Ag Events

2011 Ag Events

WMREC Fruit,Vegetable & Field Crop

Twilight Meeting
Thursday, September 22, 2011
5:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Western Maryland Research & Education Center
18330 Keedysville Road, Keedysville, MD 21756

This educational meeting is intended to provide producers the opportunity to get a firsthand look at several of the ongoing projects at the University of Maryland’s research facility near Keedysville, MD

Highlights include:

· Updates from University of Maryland Extension specialists and USDA researchers - Bryan Butler, Galen Dively, Kate Everts, and Starker Wright

· The latest on the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug affecting:

Vegetables, Fruit and Field Crops

· Update on disease control in vegetable crops

· Tour of ongoing projects including:

-Maryland pumpkin trials with 20 varieties

-New NC 140 cg rootstock Trial planting with Cripp’s Pink and Brookfield Gala on G.202 rootstock budded directly from tissue culture, G.202, G.935, and G.41 rootstocks all budded from stool bed plants

-Apple seedling evaluations

-Bt sweet corn varieties

-Mobile high tunnel with strawberry, tomato, and raspberry production

All events are free but please call to register so we can be adequately prepared to make this learning experience a pleasant one.

Register today by calling (301) 791-1304.

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