,
No. 2
1.0 Letters from Molokai
1.1 Overview
1.2 Cucumber Variety trials in Molokai
1.3 Spring 1987
1.4 Spring 1990
1.5 Table Cu-1 Cucumber varieties evaluated for production in Molokai,
Spring, 1987
1.6 Table Cu-2 Trellised cucumber cultivar yields in Molokai, Spring
1987
1.7 Table Cu-3 Ground culture cucumber yields in Molokai, Spring 1987
1.8 Cu-4 Ground culture cucumber cultivar yields in Molokai, Spring
1990
1.9 Recommended Cultural Practices for Cucumber Production in Molokai
2.0 Broccoli Cultivar Trials in Molokai
2.1 Spring Experiment, 1986
2.2 Spring Experiment, 1991
2.3 Summer Experiment
2.4 Fall and Winter Trials
2.5 Table B.2 Broccoli cultivar yields in Molokai, Spring 1991
2.6 Table B.1 Broccoli cultivar yields in Molokai, Spring 1986
2.7 Table B.3 Broccoli cultivar yields in Molokai, Summer 1989
2.8 Table B.4 Broccoli cultivar yields in Molokai, Winter 1993
2.9 Results
3.0 Take a minute/ stop by and visit the several ongoing research activities
around the state
4.0 Carrot Cultivar Trials in Molokai
4.1 Table C-1 Carrot cultivar yields in Molokai, seeded Sept, 15, 1986
4.2 Table C02 Carrot variety yields in Molokai, seeded Oct. 23, 1987
4.3 Biofumigation with Mustards
5.0 Head Cabbage Summer Cultivar Trial in Molokai
5.1 Table Cab-1 yield of Head Cabbage in Molokai, Summer 1990
6.0 Research highlights
6.1 Verticillium wilt affected by N source
6.2 Thrips chemical control in Citrus
6.3 Farmers, as an endangered species
6.4 Disease control with additives
6.5 Chinese cabbage trial in Molokai
7.0 Daikon cultivar trials in Poamoho
7.1 Daikon Cultivar descriptions
7.2 Table D-1 Yields and yield parameters of Daikon cultivars grown
in Poamoho. Summer 1994
8.0 Upcoming events
9.0 Zucchini Cultivar Trials
9.1 Table Zu-1 Zucchini cultivar yields in Poamoho Station, Summer 1994
1.0 Research and Industry News
1.1 Marketing Factoids
1.2 Hawaii Organic Farmers Association Seeks Farmers Interested in forming
Organic Cooperative in Waialua
1.3 Virus-resistant Transgenic Rice
1.4 Renewable Ag Product Factoids
2.0 RESOURCES
2.1 ENTOMOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT SOURCE
2.2 New Biocontrol Newsletter
2.3 Methyl Bromide Alternatives
2.4 EXTOXNET
2.5 Least Toxic Products Listed
2.6 New Recommendations for Insecticides in Canada
3.0 Upcoming events
January 1996, Vol. 6,
No. 1
1.0 Molokai Sweetpotato
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Spring
1.3 Fall
1.4 Table of Contents
1.5 Table 88-1 Yield data and taste index from 20 sweetpotato varieties
grown in Molokai, Spring 1988
1.6 Table 88-2 Yield data from several sweetpotato varieties grown in
Molokai, Fall 1998
1.7 Sweetpotato Variety Trial, Fall 1989
1.8 Sweetpotato variety trials in Molokai, Spring and Fall 1993
1.9 Table 89-1 Yield data from several sweetpotato varieties grown in
Molokai, Fall 1989
1.10 Sweetpotato weevil damage on several
sweetpotato cultivars, Spring 1992
1.11 Factoids: The Sweetpotato Industry in Hawaii (1993)
1.12 Table 92-1 Effect of sweetpotato varieties on damage from the sweetpotato
weevil, Spring 1992
1.13 Recent Sustainable Ag. Extension Activities
1.14 Table 93-1 Yields quality and origin of several; sweetpotato varieties
grown in Molokai, Spring 1993
1.15 Table 93-2 Yields and grading of several
sweetpotato varieties grown in Molokai, Fall 1993
1.16 Sweetpotato variety trial, Spring 1994
1.17 Table 94-1 Yields and grading of several sweetpotato varieties
grown in Molokai Spring 1994
2.0 Results and Discussion
2.1 Spring 1998
2.2 Spring 1992
2.3 Spring 1993
2.4 Spring 1994
3.0 Fall 1998
3.1 Fall 1989
4.0 Summary
5.0 Standard Sweetpotato Varieties in Hawaii
6.0 Cultivars from the continental U.S.
7.0 Sweetpotato use as a calorie rich and nutrient rich food source
8.0 General Description of Hawaii grown Sweetpotato roots
8.1 Beta-carotene content of orange fleshed sweetpotato grown in Hawaii
9.0 Sweetpotato cultivar trials to evaluate orange and white fleshed
sweetpotatoes at 70 and 800 foot elevation in Hawaii
March 1996, Vol. 6,
No. 2
1.0 Daikon Variety Trials
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Poamoho, Summer 1994 and Spring 1995
1.3 Contents
1.4 Waimea Winter 1994 Trials
1.5 Volcano Experiment Station, Spring 1995
1.6 Volcano Experiment Station, Summer 1989
1.7 Table D-3 Quality characteristics of Daikon cultivars grown in Kamuela,
Winter 1994
1.8 Table D-1 Yields and yield parameters of Daikon cultivars grown
in Poamoho, Summer 1994
1.9 Table D-2 Yields and yield parameters of daikon cultivars grown
in Poamoho, Spring 1995
2.0 Low elevation Sweet Bulb Onion Trial at UH Waimanalo Experiment
Station
1.10 Table D-4 Characteristics and Seed Source for Daikon Varieties
grown in Volcano, Spring 1995
1.11 Volcano Field notes
1.12 Table D-5 yield grading and stand establishment of Daikon Varieties
grown in Volcano, Spring 1995
1.13 Results and Discussion
1.14 Poamoho Summer 1994
1.15 Poamoho Spring 1995
1.16 Kamuela Winter 1994 Trials
1.17 Volcano Spring 1995
1.18 Volcano Summer 1989
1.19 Summary
1.20 Top Varieties across locations
1.21 Daikon Cultivar Descriptions and Sources
1.22 Seed companies
1.23 Daikon Marketing Stats chart
3.0 Bell pepper Cultivar Trials in Waimanalo
3.1 Table BP-1 Yield of 18 Bell Pepper varieties grown
in Waimanalo, Fall 1995
3.2 Table BP-2 Yield of 8 bell pepper varieties from
once over harvest Waimanalo , summer 1995
3.3 Cultivar Description
3.4 Seed sources for bell pepper
4.0 Marutane Leafy Green Variety Trial on
Poamoho, Spring 1995
4.1 Table LE-1 Yield of leafy green varieties
Poamoho spring 1995
4.2 Varietal Description for Marutane Greens
5.0 Notice to our readers
6.0 Mini report: Effect of organic Amendments on
Winter Daikon Yields in Wahiawa, Oahu
May 1996, Vol. 6, No.
