Best Management Practices for Disease Control

Best Management Practices for Disease Control

Developing best management practices for diseases in newly emerging vegetable transplant production systems in California (Main P.I. Dr. Johanna Del Castillo: Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis) Most of the scientific information and...
Zebra Stem Disorder of Tomatoes

Zebra Stem Disorder of Tomatoes

In the last several years, vegetable transplant producers in California as well as all other major processing tomato growing regions in the world have noticed a disorder on processing tomato seedlings consisting of sunken lesions on the stems and leaves.  The...
Transplant Cost Increase as Seed Germination Decreases

Transplant Cost Increase as Seed Germination Decreases

Actual germination may vary from the labelled germination on the seed container due to seed vigor, storage issues and age. As germination decreases, nursery production cost increases exponentially as illustrated in the graph. Low germination and low seed vigor can...