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  1. A Guide to Corn Growth and Development

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0148

    Specialist, Department of Agronomy Iowa State University One of the critical activities in growing a crop is ... accumulation) primarily drive development, and it can be predicted (corn growing degree days, see how it works ... determined by three main components. Each component is determined at different times during the growing ...

  2. Food Preservation: Freezing Fruits

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/HYG-5349

    microorganisms will continue to grow. Freezing also slows chemical changes that affect quality. Natural enzymes ...

  3. Blacklegged (Deer) Tick, Ixodes scapularis

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/ent-0096

    companion animals with pathogens that cause diseases. Preventing tick bites is the best protection from ... tickborne disease (box 1). If you find a tick biting you, remove the tick as soon as possible (box 2), note ... year, depending on temperature. Positive cases of Lyme disease have been reported in Ohio in all 12 ...

  4. Corn Response to Long-Term Weather Stressors

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0150

    the growing season. Studies suggest that solar radiation reductions during corn’s silking and ... accumulation of heat units over time rather than its number of calendar days from planting. The corn growing ... trends for spring and fall frost dates and the growing season length. When the last spring frost occurs ...

  5. Forage Testing for Beef Cattle

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0149

    a lactating cow. Therefore, the best use of this hay is on growing replacement heifers and pregnant and ... day, two months after it has calved. Growing heifer NEG requirements vary based on many factors, the ... that young and rapidly growing calves have a higher requirement, but this need is often met by milk. ...

  6. Annual Bluegrass Weevil

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/ent-0095

    on scouting of ABW stages and densities, growing degree days, and plant phenology (adulticides: ... diseases of insects, respectively), may be used but provide only moderate control levels. These ... responsibility, by law, to read and follow current label instructions for the specific pesticide being used. No ...

  7. Opportunities for Sub-surface Nutrient Placement in Ohio

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/fabe-56401

    a fertilizer band (generally 3–8”) of liquid, dry, or anhydrous, before the growing season and usually involves ...

  8. Drones for Spraying Pesticides—Opportunities and Challenges

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/fabe-540

    detection of insects and diseases Drones successfully and effectively monitor plant growth by collecting and ... past 10 years and is likely to continue growing in the near future. According to a report by Fortune ... Business Insights, “the global agriculture drone market is projected to grow from $4.98 billion in 2023 to ...

  9. Cedar-Apple Rust

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/plpath-tree-10

    symptoms begin as small yellow or orange lesions, which eventually grow larger and turn brown. Fruit ... Ohio State University Cedar-apple rust is a common plant disease caused by the fungal pathogen ... apple, crabapple, eastern redcedar, and other juniper species. Cedar-apple rust is a widespread disease ...

  10. Invasive Species Management: Common and Japanese Barberry

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0106

    acting as an alternative host for the disease, black stem rust, caused by the fungus Puccina graminis. As ... public health threat to humans, companion animals, and livestock. Multiple diseases of consequence such ... as Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and anaplasmosis can be vectored or transmitted by ...

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