3
1.0 Zucchini Elite
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Experiment 1, Poamoho Summer 1994
1.3 Contents
1.4 Experiment 2, Poamoho Fall 1995
1.5 Experiment 3, Kunia Summer/Fall 1995
1.6 Experiment 4, Kamuela Fall 1995
1.7 Table Ten-1 Yield distribution and mean fruit size of zucchini squash
west Tennessee Expt. Station 1993
1.8 Table Po-1 Zucchini cultivar yields in Poamoho Station, summer 1994
1.9 Table Po-2 Marketable yields of zucchini varieties grown in Poamoho
Fall 1995
2.0 Resources
2.1 Table Po-3 Early Zucchini yields (first 3 har-vests) in Poamoho
Trials, 1st planting
2.2 Table Ku-1 Marketable yields of Zucchini varieties grown in Kunia,
fall 1995
2.3 Table La-1 Zucchini cultivar trials at the UH Lalamilo Experiment
Station, Kamuela, summer/fall 1995
3.0 Results
3.1 Poamoho Summer 1994
4.0 Poamoho fall 1995
4.1 Marketable yields
4.2 Early Yields
4.3 Silverleaf whitefly damage
5.0 Kunia fall 1995
5.1 Marketable yields
6.0 Kamuela Summer/Fall 1995
7.0 Work from other areas
7.1 Florida
7.2 Louisiana
7.3 Tennessee
8.0 Conclusions
8.1 Marketable yields
8.2 Grade A fruit
8.3 Early Yields
8.4 Variety Descriptions
8.5 Overall
9.0 Seed Companies
10.0 Methyl bromide phase-out: Critical Months Ahead
11.0 Lettuce Cultivar Evaluation in a Greenhouse Non-circulating Hydroponics
system
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Materials and Methods
11.3 Grouping the seedlings in “forestry tubes”
11.4 Yields
11.5 Gourmet material?
11.6 Conclusions
11.7 Table Let-1 Description of lettuce cultivars evaluated for non
circulating hydroponics
11.8 Table Let-2 Mean yield for lettuce cultivars grown in a non circulating
hydroponic system (harvested 30 days after transplanting)
12.0 Survey of nematodes at Watershed, Waimanalo Reservoir, and Waimanalo
Farms
13.0 Upcoming events
14.0 Summer yellow squash varieties for Mississippi
14.1 Notice to our readers
August 1996, Vol.
6; No. 4
1.0 Plasticulture
1.1 Considering the advantages and Disadvantages of plastic mulch
1.2 Contents
1.3 Crop culture: considering specific advantages of plastic mulch
1.4 More on Plastic Mulch: A Few Disadvantages
1.5 Chemical News
1.6 Plasticulture considerations: Bed Preparation
1.7 Plastic Mulch Application
1.8 Product News
1.9 Planting and Weed Control in Plasticulture
1.10 Irrigation and Fertility in Plasticulture
1.11 Double Cropping and Yield Estimated in Plasticulture
11.12 More Info?
1.13 Opportunities for plasticulture in Organic Farming systems
2.0 Hydroponics corner: Aluminum does not Accumulate in Lettuce Foliage
3.0 Agriculture Polyethylene mulch manufacturers
4.0 Ag Plastics and drip irrigation: is it for us?
5.0 A manufacturer’s Experience with disposal of plastic mulch
5.1 Agricultural Plastics disposal
6.0 Verticillium Wilt Spreading in Coastal California Cauliflower
7.0 USDA Honolulu County FSA Office
December 1996, Vol .6,
No. 5
1.0 Ag Resources
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Contents
2.0 College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Re-sources (CTAHR)
2.1 Cooperative Extension Service Oahu County
2.2 Agricultural Extension Agents-Oahu
2.3 The Educational Resource Library and the Urban Garden Center
3.0 Extension Specialists
3.1 Agriculture & Resource Economics
3.2 Agronomy & Soil Science
3.3 Biosystems Engineering
3.4 Environmental Biochemistry
3.5 Entomology
3.6 Food Science & Human Nutrition
3.7 Horticulture
3.8 Plant Pathology
4.0 Other CTAHR Offices
4.1 Some Sources of Agricultural Credit
4.2 Other USDA offices
4.3 State department of Agriculture
4.4 Telephone numbers to other Hawaii Dept. of Agriculture Offices
4.5 Study Packets for pesticide certification
4.6 Hawaii Department of Health
4.7 Poison Center
4.8 National Weather service
4.9 Produce Wholesalers and retailers farm equipment, Farm Chemicals
Farm supplies, etc.
4.10 Leaflets available on request
4.11 Some Agricultural Organizations
5.0 Have your seen?
6.0 Chemical News
7.0 Videos available at Cooperative Extension Offices,UHM
8.0 Upcoming events
March
1997, Vol. 7, No. 1
1.0 Transplant Diseases
1.1 Vegetable seed health important to a good start
1.2 Contents
2.0 Planning ahead
2.1 Transplanters
2.2 Diseases of Vegetable Transplants
2.3 Part 2: Crucifers
2.4 Diseases of Vegetable Transplants, Part 3, Tomatoes and Peppers
2.5 Disease of vegetable transplants. Part 4: Vine Crops
2.6 Vegetable seedling Disorders
2.7 Transplant Diseases
2.8 Transplant Diseases
2.9 Treating Transplants Right
2.10 Tomato Transplant Diseases
2.11 Damping-Off of Cole Crops
2.12 Rain and Plant Disease
2.13 Seedling Diseases of Vegetable Crops
2.14 Snap Beans
2.15 Sweet Corn
2.16 Seedling Diseases of Vegetable Crops
2.17 Germination and Care of our Seedlings
2.18 Vegetable Culture and Management in a Wet year
2.19 Effect of Transplant tray type and Tomato Cultivar on the Incidence
of Fusarium Crown and Root Rot in Tomato Transplants
2.19.1 Diseases that Affect Vegetables after Trans-planting
2.19.2 Sterilization and Sanitation of Flats
3.0 Phomopsis on Eggplant
3.1 Phomopsis Blight of Eggplant
3.2 Seed (hot water) Treatments
4.0 Rhizoctonia
4.1 Rhizoctonia Seedling Blight
4.2 Vegetable Diseases to Watch for
4.3 Cool Wet Soils and Problems with Damping-Off Root Rots and Seed
Decay
August 1997, Vol.
