The Rutgers Agricultural Research & Extension Center will host a vegetable twilight meeting and research tour on August 22 in Bridgeton. The program will feature:
- Taste the new fresh market tomato breeding lines – Tom Orton, PhD, Specialist in Vegetables
- Evaluation of Bell pepper varieties and breeding lines for Bacterial Leaf Spot and Phytophthora Blight Management – Wes Kline, PhD, County Agricultural Agent
- Cover crop in watermelon, weed trials in cantaloupe, summer squash and cucumber – Thierry Besancon, PhD, Extension Weed Specialist for Specialty Crops
- Basil downy mildew fungicide control trial – Andy Wyenandt, PhD, Specialist in Vegetable Pathology
- Basil downy mildew variety trial featuring new Rutgers bred Varieties Devotion DMR, Obsession DMR, and Thunderstruck DMR – Andy Wyenandt, PhD, Specialist in Vegetable Pathology
- Basil trial featuring an organic and conventional basil downy mildew control program with new Rutgers DMR lines vs downy mildew susceptible lines. – AJ Noto, Graduate Student, Department of Plant Biology
- Basil downy mildew breeding and chilling tolerance trial update – Robert Mattera, Graduate Student, Department of Plant Biology
- Sweet Corn demonstrating the differences/effectiveness of Non-Bt, Providence Bt, and Attribute II Bt varieties for resistance to Corn Earn Worm and Fall Army Worm – Joe Ingerson-Mahar, PhD, Vegetable IPM Coordinator
- Evaluation of Yacon as a Potential New Specialty Crop for New Jersey Farmers – Rick VanVranken, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Atlantic County and Peter Nitzsche, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Morris County
- Fresh market tomato breeding lines and tomato tasting – Tom Orton, PhD, Specialist in Vegetables