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Field trial results released
BROOKINGS - During the 2012 growing season, SDSU Extension staff researched the effectiveness of fungicide seed treatments, cultural controls and foliar fungicides to manage plant diseases. The results are now available for growers to review at iGrow.org....Tags: Research, Medical Specialization, Pathology, Trials
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What's ailing your plants?
Special to Tribune NewspapersQ. I have had some problems with plant diseases in the past and wanted some advice on how to get them identified. --Tom Hansen, Libertyville A. In order to get an accurate diagnosis of a plant problem, it is important to provide a good sample along with...Tags: Chicago Botanic Garden
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Home chore checklist makes way for winter
Akron Beacon-JournalReady to hunker down for winter? Not so fast. Now's the time to tackle a few chores that will help your house and yard ride out the cold season ahead. Here are a few to check off your to-do list. Clean the gutters Gutters and downspouts direct...Tags: Labor Day, Ethanol, Environmental Issues, Labor Legislation, Chemical Industry
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Hackberry tree is a durable addition to the yard
I have a hackberry tree that has started to grow in the middle of a rose bush. The ground is dry, hard caliche. For the last three years, we have suffered through a drought. I appreciate any tree that can survive in this terrible soil. However, when I...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Inorganic Chemical Industry, Chemical Industry, South Dakota State University, Gardening
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MSU ag technology to enter global biopesticide market
BOZEMAN, Mont. - There is a vial of little blue pellets in Barry Jacobsen's lab. Its contents, a bacterium taken from a few healthy leaves in a northeast Montana sugar beet field overrun with disease, could save farmers around the world millions of...Tags: Science and Technology, Viral Diseases and Infections, Science, Immune System
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Ag groups at odds over Roundup claims
(AP) - Agriculture technology firms and South Dakota producers are refuting claims by a Purdue scientist that Roundup Ready technology could be responsible for a microscopic pathogen "that appears to significantly impact the health of plants, animals...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Technology, Health, Purdue University, Education
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Ag groups seek to quell negative Roundup claims
(AP) — Agriculture technology firms and South Dakota producers are trying to refute claims by a Purdue scientist that Roundup Ready technology could be responsible for a microscopic pathogen "that appears to significantly impact the health of...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Biotechnology Industry, Technology, Health, Chemical Industry
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All of My Plants are Getting Sick!
Lehigh Valley Master GardenersI sometimes am asked if some kind of blight is coming through affecting many different types pf plants and shrubs in a person's yard. The answer is usually "no". Most plant diseases and insects are selective. They only affect certain...... -
Extension Coffee Shop topics set for January
n past columns I have visited with you about the Virtual Coffee Shop sessions that are available to view on your computer. The Coffee Shop is a web-based, interactive discussion hosted by Extension experts that lets South Dakota agricultural producers and...Tags: Justice System, Health and Medical Professionals, Crime, Law and Justice, Health, Science and Technology
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Private applicator certification/pest management meetings
Private Pesticide Applicator Certification (PAT) Meetings have been scheduled for Lyman, Jones, Mellette, Todd, Tripp and Gregory counties in 2011. The meetings are listed in the calendar at the end of this column. Private applicators, whose certification...Tags: Justice System, Health and Medical Professionals, Crime, Law and Justice, Health, Chemical Industry
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Nov 17, 2012
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Jul 13, 2012
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Mar 9, 2012
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Mar 11, 2011
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Mar 7, 2011
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Dec 31, 2010
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Dec 31, 2010
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