7, No. 2
1.0 Cucurbit Pest Control
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Seedling/ Transplant Diseases to watch for
1.3 Contents
1.4 Simple Media Mix for Growing Seedlings
2.0 Spraying Programs for Cucurbits
2.1 Anthracnose
2.2 Gummy Stem Blight (GSB)
2.3 Powdery Mildew
2.4 Downy Mildew
2.5 Fusarium and Verticillium Wilt
2.6 Alternaria Leaf Blight
2.7 Phytophtora Blight
2.8 Fruit Rots in Pumpkin
3.0 Poor Fruit Set?
3.1 Watermelon Fruit Disorder
3.2 Fungicide Application Programs
4.0 Using Systemic Fungicides
4.1 When to start the spraying program?
5.0 Watermelon Fruit Blotch (not yet detected in Hawaii, but potentially
serious
disease)
5.1 Crop rotation
5.2 Seed Borne Diseases
5.3 Cucumber varieties for Hawaii
6.0 Cucurbit varieties grown in Hawaii
7.0 Recommended Cultural Practices for
Cucumber Production in Molokai
7.1 Curbit herbicide use guides
7.2 Aphid control in Curcurbits
7.3 Leafminer Control
8.0 Cutworms
9.0 Spider mites
10.0 Stinkbugs
10.1 Sevin label changes
10.2 Biocontrol notes
10.3 Thrips
11.0 Admire for Whitefly and Aphid Control
12.0 List of Arthropod Species found in Hawaii’s Cucurbit crops
12.1 References
13.0 Resources
October
1998, Vol. 8, No. 1
1.0 Industry in Transition
2.0 CTAHR Also Adapts and Reorganizes
2.1 The CTAHR Vegetable Crops Extension Team
2.2 Vegetable CTAHR Staff Factoids
2.3 CTAHR Vegetable Program 1998-2003
3.0 Contents
4.0 Thrust Programs of the 5 year CTAHR Vegetable Extension Team
5.0 Who is Who
5.7 Roy Yamakawa, CES Kauai
5.8 John Cho, UH Manoa, Based in Kula
5.9 Bernie Kratky, UH Manoa-based in Hilo
5.10 Ron Mau, UH Manoa
5.11 Stuart Nakamoto, UH Manoa
5.12 Jim Silva - UH Manoa
5.13 Ray Uchida- UH Manoa
5.14 Hector Valenzuela - UH Manoa
5.15 Other Vegetable Researchers
6.0 Summary of Recent Vegetable Research conducted by CTAHR Faculty
6.1 Root Knot Nematode control in Basil
6.2 Fusarium control in Sweet Basil
6.3 Patent for simple container vegetable transplanter
6.4 Promising/existing chemicals for diamondback moth control in head
cabbage
6.5 Promising chemicals for caterpillar management on Leafy Brassicas
6.6 Insecticide trials for Pea Leafminer control in Bulb Onions
6.7 Fertilizer Calibration Trials
6.8 Manganese Toxicity on Watermelon in former Sugar Cane Lands
6.9 Overcoming Taro Disease and Cultural Problems
6.10 Promoting the Bulb Onion Industry in the State
6.11 Hydroponic/Nutrition Experiments
6.12 Variety Trials Conducted
6.13 Organic farming Experiments
6.14 The Vegetable Industry in Hawaii: Recent Trends
6.15 Top Veggies, farm gate value ($ millions) of Production
7.0 Perimeter screen reduces Fruit Fly damage in Zucchini Squash
8.0 Fruit Fly Control with “Samurai Tent”
8.1 Samurai Tent - Row Cover Barrier
8.2 No Samurai Tent Barrier
9.0 Miscellaneous Corner
9.1 Vegetarian Shoppers
9.2 UH Seed Program: Seed for Sale
9.3 US Industry Factors
April
1999, Vol, 9, No. 1
1.0 Organic Farming; An Overview of the Organic Farming Industry in
Hawaii
1.1 Contents
1.2 Introduction
1.3 What is Organic Farming?
1.4 What is Organic Certification?
1.5 Principles of Organic Farming
1.6 The Certification process
2.0 Organic Standards for Certification
2.1 Prohibited Substances
2.2 Record Keeping
2.3 Management Plan
2.4 The Organic Market
2.5 The Japan Market
2.6 Barriers to Organic Farming According to a Grower Survey in the
Continental U.S. Survey of Organic Farmers in the USA, 1993
2.7 Organic Market Factoids
3.0 Organic Farming Research in Hawaii
4.0 Resources
4.1 Certification Guidelines
4.2 Resources and Educational Materials
4.3 Videos Available
4.4 Selected Web Sites
4.5 Retail Markets in Hawaii
4.51 Oahu
4.52 Hawaii
5.53 Maui
4.54 Kauai
5.0 Research belief: Effect of Seaweed Organic Farming and Sustainable
Agriculture
5.1 Methods
5.2 Results and Discussion
5.3 Conclusion
5.4 Literature Cited
5.5 Product description provided by Distributor
6.0 Additional Resources
6.1 Farmer References for Organic and Sustainable Agriculture
6.2 Weed Control
6.3 Pests, Insects, and Diseases
6.4 Soil Fertility Management
6.5 Managing Cover Crops Profitably
6.6 General References - Organic Farming and Sustainable Agriculture
6.7 Acknowledgments and Sources of Information
1.0 Index for Vols. 1-9
2.0 Glossary
3.0 New Publications
4.0 Upcoming Events
5.0 For copies of any articles or issues
listed in this index please
contact your local county extension agent, as listed in glossary
6.0 Looking for a particular crop, pest, or topic? Search for key words
in the glossary
7.0 Want to obtain the copy of an article?
8.0 Vegetable Research Reports
1.0 Variety recommendations
2.0 Seed Companies
2.1 Cover Crop Seed
2.2 Oriental Veggies
3.0 References
4.0 Veg Statistics 86-97
5.0 Sign up to UH Ergonomics Training Program!!
1.0 What are consumers looking for when shopping for
fresh produce?
