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2026 NC Watermelon Production Meeting

It's not too late to catch up on what you missed at this informative meeting! On February 10th we heard the latest research updates on watermelon disease management and variety performance, geared…

Tomato fruit

57th Annual Winter Vegetable Conference & Trade Show-February 19-20, 2025

This is the largest commercial vegetable grower event in the region with a high quality educational program put together by vegetable extension specialist/agents at NC State University. We hope that…

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Cooling Methods for Broccoli

9/6/2022 - The Eastern Broccoli Project is a multi-state project funded by the USDA-SCRI program. Led by Dr. Thomas Björkman at Cornell University, the project began in 2010 and just ended in August…

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2022 NC State Hemp Field Days Report

8/17/2022 - NC State University held two official field days in 2022 highlighting our hemp research. The first one was the 2022 Fiber Hemp Field Day held on July 19th at the Piedmont Research Station…

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2022 Southeast U.S. Vegetable Handbook

6/14/2022 - Everything you need to grow commercial vegetables, herbs, and hops in the Southeast can be found in this one handbook that vegetable extension specialists from across the Southeast update…

Bacterial spot on tomato fruit

Tomato Disease Diagnostic Video Series

Anyone who grows tomatoes in North Carolina, from homeowners to commercial growers, eventually finds their crop is affected by disease. There are several fungal and bacterial plant pathogens that…

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Pest Management Strategic Plan for Tomato in the Southeast

The 2018 Pest Management Strategic Plan for Tomato in the Southeast is complete! You can access the complete document by using this link or visit the National IPM Center website and search the…

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Brown Marmorated Stink Bug on Tomatoes

This 2012 Focus on Tomato presentationby Dr. Tom Kuhar at Virginia Tech helps consultants, growers, applied researchers and other practitioners better understand and manage the brown marmorated stink…

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North Carolina Greenhouse Vegetable Growers’ Association annual meeting

The North Carolina Greenhouse Vegetable Growers Association's annual meeting is held in Raleigh, NC. This meeting brings together growers from across the Southeast region as well as greenhouse…

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North Carolina Tomato Growers Association

The N.C. Tomato Growers Association (NCTGA) is a group of growers, industry representatives, extension personnel, and university researchers interested in the improvement and promotion of the tomato…