1. 1975-01-01 A complete book on tomatoes for the new gardener and a valuable reference tool for the experienced home vegetable grower. Here is all you need to know about: The right soil for tomatoes Starting seedlings Planting facts and garden care Protecting plants in early spring and late fall Staking and...
  2. 1982-01-05 The Storage and Handling of Onions provides information on harvesting, field handling, drying, storage, cultivars, sprout suppression, packing and diseases of onions. Produced by the Tropical Products Institute, a British Government organisation.
  3. Access Agriculture Training Video Crop rotation, and the use of gypsum, herbal mixtures or beneficial fungi like Trichoderma can control root and stem rot diseases. Available languages Arabic Bambara Bangla Burmese English Ewe French Kabyé Kiswahili Moba Mooré Spanish Tamil Telugu
  4. Access Agriculture Training Video Ticks are small creatures like insects that attach to the body of animals to suck their blood. Ticks cause diseases like skin lesions. The animals will become skinny and no longer produce milk. Available languages Arabic Ateso Bangla Chitonga / Tonga English...
  5. 2010-02-02 Featuring the most up-to-date science-based recommendations for keeping plants healthy and productive,The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Pest and Disease Controlincludes hundreds of organic techniques and products for dealing with garden problems. You'll learn how to decide whether you...
  6. 2014-10-28 The Great Lakes region is a major production area of banana (Musa ssp.), with higher per capita consumption levels than anywhere else in the world, The region is home to the East African highland bananas (EAHB), which are an important food and cash crop for more than 30 million people in the...
  7. 2018-02-06 Speaker Bio: Patrick is originally from Louisiana, but spent most of his growing-up years overseas. He lived in Rwanda, Mauritius, and Botswana before returning to the U.S. to begin university. After completing his undergraduate degree, he returned to Virginia Tech to complete a Master’s degree...
  8. 2018-07-18 “Save the Guacamole!” is the battle cry of a Florida campaign to fight the fungal disease killing avocado (Persea americana) trees throughout Florida. Laurel wilt disease is caused by the fungus Raffaelea lauricola and spread by the redbay ambrosia beetle (Xyleborus glabratus) (Figure 6). The...