1.1 Consumers and brand identity
2.0 Powdery Mildew Control in Cucurbits
3.0 Produce and Grain US per capita consumption
3.1 BROCCOLI: SUPER FOOD
FOR ALL SEASONS
3.2 MELON CONSUMPTION SHOWS STEADY GROWTH IN 1990's
3.3 AMERICANS EATING MORE LEAFY GREEN VEGETABLES
3.4 CARROTS FINDING INCREASED FAVOR AMONG U.S. CONSUMERS
3.5 INCREASED GREEN BEAN CONSUMPTION
4.0 Strawberry’s increased popularity in US
5.0 Mushrooms
6.0 Edible poded peas, market perspective
7.0 Aging farm population Factoid
1.0 Avaunt Insecticide
2.0 Capture insecticide for peppers in Florida
3.0 REIs for Roundup
4.0 Fast-food for Beneficial Insects
5.0 Safety information on the WEB
6.0 Managing Western Flower Thrips
7.0 Herbicide update from Florida
8.0 Disease control- basic principles
9.0 Flint use on cucurbits (updates from Hawaii, New York, Florida, &
Ohio)
May 2001, Vol. 11, No. 2
1.0 Benlate Phaseout
2.0 Plastic mulch and flavor in Basil
3.0 Bt GMO potato losses its resistance to nematodes
4.0 Fungal biocontrol in beets
5.0 Select Receives Approval for Vegetable and Strawberry Uses
6.0 Getting the most out of your pest control dollars
7.0 Seedling blights and Damping-off
8.0 Fungicides for prevention of damping-off.
9.0 WEED COMPETITION IN MELONS.
10.0 Mite Control
11.0 Whitefly control in Florida
12.0 Pinworm control in tomatoes
13.0 More on pinworm control in Florida
14.0 Info on sending produce to another state
15.0 Gummy stem blight strains resistant to Azoxystrobin (Quadris)
16.0 Command herbicide registration
17.0 Pepper weevil control in Florida
18.0 Spider mite control in Florida
19.0 Powdery mildew in peppers
20.0 Savey DF for mite control in blackberries
21.0 Quadris Registered for Strawberries in North Carolina
22.0 DITCHBANK WEED CONTROL IN ARIZONA.
23.0 SPRAYER CALIBRATION STEPS FOR BOOM SPRAYERS
June 2001, Vol. 11, No. 3
1.0 AIM Sweet Corn Herbicide Update (Ohio)
2.0 Bicep II Magnum herbicide on Sweet Corn (Ohio)
3.0 PERMIT on sweet corn for yellow nutsedge control
4.0 'ZEA-LATER' FOR CORN EARWORM CONTROL (Mass)
5.0 PHYTOPHTHORA BLIGHT IN CUCURBIT CROPS
6.0 Spider mites on veggies and nightshade as a host
7.0 Pinworm in tomato and eggplant
8.0 Stinkbugs in tomato
9.0 Resistance management for Azoxystrobin (Quadris)- for management of
gummy stem blight in cucurbits
10.0 Powdery mildew in cucurbits
11.0 Powdery mildew in pepper
12.0 Fall IPM program in Florida
13.0 Actara and Platinum insecticide Registration
14.0 Potato Growing Tips: Growth and Nutrient management
15.0 Roundup 24(c) Registration on Banana
16.0 IPM for "Worms" in cabbage, and other crucifers
17.0 Folicur Section 18 for rust control in asparagus (Michigan)
18.0 PREVENTING FERTILIZER INJURY
19.0 Monsanto Shelves GM Potato Line
20.0 Food Safety Guidelines to make juice
21.0 Economic Impact of Vegetable Industry
22.0 Food Safety Info on the Web
23.0 Long-life Bananas?
July 2001, Vol. 11, No. 4
1.0 CUTWORM MANAGEMENT
2.0 Whiteflies on tomato and watermelon (Florida)
3.0 Bravo and Ridomil for downy mildew in watermelon
4.0 KAOLIN CLAY- organic product to control flea beetles
5.0 Early blight on tomato
6.0 Septoria leaf blight on tomato
7.0 Phytophthora blight on cucurbits
8.0 GREENHOUSE TOMATOES: Nutrition Tips
9.0 UNEVEN CROP GROWTH
10.0 Pesticides for caterpillars in cole crops
11.0 Sources for corn earworm traps
12.0 SCOUT CABBAGE TRANSPLANTS FOR SYMPTOMS OF BLACK ROT!
13.0 WEED MANAGEMENT BETWEEN PLASTIC
14.0 CAUTIONS FOR USE OF PERMIT HERBICIDE IN SWEET CORN
15.0 TWO-SPOTTED SPIDER MITE IN THE GREENHOUSE
16.0 Cabbage Varieties in Florida
17.0 Triploid watermelon varieties in North Florida
18.0 Purple blotch of onion
19.0 Aphid thresholds in pepper
20.0 Web site to assess food safety on the farm
21.0 Other Food Safety Web sites
22.0 Upcoming meetings
August 2001, Vol. 11, No.
5
1.0 Spintor and Success on DBM in Hawaii
2.0 BIRD CONTROL IN CROPS.
3.0"POLLUTANT" DISCHARGE FOR AQUATIC WEED CONTROL.
