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European Corn Borer: A Multiple-Crop Pest in Missouri
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Learn how the European corn borer affects crops like corn, cotton, and grain sorghum in Missouri. Explore its lifecycle, damage, and management strategies.
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Southwestern Corn Borer Management in Missouri
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Facts at a glanceEconomic damage can occur during the whorl and tasseling stages of corn.Scouting should begin in June and continue through peak moth activity (July and August).Larval girdling damage (from late August until early October) can cause plants to lodge.Timely and thorough application of insec
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Seedcorn Maggot
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Facts at a glance Adults (flies) become active at low temperatures (mid-40s F). Adult females are highly attracted to fields with moist soils high in organic matter or decomposing residues (animal manure or plants). The larvae or maggots burrow into the seeds of several crops (e.g., corn, soybeans), damage
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Building and Using Hotbeds and Cold Frames
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A coldframe is a protected plant bed & a hot bed is basically a heated coldframe. Visit our site to learn about Building and Using Hotbeds and Cold Frames.
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Pruning Ornamental Shrubs
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Making and Using Compost
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Compost can improve your landscape and garden soil. Learn how to turn leaves, grass clippings and other garden refuse into compost in this University of Missouri Extension guide.
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Short-Term Operating Plan for Farms and Ranches
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Download a short-term operating plan workbook you can use to prepare your farm or ranch for operating if decision makers are unable to make short-term choices.
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Clarifying Roles in Family Farm Businesses
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Strong family businesses communicate to separate their family roles and expectations from business roles. Read about common family business conflicts and find steps to address tension in this publication.
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Pricing Corn Silage
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Learn how to price corn silage whether it's in the field or delivered to storage or the feed bunk, and see how drought can damage a corn silage crop.
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Drought-Related Issues in Forage, Silage and Baleage
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Get answers to questions about how to feed livestock during drought. Read about nitrate toxicity, corn silage and baleage, forage grazing and feeding hay.
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Flowering Perennials: Characteristics and Culture
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Flowering perennials persist from year to year and are suitable in a flower border shared with annual plants or grouped in special plantings. Learn about some major perennials and their important characteristics and cultural preferences in this guide.
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Growing Azaleas and Rhododendrons
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Spring Flowering Bulbs: Daffodils
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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