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Cover art for publication N575

Tiger Card (Bundle of 50)

Reviewed $26

This promotional piece is intended for Family Nutrition Education Program employees to use as needed.

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Cover art for publication G424

Crop-Share Leases in Missouri

Revised

Producers expand their base of operations by purchasing or renting additional land. The three most common types of farmland lease agreements in Missouri are cash rentals, flexible-cash leases and crop-share leases. This guide presents information on crop-share leases.

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Cover art for publication AF1012

Integrating Agroforestry Practices for Wildlife Habitat

Revised

Learn how to incorporate management of trees, shrubs and grasses with your current farm practices to benefit white-tailed deer, eastern wild turkey, bobwhite quail, waterfowl and mourning doves.

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Cover art for publication HES149

Preserve It Fresh, Preserve It Safe: 2022, No. 6 (November/December)

New

Learn how to safely preserve foods for the holidays, including tips on canning, pickling, and handling home-processed gifts for safe consumption.

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Cover art for publication AF1006

Economic Budgeting for Agroforestry Practices

Revised

See the steps and examples you can follow to develop enterprise budgets, create a cashflow plan and estimate economic indicators for agroforestry practices.

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Publication cover.

Growing Shiitake Mushrooms in an Agroforestry Practice

Revised

Cultivating shiitake mushrooms represents an opportunity to utilize healthy low-grade and small-diameter trees thinned from woodlots as well as healthy branch-wood cut from the tops of harvested saw-timber trees. When the mushrooms are collected and marketed, the result is a relatively short-term payback for long-term management of wooded areas.

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Cover art for publication G515

Three Types of Farm Meetings to Strengthen the Business and Start a Farm Transition Plan

New

Use operating, business and family council meetings to build a culture of communication and inclusive decision-making in your family business. Find guidelines for running a successful family meeting, and when to use different meetings in this publication.

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Cover art for publication N20

Nutrient Bar Graph Cards

New $30

Explore over 40 colorful nutrient bar graph cards to compare daily values of key nutrients in various foods, aiding effective nutrition education.

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Copper spot.

Identification and Management of Turfgrass Diseases, Page 06

Reviewed

Copper spot is a foliar disease of bentgrass, with severest outbreaks occurring on velvet bentgrass. It also occurs sporadically on creeping bentgrass greens and higher cut creeping bentgrass tees and fairways. Gloeocercospora sorghi causes a leaf spot of bermudagrass and zoysiagrass as well.

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Cover art for publication MX1139

Understanding Glyphosate to Increase Performance

Editor’s note
The following abstract describes a publication that is only available as a downloadable PDF.

Reviewed by Kevin Bradley
Division of Plant Sciences

Bob Hartzler, Iowa State University
Chris Boerboom, University of Wisconsin
Glenn Nice, Purdue University
Peter Sikkema, University of Guelph

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Cover art for publication G6725

Grasses in Shade: Establishing and Maintaining Lawns in Low Light

Reviewed

Growing grass under trees is hard because the quality as well as the quantity of light changes in the shade. Learn what grass species and cultivars are shade-tolerant and how to manage a shady lawn in this University of Missouri Extension guide.

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Drechslera leaf spot.

Identification and Management of Turfgrass Diseases, Page 09

Reviewed

Drechslera diseases are part of a group of diseases caused by fungi that were once cataloged in the genus Helminthosporium. Over the years, taxonomists have revised the genus Helminthosporium to include the genera Drechslera, Marielliotta, Bipolaris and Exserohilum. This section covers the diseases Drechslera leaf spot and melting-out caused by D. poae and red leaf spot caused by D. erythrospila.

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Gray snow mold.

Identification and Management of Turfgrass Diseases, Page 12

Reviewed

Gray snow mold is a winter turfgrass disease in regions where snow cover persists for long periods. All grasses can be damaged to some extent, but injury is often more severe on annual bluegrass and bentgrass putting greens.

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Cover art for publication G6772

Cool-Season Grass Cultivars for Athletic Fields

Reviewed

This guide provides turfgrass recommendations for athletic fields, emphasizing irrigation, traffic-tolerant cultivars, and effective seeding methods.

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Microdochium patch on bentgrass putting surface.

Identification and Management of Turfgrass Diseases, Page 15

Reviewed

Microdochium patch is most common on new bentgrass greens under cover or in situations where nitrogen fertility was high going into the winter.

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Publication cover.

Common Weed Seedlings of the North Central States

Reviewed

Editor’s note
The following abstract describes a publication that is available for purchase from Michigan State Extension. To order this publication, please visit the MSU Extension Bookstore.

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Rust pustules.

Identification and Management of Turfgrass Diseases, Page 18

Reviewed

Rust occurs to some extent on all turfgrasses, but the rust fungi are generally host specific. Rust is most severe on susceptible cultivars of Kentucky bluegrass, tall fescue, perennial ryegrass and zoysiagrass. Rust symptoms usually appear in late August to early September and continue through the fall months.

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Cover art for publication MX1140

Biology and Management of Giant Ragweed

Reviewed

Editor’s note
The following abstract describes a publication that is only available as a downloadable PDF.

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Take-all patch of creeping bentgrass.

Identification and Management of Turfgrass Diseases, Page 21

Reviewed

Take-all patch of creeping bentgrass is a soilborne disease caused by a darkly pigmented, ectotrophic root-infecting fungus. The disease is most common on new greens. It also occurs on reconstructed greens, especially when methyl bromide had been used in the renovation.

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Cover art for publication MX1138

Facts About Glyphosate-Resistant Weeds

Reviewed

Editor’s note
The following abstract describes a publication that is only available as a downloadable PDF.

Reviewed by Kevin Bradley
Division of Plant Sciences

Chris Boerboom, University of Wisconsin
Micheal Owen, Iowa State University

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Ascochyta leaf blight.

Identification and Management of Turfgrass Diseases, Page 04

Reviewed

Ascochyta leaf blight results in the rapid development of large irregularly shaped, straw-colored patches on Kentucky bluegrass and occasionally on tall fescue and perennial ryegrass during the summer. Because Ascochyta spp. are primarily foliar pathogens, diseased turfgrass usually recovers relatively quickly.

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Close-up of dead spot on creeping bentgrass.

Identification and Management of Turfgrass Diseases, Page 07

Reviewed

Dead spot is a disease of new sand-based bentgrass greens or renovated greens where methyl bromide was used in the renovation. The disease first occurs one to four years after construction or renovation, gradually disappearing one to three years after its first occurrence.

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Fairy ring.

Identification and Management of Turfgrass Diseases, Page 10

Reviewed

Fairy ring is caused by more than 60 basidiomycete fungi, including those producing the familiar puffballs and toadstools. The rings result from the activities of these fungi growing radially through the thatch or soil, rather than from a direct parasitic relationship with the turfgrass.

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Cover art for publication G6756

Turfgrass Disease Control

Revised

Reviewed by Peng Tian
Assistant Professor, Plant Sciences

Reviewed by Manoj Chhetri
Department of Horticulture

Brad S. Fresenburg
Division of Plant Sciences

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Large patch grass disease.

Identification and Management of Turfgrass Diseases, Page 13

Reviewed

Large patch is a cool-season disease of warm-season grasses. Symptoms are most common when these grasses are either entering or coming out of dormancy.

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