4.0 Sweet Corn Rust (Sally Miller)
5.0 Fertigation- fertilizer management
6.0 FERTIGATION: WATER PROBLEMS
7.0 Postharvest handling of watermelon and muskmelon (Chris Gunter)
8.0 Purple Blotch of Onion
9.0 More and More Phytophthora Diseases
10.0 New growers Auction in North Carolina! (press release)
11.0 DOES SPRAYING FOR APHIDS CONTROL VIRUSES?
12.0 FIELD TOMATO DISEASES
13.0 Phosphorus issues and concerns
14.0 Natural Pesticides
15.0 Postharvest management of greenhouse European baby Cucumbers
16.0 Powdery mildew control with mono-potassium phosphate
17.0 Milk for powdery mildew control in zucchini (Brazil)
18.0 EPA compliance materials on the WEB
19.0 Upcoming veggie and marketing Conferences
September 2001, Vol. 11, No. 6
1.0. Loans for Hawaii Farmers
2.0. Press Release: USDA-FSA, Oahu County Committee Election
3.0. Switch Fungicide Registered by EPA
4.0. Spider mite control
5.0. Pumpkin Diseases
6.0. Stinkbugs in tomato
7.0. Cucurbits: downy mildew
8.0. Tomato fruit disorders
9.0. Gavel 75 for potato late blight
10.0 Select herbicide, expanded label by EPA
11.0. Fulfill new insecticide for aphid control in California
12.0. Serenade, fungicide for organic growers
13.0. Downy mildew on pumpkin (Ohio)
14.0. Messenger, a Vaccine for plants?
15.0. HERBICIDES FOR MINOR CROPS.
16.0. Organic Farming will continue to grow according to USDA study
17.0. Off-Beat Corner: Toxicity of Avocado Leaves to Animals
18.0. Comprehensive nutrient management plans for animal operations
19.0. Plasticulture and High Tunnels Short Course.
20.0. Papaya Conference
21.0. TV Shows on Organic Farming in Hawaii
22.0. Organic Farming Trade Show in Europe Feb. 2002
23.0. 2001 NATIONAL SPINACH CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
24.0. WEB Sites, machinery, supplies, chemicals
25.0. The Food Safety Training and Education Alliance (FSTEA)
26.0. "Irradiation Q and A's"
October 2001, Vol. 11, No. 7
1.0 Current Vegetable Experiments, UHM Extension
2.0 EXPERIMENTAL ONION WEED CONTROL
3.0 SCLEROTINIA BLIGHT IN TOMATO
4.0 Whitefly insecticide resistance management tips
5.0 Stinkbug and potato aphid control in Tomatoes
6.0 Caterpillar (DBM) control updates, and use of Bt
7.0 Bacterial Spot Peppers and tomato
8.0 Broad mites on eggplant & pepper (Florida)
9.0 Nicotinoid Resistance Management Strategies
10.0 WATERMELON ANTHRACNOSE
11.0 WATERMELON DISORDERS
12.0 Platinum and Actara Registered, Potential problems of resistance, including
use of Admire
13.0 Nicotinoid Resistance Management Strategies
14.0 Phosphorus Levels in Iowa Waters Are Among Highest in the World
15.0 EPA Looks to Restrict Guthion, Imidan Uses End of Year Weed Scouting
(Massachusetts)
