Fruits : publication
Learn how to identify and control aphids, scales, and mites to protect your garden plants from damage and common pest-related issues.
Guide to selecting apple cultivars suited for Missouri, covering disease resistance, pollination, and storage characteristics.
Learn how to start beekeeping with tips on hive setup, bee care, equipment, colony management, and producing honey safely and effectively.
Michele Warmund
Fruit State Specialist
Division of Plant Sciences
Use this enterprise budget as a guide to estimate your production costs and returns for producing elderberries in Missouri.
Elderberry rust is a fungal disease affecting elderberry and sedge plants in the eastern U.S., reducing fruit yield and plant growth.
Fire blight is a bacterial disease that attacks susceptible ornamental trees and shrubs and pose significant threat to apple and pear production.
Flowering and Fruit Characteristics of Black Walnuts: A Tool for Identifying and Selecting Cultivars
Learn to identify walnut cultivars by the appearance of the husk, shell and kernel and to select cultivars on the basis of various growth characteristics. In addition to a photo gallery of black walnuts, this publication lists the average date of budbreak, flower type, bloom period, pollination…
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Selecting suitable fruit cultivars for Missouri's climate enhances home garden success, addressing challenges like frost, heat, and soil conditions.
Learn to grow strawberries, apples, grapes, and more in Missouri. Get expert tips on planting, pollination, and maximizing fruit yield.
This guide provides seasonal spray schedules for common fruits, helping homeowners manage pests and diseases for healthier harvests.
Use this enterprise budget as a guide to estimate your production costs and returns for producing apples in a high-density commercial orchard in Missouri.
Grow beautiful, flavorful, blemish-free apples in your backyard in the Midwest by following these tips for selecting a cultivar or rootstock; locating and preparing the planting site; pruning, fertilizing, watering and spraying through the growing season.
This publication provides comprehensive guidance on grape cultivation, including cultivar selection, planting, and care practices.
Pruning is one of the most neglected practices in home plantings of grapes. Visit our site for our Home Fruit Production: Grape Training Systems guide.
This guide offers practical advice on selecting, planting, and maintaining peach and nectarine trees for optimal fruit production.
This guide offers practical advice on selecting, planting, and maintaining strawberry cultivars suited for Missouri's climate.
Learn how ice and freeze events affect fruit and ornamental trees in the Midwest, with tips on identifying damage and supporting recovery.
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The link to the Domoto reference was updated on 1/23/15.
Eli Bergmeier
Viticulture Research Specialist
Institute for Continental Climate Viticulture and Enology
Use this enterprise budget as a guide to estimate your production costs and returns for producing pecans to market direct to consumers in Missouri.
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This guide details pecan insect pests and diseases that can cause economic losses to Missouri producers.
To understand why plants respond as they do to natural influences, gardeners must understand their structure and how they grow. Visit our site to learn more.
Michele R. Warmund
Department of Horticulture
Explore key steps in designing vineyards for mechanization, focusing on site selection, equipment compatibility, and efficient layout planning.
MU Institute for Continental Climate Viticulture and Enology
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Michele Warmund
Fruit State Specialist
Division of Plant Sciences
Raised-bed gardening enhances soil drainage and root health, offers customizable design options and extends the growing season for better yields.
Learn how to establish, manage and maintain beehives to foster healthy bees and produce surplus honey to use or sell. Flowering periods for Missouri honey plants are included in this University of Missouri Extension guide.
Discover essential information on soil properties, plant nutrition, and effective nutrient management techniques to enhance your gardening success.
Learn how to establish high-density apple orchards with the vertical axis system, optimizing space and early fruit production.
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