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Tri-State High Tunnel School Webinar Series

February 9, 2026 - From Issues: 765 / 766

A student is pruning and trellising tomatoes in a high tunnel at the Purdue Student Farm (Photo by Chris Adair).

This Tri-state high tunnel school webinar series is organized by Extension educators and specialists from three states: Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana. Different topics are designed for Beginner, Intermediate, and advanced [Read More…]

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Want Fewer Spider Mites? Ease Up on the Beetle Spraying!

February 20, 2025 - From Issue: 748

By: Zeus Mateos and Ian Kaplan

Figure 3C. natural enemies, including a spider (top left), a ladybug (bottom left) and a lacewing larva feeding on an aphid (right) (Photo by Zeus Mateos).

Growing watermelons in Indiana isn’t always easy if you have cucumber beetles and spider mites. These pests are some of the most damaging to Midwest cucurbits and are commonly managed [Read More…]

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Cucurbits
- Watermelon

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Selecting Your Ideal Cucumber Cultivar for High Tunnel Production

April 17, 2024 - From Issue: 734

By: Leslie Alejandra Aviles Lopez and Laura Ingwell

Over the past two years, we’ve been testing various cucumber cultivars to see which ones are most vulnerable to pests in high tunnel systems. We split the cucumbers into two [Read More…]

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Cucurbits
- Cucumbers

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Winter Weeds as Refuge for Pest and Beneficial Invertebrates

April 17, 2024 - From Issue: 734

By: Samantha Willden and Laura Ingwell

Figure 1. The quadrat used to estimate weed pressure at 14 high tunnel farms in Indiana (farms are indicated by the black dot on the map) (Photo by S. Willden).

Background High tunnels provide a hospitable environment for crops and insect pests, but little is known about the weed community present within them. From 1 December 2022 to 17 March [Read More…]

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Vegetable Crops – General

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Plant Parasitic Nematodes Survey in Indiana

July 13, 2023 - From Issue: 723

By: Wenjing Guan and Lei Zhang

Root-knot nematodes cause severe damage in vegetable production. Its infection results in root swellings called galls that interrupt plant water and nutrient uptake (Figure 1). Aboveground, plants show symptoms that [Read More…]

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Managing Pests that Thrive in Hot and Dry Conditions

July 13, 2023 - From Issue: 723

By: Laura Ingwell

This season started out dry and hot. These are the ideal conditions for pests that we often associate with controlled environments: aphids and mites. There are a number of factors [Read More…]

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Japanese Beetles are Here, and Hungry!

June 29, 2023 - From Issue: 722

By: Laura Ingwell

Last week I encountered my first adult Japanese Beetle of the 2023 season. It was at my home, and I was keeping my fingers crossed that it was just an [Read More…]

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Corn Earworm in Early Plantings

June 29, 2023 - From Issue: 722

By: Laura Ingwell

This has been a tough, dry year for all of us. I know my early planting of sweet corn at the research farm, seeded on April 27, has been slow [Read More…]

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Corn
- Sweet Corn

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eOrganic Webinars on Predatory Mites and Whitefly

May 16, 2023 - From Issue: 719

By: Laura Ingwell

Join eOrganic for 4 webinars on the findings of the biocontrol project in April and May 2023! Register at the links below for the May 18 and May 24 webinars![Read More…]

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Cut Seedlings and the Potential Culprits

May 2, 2023 - From Issue: 718

By: Laura Ingwell

Each year we get several reports of seedlings being cut at or near the base of the plant/soil surface. The critter who gets the blame most often is cutworms. And [Read More…]

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Pests and Pest Management - General
References, associations, organizations, periodicals, pesticides, pesticide safety, pest laws and regulations

Tri-State High Tunnel School Webinar Series

Want Fewer Spider Mites? Ease Up on the Beetle Spraying!

Selecting Your Ideal Cucumber Cultivar for High Tunnel Production

Winter Weeds as Refuge for Pest and Beneficial Invertebrates

Plant Parasitic Nematodes Survey in Indiana

Managing Pests that Thrive in Hot and Dry Conditions

Japanese Beetles are Here, and Hungry!

Corn Earworm in Early Plantings

eOrganic Webinars on Predatory Mites and Whitefly

Cut Seedlings and the Potential Culprits

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