16.0 Impact of Ag Research: Report by NRC
17.0 Greenhouse Workshop in Arizona, Jan. 2002
18.0 New Canadian Center Is Dedicated to Organic Agriculture
19.0 Farmers market, marketing ideas on the WEB
20.0 Minor Use Pesticide WEB SITE
21.0 Animal Farm, WEB sites
22.0 New England Veg Conference, Dec. '01
23.0 Future of Our Food & Farms Summit, PA 11-01
24.0 Other Upcoming Meetings
November 2001, Vol. 11, No. 8
1.0 Current Vegetable Experiments, UHM Extension
2.0 Onion Herbicide trials (Arizona)
3.0 SCLEROTINIA BLIGHT IN TOMATO
4.0 Whitefly insecticide resistance management tips
5.0 Stinkbug and potato aphid control in Tomatoes
6.0 Caterpillar (DBM) control updates
7.0 Bacterial Spot on Peppers and tomato
8.0 Broad mites on eggplant & pepper (Florida)
9.0 Nicotinoid Resistance Management Strategies
10.0 CERCOSPORA LEAF SPOT ON SWISS CHARD
11.0 WATERMELON ANTHRACNOSE
12.0 WATERMELON DISORDERS
13.0 Platinum and Actara Registered, Potential problems of resistance, including
use of Admire
14.0 Phosphorus Levels in Iowa Waters Are Among Highest in the World
15.0 EPA Looks to Restrict Guthion, Imidan Uses
16.0 End of Year Weed Scouting (Massachusetts)
17.0 Impact of Ag Research: Report by NRC
18.0 Greenhouse Workshop in Arizona, Jan. 2002
19.0 New Canadian Center Is Dedicated to Organic Agriculture
20.0 Farmers market, marketing ideas on the WEB
21.0 Minor Use Pesticide WEB SITE
22.0 Animal Farm, WEB sites
23.0 New England Veg Conference, Dec. '01
24.0 Future of Our Food & Farms Summit, PA 11-01
25.0 Other Upcoming Meetings
January 2002, Vol. 12, No. 1
1.0 Pythium in pepper
2.0 Downy Mildew (Arizona)
3.0 Phytophthora in pepper and other veggies (Florida)
4.0 Early Blight on Tomato (Florida)
5.0 Pepper Weevils (Florida)
6.0 Leaf Miners (Florida)
7.0 Green Peach Aphid (Florida)
8.0 New Community Food Processing Center- Massachusets
9.0 Farm Bureau to Legislature: Hold Cuts to Florida's College of Ag
10.0 IPM CERTIFICATION GROWS NATIONWIDE
11.0 Eco-Labels in the Market
12.0 Avoiding Fungicide Resistance
13.0 KERB HERBICIDE FOR LETTUCE WEED CONTROL.
14.0 Food Safety for Meat, Poultry, and Seafood Lovers!
15.0 Food Safety and Terrorism- Questions
16.0 US farm equipment, Classifieds, Washington Tilth
17.0 USDA Agricultural Marketing Service seeking grant proposals
18.0 Pesticide Risk Reduction Short-Course, Hilo & Maui 2002
19.0 Maui Ag Trade Show April, 2002
20.0 Tri-State Veg Conference (Mississippi), 2002
21.0 Organic Farming Expo, New Mexico
22.0 Organic Conference, New York 2002
23.0 Sustainable Livestock Conference, New Mexico
24.0 Water/Irrigation Conference, California 2002
25.0 Irrigation Short Course, Colorado 2002
26.0 New York Vegetable Conference 2002
27.0 US Plasticulture Conference 2002
28.0 Forage Field Day, Big Island 2002
February 2002, Vol. 12, No. 2
1.0 Strawberry Spring Market (update from No. Carolina)
2.0 Auction in North Carolina, an Update
3.0 Sclerotinia on Peppers (Florida)
4.0 Thiamethoxam (Platinum, Actara) for whitefly management
5.0 White wash to control Insect pests? (Texas)
6.0 Nicotinoid Resistance Management Strategies (Florida)
7.0 Dump Tank Postharvest Management in Tomatoes
8.0 Some "New" Products released in the US last year
9.0 Trap crop for diamondback moth? (Florida)
10.0 Broad Mites (Florida)
11.0 Target spot on cucumbers and tomato (Florida)
12.0 Microbes increase yields of tomato and peppers
13.0 Rural Projects to develop small business and protect the environment
14.0 Vegetation Strips and Insect diversity
15.0 Organic methods to control pests in tomato
16.0 Household bleach- an update
17.0 Tropical Fruit tree Corner: Carbaryl use in Hawaii
18.0 FDA GUIDELINES TO SAFEGUARD FOOD SUPPLIES.
19.0 Tropical Fruit Tree Conference-Thailand 02
20.0 WEB Site, Transition to Organic Farming
21.0 WEB Site National Pesticide Information Center
22.0 VERMONT / NEW HAMPSHIRE POTATO SCHOOL
23.0 SUSTAINABLE GREENHOUSE DESIGN WORKSHOP, NY
24.0 Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Conference
March 2002, Vol. 12, No. 3
1.0 Update on the watercress yellows/aster leafhopper
situation from Randy Hamasaki.
