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Making Melons Safer with Steam

Steam can more effectively combat food pathogens on cantaloupes than traditional removal methods. That’s the finding of an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist in Pennsylvania. Dike Ukuku and his colleagues have demonstrated that a relatively inexpensive steam cleaner (designed to remove wallpaper and clean outdoor grills) can rid cantaloupes of common pathogens more effectively than existing techniques.

Biopesticides for Strawberry Plasticulture in High Tunnels

Education / Horticulture Program Manager Karlee Pruitt’s master’s thesis project tested biopesticides in high-tunnel plasticulture strawberries.

Fall Cover Crops Are In!

This week we planted cool-season cover crops on the Cannon Horticulture Plots: a mixture of grain rye, hairy vetch and Alsike clover. For a wealth…