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  1. Plant-Associated Bacteria Can Improve Crop Health in Acidic Soils

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/plant-associated-bacteria-can-improve-crop-health-acidic-soils

    June 4, 2009 WOOSTER, Ohio-- Common plant-associated bacteria, best known to suppress soil ... -borne root diseases, now have been found to boost corn yields in low-pH soils. The discovery made by Ohio ... State University plant pathologists is the first-known documentation of a root-colonizing bacterium ...

  2. SCN Management Begins with Fall Sampling

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/scn-management-begins-fall-sampling

    October 18, 2007 WOOSTER, Ohio-- Fall is here and the time is near to soil sample for soybean cyst ... levels through soil sampling. "To effectively manage SCN, you need to know which fields have ... there, unless they sample for it." Mills said soil sampling is inexpensive quick and easy, and is an ...

  3. Major White Mold Outbreak in Ohio Soybeans

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/major-white-mold-outbreak-ohio-soybeans

    soil. Deep plowing can prevent fungal germination. However, practice no-till or other conventional ... tillage practices thereafter to prevent Sclerotinia from rising to the soil surface and germinating. For ... "Sclerotinia Stem Rot (White Mold) of Soybean" at http://ohioline.osu.edu/ac-fact/pdf/AC_45_08.pdf, or log ...

  4. Compost Helps Control Turfgrass Fungus

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/compost-helps-control-turfgrass-fungus

    April 2, 2002 COLUMBUS, Ohio-- Incorporating compost into soils when lawns are seeded reduces the ... turfgrass was seeded into soils with at least a one inch layer of composted sewage sludge. The study is the ... first of its kind to document the suppression of a foliar turf disease through the incorporation of ...

  5. Dry Weather Curse and Blessing for Ohio's Corn

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/dry-weather-curse-and-blessing-ohios-corn

    agricultural economist, said that the dry soils from lack of rainfall throughout much of the state may cause ... benefiting the crop as the season develops. "One of the issues of corn development in dry soils is ... of the competition between plants." Thomison said that dry soils are also increasing problems ...

  6. Study Sheds More Light on Managing Soybean Cyst Nematode

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/study-sheds-more-light-managing-soybean-cyst-nematode

    SCN populations in the soil and manage the pest through effective use of resistant soybean ... 200- to 250-foot strips and a soil sample was taken every 25 feet of each strip-- 10 samples total. The ... detected and the next plot over contained 750 eggs per cup of soil," said Dorrance. • When SCN ...

  7. Soybean Planting, Like Corn, is Behind Schedule

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/soybean-planting-corn-behind-schedule

    cool soil conditions. But growers still have plenty of time to get the crop in the ground. ... cooperates." Even for crops that have been planted to date, cooler-than-normal soil temperatures are hampering ... germination. "The soil temperature determines how fast things grow through mid-June," said Beuerlein. ...

  8. Carbon Storage in No-Till Varies with Soil Type/Depth

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/carbon-storage-no-till-varies-soil-typedepth

    production system for sequestering carbon-- the process of storing carbon in plants and the soil so that the ... on soil type and soil depth, Ohio State University soil scientists have discovered. Humberto Blanco, ... a research scientist with the School of Environment and Natural Resources, said that it is well-documented ...

  9. Family Fundamentals: Parents: Watch for signs of online bullying (for September 2008)

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/family-fundamentals-parents-watch-signs-online-bullying-september-2008

    when their children experience cyberbullying. According the Family Resources Web site of symantec.com, ... offers guidance on its Web site, www.stopcyberbullying.org. It suggests: Encourage your child not to ... age of 13 are protected by the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, which requires that Web ...

  10. Chow Line: Team up water with healthy diet, activity (for 4/19/09)

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/chow-line-team-water-healthy-diet-activity-41909-1

    Web site from its Food and Nutrition Service (go to http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/ and click on ... "Eat Smart. Play Hard" on the bottom left, and then click "Web Site for Parents"). The ... web site offers specific suggestions on planning meals, incorporating plenty of vegetables, fruit, ...

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