2.0 Apple snail control with ducks on paddy rice
3.0 Attracting golden apple snail with newspaper?
4.0 Algae control in hydroponic beds?
5.0 Agriculture Entrepreneurial Center in Kentucky
6.0 Rhizoctonia management (Florida)
7.0 Leafminer management (Florida)
8.0 PHYTOPHTHORA-RESISTANT PEPPER VARIETIES
9.0 Strawberry variety update from No. Carolina
10.0 Powdery mildew remains active on squash.
11.0 Fusarium crown rot (Florida)
12.0 Rust on Beans (Florida)
13.0 The fruit Corner: BLUEBERRY PRUNING TIPS
14.0 Colored Potatoes have nutritional benefits
15.0 Making Calcium More Available
16.0 Canadian Organic Farmers Sue Monsanto, Aventis Over Genetically Modified
Crop Drift
17.0 On the light side: Food Safety Guidelines to Eat Pretzels
18.0 Biosecurity USDA WEB site
19.0 Tomato Greenhouse Workshop, Mississippi March 2002
April 2002, Vol. 12, No. 4
1.0 Spinosad (Success) management update from Randy Hamasaki
2.0 High spring lettuce prices in the Western U.S.
3.0 Organic Food as safe and nutritious as conventional food
4.0 Food-safety update: Lettuce with e-coli after manure or sludge applications
5.0 Serenade organic fungicide
6.0 Telone and Inline fumigants receive national label
7.0 Whitefly management (Florida)
8.0 Pinworm management (Florida)
9.0 Broadmite management (Florida)
10.0 Powdery mildew on veggies (Florida)
11.0 Methyl bromide alternatives
12.0 Particle film technology for insect management
13.0 Orthene Update
14.0 Leafhopper pest advisory for Hawaii
15.0 More rigorous review of biotech crops recommended
16.0 Concentration of Businesses in Agriculture
17.0 The fruit Corner: Integrated production of olives
18.0 National Poison Control Center- Toll-free number
19.0 Idea of the month (Record Book)
20.0 Finding parts and chemicals on the WEB
21.0 WEB Site USDA The Crop Insurance Cycle
22.0 Peppermint IPM website (Oregon)
23.0 Farmbill website
24.0 EPA biopesticides Web site
25.0 USDA Wetlands Workshop in Washington DC
26.0 Hawaii Banana Conference April 2002
27.0 Upcoming Professional meetings for 2002-2003
May 2002, Vol. 12, No. 5
1.0 Opportunity for Native Hawaiians to attend UHM 2
wk summer program and receive scholarship
2.0 Sandea Herbicide SLN for cucurbits in Ohio
3.0 Pepper fungicide update (Ohio)
4.0 ASSAIL New Insecticide (Ohio)
5.0 New crops labelled for use of MUSTANG
6.0. Manure, fertilizers and water pollution
7.0 Good Agricultural Practices
8.0 Stimplex Growth Regulator
9.0 Knack for whitefly control
10.0 Platinum, Actara, Assail, Calypso insecticides (Arizona)
11.0 Worms in cucurbits (Florida)
12.0 Fruit Corner: Fire ant control in citrus (Florida)
13.0 Thrips (Florida)
14.0 Late Blight (Florida)
15.0 Organic Insecticide: Garlic Extract
16.0 Heirloom Tomatoes Cultivars (Vermont)
17.0 Herbicides can contaminate compost
18.0 LEGUME INOCULANTS - SOME ARE GMOs
19.0 Cover Crops in West Africa
20.0 Directory of Nutrient Content in Plants on the WEB
21.0 Allergens WEB site
22.0 Food Labeling 101 on the WEB
23.0 Medicinal plants web site
24.0 Upcoming Meetings, International
June 2002, Vol. 12, No. 6
1.0 HOFA receives accreditation for organic farming certification
in Hawaii
2.0 The Farm Bill and Organic Farming
3.0 Flint Receives approval for Hawaii
4.0 USDA-FSA Loss Adjuster Position Open in Hawaii
5.0 New Address for Kona UH-CES office
6.0 Oahu Corn Insect Survey
7.0 Efficacy of Snail and Slug products
8.0 Hot Water Kills Caribbean Tree Frogs
9.0 Vinegar as organic herbicide?
10.0 Thrips Palmi (Florida)
11.0 Pepper weevil (Florida)
12.0 Fulfill insecticide label update (Ohio)
13.0 TRANSPLANTING VS DIRECT SEEDING PUMPKINS
14.0 Japanese millet cover crop for control of rhizoctonia in potatoes
15.0 RED STEELE RESISTANT STRAWBERRIES (Vermont)
16.0 RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT ESSENTIAL WITH STROBILURIN FUNGICIDES (New York)
17.0 Mites control in Strawberry (No. Carolina)
18.0 Mo' Mites on strawberries (No. Carolina)
19.0 Sandea herbicide Sec. 24C on cucurbits (Ohio)
20.0 Harvesting Indian Corn
21.0 The National Council of Farmer Cooperatives to meet in Hawaii Jan.
2003
22.0 Specialty Cut Flower Meeting/Tour, in Missouri July 2002
August 2002, Vol. 12, No. 7
1.0 Ongoing UHM Vegetable Field Trials
2.0 Value Added grants from USDA
3.0 New UH Taro (patented) cultivar publication
4.0 New 24(c) registrations for Taro in Hawaii
5.0 Fruit Corner: New 24(c) registrations for banana in Hawaii
6.0 New Giant Whitefly in Hawaii (Ornamentals)?
7.0 GET YOUR COMPOST ANALYZED!
8.0 Phythophtora blight, cucurbits and pepper
9.0 Strategy herbicide (Massachussets)
10.0 Insect disinfestation, hot forced air (Samoa & Vanuatu)
11.0 Aster yellows/leafhopper control in lettuce (Ohio)
12.0 Muskmelon Handling Food Safety issues (Arizona)
13.0 Ridomil on strawberries during harvest (No. Carolina)
14.0 Outlook herbicide SLN for onions in Ohio
15.0 Herbicide rotation limitations (Arizona)
16.0 Choosing a cover crop (Maine)
17.0 Water Safety issues in the Farm (Mass)
18.0 Planting depth as a growth stimulant (Florida)
19.0 From the Archives: Sweet corn biocontrol seed treatment
20.0 Agritourism Handbook (California)
21.0 Animal Corner: Organic Hog Production Handbook 22.0. Sources for IPM
supplies
22.0 Sources for IPM supplies
23.0 Upcoming events (local)
24.0 Noni Conference, Hawaii Oct. 2002
25.0 Small Farm Conference NM 9-02
26.0 Organic Field Day in NY, 8-02
27.0 Workshop on Organic/biointensive farming Washington 11-02
28.0 Future Farms 2002 Conference, Oklahoma 11-02
29.0 International Symposium on Safety and Sanitation '03
30.0 Eco Labels Conference, Mass 11-02 20.0. Agritourism Handbook (California)
October 2002, Vol. 12, No. 8
0.0. Last minute: USDA Livestock compensation Program
1.0 CTAHR solves the mystery of Taro Pocket Rot
2.0. 24 (c) Registration for fruit crops and Orchards, HI
3.0 Goal 24 (c) Registration for banana in Hawaii
4.0 Gramoxone 24c reg for cucurbits and macadamia (Hawaii)
5.0 HI Pesticide Information Retrieval System (HPIRS) on WEB
6.0 POTATO MOP-TOP VIRUS ALERT
7.0 Cutworms on seedlings (Mass)
8.0 Food Safety during Harvest (Mass)
9.0 Caffeine for snail control?
10.0 Summary of the 2002 farm bill
11.0 Late and Early blight (Vermont)
12.0 Root dip with Quadris on Strawberries in N. Carolina?
12.1. Onion thrips
13.0 Spider mite control on vine crops (Ohio)
14.0 Avaunt update (Ohio)
15.0 Messenger Update (Mass)
16.0 Does spraying for aphids control viral infections? (Mass)
17.0 Crop yields will drop if erosion continues
18.0 Fruit coating as biofungicide
19.0 Biocontrol corner: Vaccine for nematode control?
20.0 Organics Corner: Labelling according to Fed Standards
21.0 E-coli on Romaine lettuce (Washington State)
22.0 Guthion Phase-out
23.0 Updated contact info for HOFA (HI Organic Growers Assoc.)
24.0 IPM Symposium/Workshop April 2003
25.0 Workshop on Integrated Water Resource Management
26.0 EPA Agriculture Compliance Center Web site
27.0 Grants for New Farmers in New England- a good idea?
28.0 Promoting vibrant economies in Rural America
29.0 Sustainable Ag Conference in North Carolina, 10-02
30.0 Upcoming events- Hawaii
31.0 Flower and Garden Fest Oct. '02, Mississippi
32.0 Upcoming events- Out-of-state
November 2002, Vol. 12, No. 9
INDEX
1.0. CTAHR Vegetable Web site updated
2.0. ORGANIC STANDARDS EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 21ST
3.0. Organic tea production in China
4.0. Organic Acreage in the US
5.0. Inert Ingredients in Organic Farming pesticides
6.0. Chefs reject Biotech fish
7.0. Why Farmers Succeed
8.0. Country of Origin Labeling Starts
9.0 Effect of pH on Success performance
10.0. Birds in corn and tomato
11.0 Fruit Fly area-wide program in Hawaii
12.0 Air Pollution Damage on Vine Crops
13.0. Ridomil in Strawberries (N. Carolina)
14.0 Phythium in Florida Veggies
15.0 Bacterial Leaf Spot in Pepper
16.0 Beet armyworm (Florida)
17.0 Pesticide Updates from Florida
18.0 Beet armyworm in Ohio Peppers
19.0 Cover Crops Corner: Sources for Hairy Vetch
20.0 Onion Weed Control
21.0 Sweet corn consumer survey
22.0 Drip Irrigation Tips
23.0 Water Conservation tips
24.0 Snail control in Aquaculture ponds
25.0 PUMPKIN AND WINTER SQUASH HARVEST AND STORAGE
26.0 Sunscald on Pumpkins
27.0 Harvesting Indian Corn
28.0 Alkaline Degradation of Pesticides
29.0 Urban Sprawl- US loses 2 acres each minute
30.0 Ornamentals Corner: Mites control
31.0 Organic Seed Production and Plant Breeding Conf. 11-02
32.0 Upcoming Events
December 2002, Vol. 12, No. 10
INDEX
0.0 Last Minute: USDA Livestock Compensation Update
1.0 Organic Flowers are here
2.0 Cost-share program for Organic Certification
3.0 Agrimek Sect. 18 reg in basil for Hawaii
4.0 Resistance to pyrethroids in onions
5.0 Why Fungicides Fail
6.0 Anthracnose in Strawberry (N. Carolina)
7.0 Intrepid and Avaunt on lettuce, cabbage (AZ)
8.0 Mites in eggplant and pepper (Florida)
9.0 Actiguard for bacterial spot in Pepper
10.0 Spray application survey from New York State
11.0 Biotech Moratorium announced by Pharmaceuticals
12.0 Procure fungicide on melons
13.0 Leafminer control update (Florida)
14.0 Pyrethroid resistance on onion thrips in Texas
15.0 Sweet corn weed control
16.0 Spray efficiency checklist
17.0 A Horse-Pack Sprayer for remote areas
18.0 Fruit Corner: Biocure a New Biofungicide
19.0 Food Composition Database on the WEB
20.0 Food Irradiation Websites
21.0 Used Machinery? Classified ads from Florida
22.0 Organic Veg Short-course in NY
23.0 Upcoming Events
January 2003, Vol. 13, No. 1
Index
1.0 Field Supervisor Position at Aloun Farms
2.0 Hort Position at HI Botanical Garden
3.0 Three new regs for HI: banana, fruits, eucalyptus
4.0 Diazinon 24(c) reg for pineapple seed pieces
5.0 Organic Update from USDA
6.0 New Organic Herbicide (New Zealand)
7.0 Field/Industry Update from Florida
8.0 Japan refuses biotech rice development
9.0 Leafminers (Florida)
10.0 Pepper weevil (Florida)
11.0 Tomato Postharvest management (Florida)
12.0 Organic fungicide on berry
13.0 Cabrio/Quadris on Strawberry
14.0 Customer Relationship Marketing
15.0 Marketing 101
16.0 Decontaminating and storing sprayers
17.0 Specialty Crops School in No. Carolina Feb. 2003
18.0 Fruit Corner: Coconut management on the web
19.0 Greenhouse Shortcourse, Miss. 3-03
20.0 Greenhouse Shortcourse, Arizona 1-03
21.0 Strawberry meetings 2003 (SE US)
22.0 Third Taro symposium, Fiji 5-03
23.0 Other upcoming events- Hawaii
24.0 Other Upcoming events- Out of State
February 2003 Vol.
