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  1. Graduate Research Associate Job Posting

    https://fabe.osu.edu/news/graduate-research-associate-job-posting

    Graduate Research Associate  in Greenhouse Pesticide Spray Application Technology- click here for more information ...

  2. Soybean Germplasm Lines Show Resistance to Insect Defoliation

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/soybean-germplasm-lines-show-resistance-insect-defoliation

    on the resistant lines," said Hammond, adding that the reduction in feeding may be due to ... insects, such as caterpillars and the Mexican bean beetle, whose larvae develop and feed on plant leaves. ... Bean leaf beetle and western corn rootworm larvae develop in the soil and feed on the plant roots. It ...

  3. Ohio Farmers Making the Switch to Transgenic Corn

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/ohio-farmers-making-switch-transgenic-corn

    pressure from rootworm we have seen in 10 years, both from root injury and from adults feeding on the ... got adults feeding on the silks." Apart from using insecticides and seed treatments to control ... so a lot of growers see the benefit of spending a few more dollars on transgenic hybrids than to buy ...

  4. Cheese May Help Struggling Dairies. OSU Extension Cheese-Making Workshop is Back

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/cheese-may-help-struggling-dairies-osu-extension-cheese-making-workshop-back

    workshop is back. "Hands-On Basic Cheese Making – Enhancing Dairy Profitability with Cheese" will ... for establishing a cheese-making business. "The heart of the workshop is the hands-on opportunity ... creamery tour will be held on the Tuesday evening of the workshop. Overnight accommodations are also ...

  5. Soybean Rust Confirmed in Southern U.S., But Little Threat to Ohio Crop

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/soybean-rust-confirmed-southern-us-little-threat-ohio-crop

    June 17, 2010 WOOSTER, Ohio – Soybean rust has been reported on soybeans in the southern United ... about the disease this growing season. "The first find of soybean rust was reported in Texas on ... June 10, on the border with Mexico. Current predictions for other southern states is that they ...

  6. Plant Leaf Surface Impacts Effectiveness of Pesticide Applications

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/plant-leaf-surface-impacts-effectiveness-pesticide-applications

    agriculture, those who think that pesticide applications work the same on all target surfaces, think again. ... droplets hit the target, remain on the target and the pesticide active ingredients in droplets are taken up ... impact of liquid pesticide applications on waxy and hairy geranium leaves and found that hairy leaves ...

  7. OSU Extension Master Gardeners Sponsoring Free Presentation on Ash Seed Collection and Preservation

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/osu-extension-master-gardeners-sponsoring-free-presentation-ash-seed-collection-and

    on how this process works and how the public can participate. The presentation, "National Ash ... Seed Collection Initiative," will be held on August 4 beginning at 7:30 p.m. in 103 Kottman Hall ... on Ohio State University's College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences campus in ...

  8. Wet Fall and Warm Winter Leave Abundance of Manure Farmers Can Use as Crop Nutrient

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/wet-fall-and-warm-winter-leave-abundance-manure-farmers-can-use-crop-nutrient

    fertilizer on wheat and corn crops, a practice that can also protect the environment. Saturated fields have ... operations.” Arnold, whose field research includes the use of livestock manure on growing crops such as corn ... find that they can apply manure to growing crops, they’ll save on commercial fertilizers,” he said. ...

  9. New Pest Found in Ohio Soybeans

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/new-pest-found-ohio-soybeans

    year. The mealybug is a tiny insect found on a number of plant species including soybeans. The ... discovered when OSU Extension specialists found egg masses on the roots of soybean plants exhibiting the ... a cause and effect relationship (does the mealybug feeding on the roots cause the symptoms) or even if ...

  10. No Economic Damage on Ohio Corn Despite Increasing Numbers of Western Bean Cutworm

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/no-economic-damage-ohio-corn-despite-increasing-numbers-western-bean-cutworm

    recorded.   "The large increase of adult moths caught and the presence of the pest on infested corn ... larvae mainly feed on the corn ears, nibbling on the tips and boring into the middle of the ear, ... flight around mid-July. The adult moths lay eggs on corn plants with the larvae hatching out in ...

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