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Cover art for publication G6629

Flowering Annuals: Characteristics and Culture

Reviewed

David Trinklein
Horticulture Extension State Specialist
Department of Plant Science & Technology

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Cover art for publication G6620

Summer Flowering Bulbs: Gladiolus

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David Trinklein
Horticulture Extension State Specialist
Division of Plant Sciences & Technology

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Cover art for publication G6570

Starting Plants Indoors From Seeds

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Revised by David Trinklein
Horticulture Extension State Specialist
Division of Plant Sciences and Technology

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Cover art for publication G6610

Spring Flowering Bulbs: Daffodils

Reviewed

David Trinklein
Horticulture Extension State Specialist
Division of Plant Sciences & Technology

Few garden plants give as much pleasure with as little effort as daffodils. They are one of the most vigorous and colorful flowers of spring. With good drainage they thrive in most soils, although they prefer a medium-heavy loam.

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A cupped melon leaf covered with aphids.

High Tunnel Melon and Watermelon Production, Page 03

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Melon aphids congregate on lower leaf surfaces and cause cupping of the leaves

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Powdery mildew on watermelon leaf.

High Tunnel Melon and Watermelon Production, Page 06

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The dry, humid and dense plant growth within a high tunnel is optimal for development of powdery mildew.

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Whitefly.

High Tunnel Melon and Watermelon Production, Page 09

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Whiteflies are small, soft-bodied insects with wings covered with white, powdery wax that damage plants by sucking the sap and transmitting harmful viruses.

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Cover art for publication M173

High Tunnel Melon and Watermelon Production

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High tunnels are low-cost, passive, solar plant forcing structures that use no fossil fuels for heating or venting and provide many benefits to horticulture crop producers

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Bacterial wilt on melon leaves.

High Tunnel Melon and Watermelon Production, Page 04

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Bacterial wilt is a serious disease of melons that is transmitted by spotted and striped cucumber beetles that feed on melon foliage.

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Spider mite on watermelon.

High Tunnel Melon and Watermelon Production, Page 07

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Spider mites are small, oval-shaped arthropods that can be found on the underside of leaves, where they congregate and suck sap from the plant.

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Watermelon seeds.

High Tunnel Melon and Watermelon Production, Page 10

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Find sources of melon and watermelon seeds

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Spider mites on watermelon.

High Tunnel Melon and Watermelon Production, Page 02

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Maintaining healthy, nonstressed plants, managing the high tunnel environment properly, preserving beneficial insects and early pest detection will prevent many pests from becoming a problem within the high tunnel.

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Cucumber beetle.

High Tunnel Melon and Watermelon Production, Page 05

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Within two weeks after transplanting, begin scouting for cucumber beetles in the high tunnel. Use yellow sticky traps to detect cucumber beetles.

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Thrips on watermelon.

High Tunnel Melon and Watermelon Production, Page 08

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Thrips are small, elongated insects that can be a serious insect pest of high tunnel melons and watermelons and are usually found clustered in flowers and on the underside of leaves.

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Cover art for publication MP961

Water Analysis — Individual Tests Form

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The Soil and Plant Laboratory can test your water for irrigation, domestic, poultry or livestock suitability or run specific individual tests. Water analysis can be used to determine suitability for several purposes, such as for homeowners, irrigation or for use by livestock and poultry.

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Water Analysis — Special Test Packages

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The testing packages in this form target specific nutrients to provide a more complete picture of water quality for a particular use. Use this form to obtain a detailed water analysis from the MU Soil and Plant Testing Lab.

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Collective Bargaining 3: Effective Negotiations, Background Information

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Introduction Revised by Douglas Swanson, June 2022

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Cover art for publication AF1017

Growing and Marketing Elderberries in Missouri

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Patrick Byers
Regional horticulture specialist

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Collective Bargaining 4: The Bargaining Climate - Page 3

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The bargaining climate

In developing the bargaining goals and strategies of a local union, it is important to remember that not all relationships with employers are equal. The attitude of a particular employer toward the union and the obligation to bargain may range from the very positive to one approaching industrial warfare.

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Collective Bargaining 5: Bargaining Techniques - Page 3

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Documentation

No matter what procedures exist for maintaining an official record of the negotiations with the employer, the union must have its own mechanisms for the recording of all substantive discussions occurring in bargaining sessions.

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Contract Interpretation Standards

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Revised by Douglas Swanson, June 2022
Original author: Paul Rainsberger, JD

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Cover art for publication G4091

Corn and Soybean Replant Decisions

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Find out what options you have when wet spring weather causes poor crop germination. Whether you replant depends on seed variety, weather and insurance.

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Collective Bargaining 1: Historical Models of Collective Bargaining in the U.S. - Page 3

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Employers ability to pay

Product market factors

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Collective Bargaining 1: Historical Models of Collective Bargaining in the U.S. - Page 6

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Avoidance of competitive unionism Avoidance of competitive unionism

Union bargaining strength is also weakened by wage competition between more than one union in each industry or with a particular employer.

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Collective Bargaining 3: Effective Negotiations, Background Information - Page 2

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Research agenda Research agenda

Early in the bargaining process, a local union may want to develop a research agenda to gather data useful in negotiations.

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