13 No. 2
Index
1.0 Organics: Increased market penetration
2.0 Healthy Grown' brand potatoes
3.0 GMO (biotech) labeling agreement in Europe
4.0 Establishing Local food and farm groups
5.0 Gummy Stem Blight (Florida)
6.0 Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus on Basil and Peas?
7.0 Phytophthora on veggies (Florida)
8.0 Postharvest disese Management (Florida)
9.0 Powdery Mildew on Cucurbits (AZ)
10.0 Target Spot on Tomatoes
11.0 Select herbicide for root veggies
12.0 Sandea herbicide on pumpkins
13.0 Mimosa Weed biocontrol (Australia)
14.0 Roundup resistant weeds- growing problem
15.0 Cabrio fungicide in strawberry
16.0 New Pesticide Updates (Ohio)
March Vol. 2003 13
No. 3
Index
1.0 Sclerotinia on Veggies (Florida)
2.0 TSWV- Expands its Damage
3.0 TSWV- Cultural Management Tips
4.0 Food Safety Programs Importance
5.0 Third Crop? (Definition)
6.0 From the Archives: Keep Sprayers Clean
7.0 From the Archives: Adopt Better Spray Technology
8.0 Disease Incidence in Hydrocooled Tomatoes
9.0 Bacterial Speck on Tomatoes
10.0 Sclerotinia (Florida)
11.0 Actigard for Disease Control in Tomato
12.0 Insecticide Updates (Ohio)
13.0 The Imports Corner: Wine and Grapes
14.0 From the Archives: Harvest and Storage of Pumpkins
15.0 Irradiation Resources on WEB
16.0 Subscription Farming Workshops, Iowa
17.0 Food Safety: A Training Manual for Trainers
18.0 Federal Register on the WEB
April 2003 Vol.
13 No. 4
Index
1.0 Entrust labeled for organic production
2.0 Supermarket concentration hurts farmers?
3.0 Country of Origin, Survey Report
4.0 Country of Origin Labelling, Farm Bill update
5.0 Glomalin- the real soil builder
6.0 Fair-Trade Label for organic products in UK
7.0 Mites in Strawberry (N. Carolina)
8.0 Admire application through drip
9.0 Rotation of neonicotinoid products for whitefly management in Arizona
10.0 Soil-borne diseases overview
11.0 Spray schedule for anthracnose/botrytis in strawberries
12.0 Subscription and organic farming profile, NY
13.0 Ornamentals corner: Poinsettia info on WEB
14.0 Molokai Organics on the WEB
15.0 Herbicides for pastures in Hawaii
16.0 International Postharvest symposium, Italy 6-04
17.0 Web-site for Women-run businesses
18.0 USDA's FSIS Analytical Chemistry Laboratory Guidebook
19.0 World Congress on Food Irradiation, 5-03
May 2003 Vol.
13 No. 5
Index
1.0 Organic Market Report on the WEB;
2.0 Mucuna use in Central America;
3.0 Thionex reg on Macadamia and pineapple;
4.0 NRCS Farm loan updates;
5.0 Loss of Exothermil in Greenhouse tomatoes (Mass);
6.0 Herbicides updates for 2003 (Mass);
7.0 Mite Control in Strawberries (N. Carolina);
8.0 Notes on Cabrio Fungicide use in Strawberry (NCS);
9.0 Courier for whitefly control (Florida);
10.0 Vitamin A Benefits, USDA research;
11.0 Sandea Herbicide use tips;
12.0 Sandea for nutsedge control;
13.0 Fruit Corner: Bananas in Verge of Extinction?;
14.0 Rural energy grants available;
15.0 New Insights on the Double Helix;
16.0 PestNet Network for Pacific Region on WEB;
17.0 Upcoming National meetings.
June 2003 Vol.
13 No. 6
Index
1.0 Organic Farming updates from Europe
2.0 Organics- global acreage
3.0 Harris Seed offers Organic Seed
4.0 Feeding the crop vs. feeding the soil
5.0 Soils and Microbes
6.0 Strawberry Marketing in Virginia
7.0 Thrips management tips (Florida)
8.0 Fungicide Updates (Mass)
9.0 Downy Mildew on cucurbits
10.0 Use of different Glyphosate products
11.0 Warrior Label Expanded
12.0 Sinbar herbicide in Strawberries (Illinois)
13.0 Aim Herbicide for Sweet Corn (Illinois)
14.0 Screening new Herbicides (Arizona)
15.0 Dual Magnum herb on Tomatoes
16.0 Oxidate vs. hydrogen peroxide use
17.0 Harris Moran melon, corn field day, Arizona
18.0 Computer Workshop Arizona June 03
19.0 Direct Mkt Conference Delaware Dec. 2003
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