Fresh market tomato production is a $5 billion a year industry. Tomatoes are a warm season vegetable crop with large acreages grown in warm climates such as Florida and California. Tomatoes are also grown in numerous northern states earning premium prices for early production in cooler climates. Tomato production often employs plasticulture, such as the use of plastic mulches, for earliness and...

Because of climatic constraints, agriculture in temperate areas of India is mostly limited to a single grain crop. During winters vegetable or oilseed crops may be cultivated at the lower altitudes but the higher altitudes remain barren due to snow cover. Horticulture, another important pursuit of farmers is again limited to summers. In order to supplement their income, the farmers in these are...

Amaranth (Amaranthus spp.) is an underutilized crop increasing in popularity as a grain and leafy vegetable. It rich protein, minerals, vitamins, adapts well to range of production systems. Currently, the lack improved cultivars limits use crop. Breeding-improved requires access large collections amaranth biodiversity stored genebanks. The task searching such vast for traits interest can be eas...

To better understand cover crop benefits and receive nitrogen scavenging credits for cropping, farmers need simple robust methods of predicting biomass production. A new regulation focused on improving management over 200,000 ha irrigated land in the central coast California motivated us to evaluate if shoot length rye (Secale cereale L., ‘Merced’) triticale (× Triticosecale Wittmack, ‘Pacheco’...

Fungal contamination in vegetable crop seeds poses a significant threat to agricultural productivity and food security. This manuscript investigates the presence of fungi main explores their fungal biological characteristics. The study employed comprehensive approach involving sample collection, isolation, morphological identification, molecular characterization. research collected diverse rang...