Vegetable Chat: Potato Production in the Great Lakes Region February 9, 2026 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Vegetable Chat is a webinar series focusing on vegetable crop production. The series is designed primarily for commercial vegetable growers, though producers of all scales may find the information valuable.[Read More…] Article Categories: Solanaceous Crops Potatoes Article Tags: Education Production Management Webinar
How to Conduct Culinary Quality Evaluations of Vegetable Breeding Lines February 3, 2026 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More If you’ve ever wondered how to systematically evaluate flavor in vegetable breeding lines, here’s an opportunity to learn from the experts. Join eOrganic for a webinar on March 4, 2026,[Read More…] Article Categories: Solanaceous Crops Tomato Article Tags: Plant Breeding Webinar
Buckeye Rot of Tomato August 8, 2025 - From Issue: 759 By: John Bonkowski Read More Over the last few weeks, we have received multiple tomato samples at the Purdue Plant and Pest Diagnostic Lab with buckeye rot of the fruit. This is likely due to[Read More…] Article Categories: Solanaceous Crops Tomato Article Tags: Disease Watch
Insect Spotlight: Tomato Pinworm July 25, 2025 - From Issue: 758 By: Sydney Territo and Laura Ingwell Read More If you are a high tunnel tomato grower, you may have encountered small, blotchy leaf mines (Figure 1) or tiny brown mottled moths (Figure 2) on your plants in the[Read More…] Article Categories: Solanaceous Crops Tomato Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
What Caused the Cracking of Tomatoes and Melons? July 25, 2025 - From Issue: 758 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Fruit cracking is one of the most commonly observed disorders affecting many fruit crops. Cracking can occur in different forms, such as radial splits extending from the stem end, splits[Read More…] Article Categories: Solanaceous Crops Tomato Article Tags: Production Management
Insect Spotlight: Thrips May 16, 2025 - From Issue: 753 By: Leslie Alejandra Aviles Lopez and Laura Ingwell Read More Thrips are soft-bodied insects belonging to the order Thysanoptera. They are tiny, slender, and characterized by their fringed wings (Figure 1). While many thrips species are considered agricultural pests, some[Read More…] Article Categories: Solanaceous Crops Tomato Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management Thrips
Temperature Effects on Potassium Uptake: Managing Heat Stress for Better Tomato Quality May 16, 2025 - From Issue: 753 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More For tomato growers, managing potassium (K) nutrition is critical for both yield and fruit quality. While most producers understand K’s importance, many don’t realize how significantly temperature influences a plant’s[Read More…] Article Categories: Solanaceous Crops Tomato Article Tags: Plant Nutrition Potassium
Annual Call for Insect Trappers May 2, 2025 - From Issue: 752 By: Laura Ingwell Read More I monitor three different insect pests with pheromone traps to help make informed decisions about when to spray insecticides or take other actions for management. Trap data can be found[Read More…] Article Categories: Corn Squash Tomato Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
Tomato Grafting Resources March 14, 2025 - From Issue: 749 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Many growers have heard about or tried tomato grafting at some point. Some have found that grafted plants make a noticeable difference in plant vigor and yield, and have adopted[Read More…] Article Categories: Solanaceous Crops Tomato Article Tags: Vegetable Grafting
Considerations for Choosing Tomato Cultivars March 12, 2025 - From Issue: 749 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Selecting tomato cultivars can be both exciting and challenging, simply because there are so many options to choose from. Some growers settle on a few favorite cultivars and focus on[Read More…] Article Categories: Solanaceous Crops Tomato Article Tags: High Tunnels Production Management
