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  1. Corn Response to Long-Term Weather Stressors

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

    drought events has been associated with climate change. Drought conditions are predicted to become more ... leave dust deposits on plant tissue. Yield reductions from these events can come from losses of leaf ... early, it calculates the time needed for the soil to warm so crop planting can proceed with a lower risk ...

  2. A Guide to Corn Growth and Development

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

    a better measure than growth. A plant with determinate growth has vegetative structures (e.g., leaves and ... to emergence are observed. Vegetative Stage (V1) Plants with the first collared leaf are defined as ... Plants with their first two collared leaves are defined as V2 (Figure 4). Leaf initiation continues, and ...

  3. Food Preservation: Freezing Fruits

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

    light-colored fruits with ascorbic acid to prevent enzymatic browning. Selecting and Washing Fruits Fully ripe ... be in contact with foods) moisture- and vapor-resistant durable and leak-proof resistant to oil, ... include rigid plastic containers with straight sides made for freezing, glass jars and lids made for ...

  4. 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 ... Larvae are most active in the summer and fall, nymphs are primarily active in the spring and summer, and ... adults are active in the spring and fall. One or more life stages may be active during every month of the ...

  5. Forage Testing for Beef Cattle

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

    Extension Forage quality changes with maturity and storage. A forage test can provide useful information ... office may have a forage sampling probe. This device consists of a long tube with a cutting edge on one ... to be identified with its forage test. When sampling forages, one cannot overstress the importance of ...

  6. Ripe Rot of Grape

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/plpath-fru-0052

    Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University, Wooster Ripe rot is a late-season ... rot, they become covered with black spots (fungal fruiting bodies or acervuli). During wet weather, the ... berries become covered with salmon-colored spore (conidia) masses (Figure 1B and 1C). Symptoms on ...

  7. Annual Bluegrass Weevil

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

    individual plants. Also, it is recommended to use plant phenology together with degree-day models and pest ... (< 5 millimeters) in length, with antennae near the end of their snout (Figure 1). Newly emerged ... before pupation. Larvae are legless and cream-colored with an orange-brown head capsule that increases in ...

  8. Opportunities for Sub-surface Nutrient Placement in Ohio

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

    fertilizer placement capabilities. However, when considering strip-till with fertilizer banding, one needs to ... operation. Subsurface fertilizer placement uses strip tillage (i.e. strip-till) to perform the operation with ... while leaving the soil between these strips undisturbed. When the strip-till unit is equipped with ...

  9. Raw Oat Safety

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/fcs-1006

    plant (Avena sativa) is harvested annually in the spring and then processed to produce the types of oat ... with minimal risk to the consumer. Steel cut oats and oat groats are not subject to the additional heat ... to desired consistency and top with fruit, nuts, or other mix-ins. Note: This recipe is customizable ...

  10. Herbicide Injury and the Problem of Spray Drift

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0137

    growing points of plants, and injure root systems. Glyphosate is applied, usually in combination with ... move systemically throughout the plant, long-term effects from a drift event are unlikely. Each is ... simple guidelines: Review and familiarize yourself with the principles, general practices, and programs ...

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