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Midwest Vegetable Guide Update
GPGC- January 9, 2015
James Quinn
Regional Horticulture Specialist- MU Extension
Cole County Extension Center
2436 Tanner Bridge Rd Jefferson City 65101
573-634-2824 [email protected]
The ‘Big’ Picture
• Michigan State University joined
with the guide this year-- 2017
• I reviewed changes two years ago
(2015), which included numerous
changes with the joining of Ohio
State University in 2013
• I’ll review changes in 2016
(somewhat less).
• And those for 2017.
ReminderThe guide is free on the internet
Can download the entire guide
Or (faster) go to each section
All are as PDFs
Changes in 2016
Postharvest handling and
storage table revised
Soils and Fertility section
gives examples of cover
crop sequences
Changes in 2016
• Endosulfan totally removed
• Fungicides
– Aprovia Top added to cucurbits
and fruiting vegetables
– Ditto on Orodonis Ultra*
– Ditto on Zing (+ potato chapter)*
• Insecticides
– Verimark, Sivanto & Closer
added to several crops
Chemical additions and
removals were
relatively few.
The highlights were:
* New modes of action
SilvantoCould be of interest.
Safer for honeybees
Whitefly & aphids
Midwest Vegetable Production Guide 2017
New!!
• Celery chapter added
• Section on Diagnostic
Labs
• Organic section includes
regional certifiers
• Updated soil fertility &
nutrition section
• Has section of plant
tissue analysis
• Micronutrient section
expanded
• Fertilizer section
expanded
• New table for banding
fertilizer on beds
Midwest Vegetable Production Guide 2015
What’s new for this edition
Chemicals• Herbicides
– Additions to asparagus:
• Spartan & Spur
– Fruiting vegetables
• Now includes Devrinol 50DF-XT
– Cole crops and Fruiting veggies
• Prowl H2O
• And Stinger
• Insecticides
– Sivanto use expanded in
Cucurbits, potatoes &
legumes
– Venom for Cucurbits
– Belay for Cole crops &
potatoes
Midwest Vegetable Production Guide 2017What’s new for this edition
• Disease:– Disease chapter has been
updated
– Orondis products (Ulta, Opti and
Gold) updated for Cucurbits and
Fruiting veggies
– Luna products Experience and
Sensation are now for all
Cucurbits
– Powdery mildew section for
tomatoes has several updates
Questions and Thank You!By James Quinn
Regional Horticulture Specialist
East Central Region- Jefferson
City, MO
573-634-2824;
