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Virginia Vegetable Specialist Team

ID

SPES-480NP

Authors as Published

Mark Reiter, Professor and Soils & Nutrient Extension Specialist, Eastern Shore AREC, Virginia Tech; Tom Kuhar, Professor and Extension Entomology Specialist, Entomology Department, Virginia Tech; Lorena Lopez, Postdoctoral Associate in Entomology/Acarology, Eastern Shore Agriculture Research and Extension Center (AREC), Virginia Tech, Chris Mullins, Horticulture Specialist, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Virginia State University; Theresa Nartea, Associate Professor and Marketing & Agribusiness Extension Specialist; Agriculture & Natural Resources, Virginia State University; Steve Rideout, Professor and Plant Pathology Extension Specialist, School of Plant and Environmental Sciences (SPES), Virginia Tech; Vijay Singh, Assistant Professor and Weed Science Extension Specialist, Eastern Shore AREC, Virginia Tech; Kaylee South, Assistant Professor and Controlled Environment Agriculture Extension Specialist, SPES, Virginia Tech; Laura Strawn, Associate Professor and Food Safety Extension Specialist, Department of Food Science and Technology, Virginia Tech; Emmanuel Torres Quezada, Assistant Professor and Horticulture Extension Specialist, Eastern Shore AREC, Virginia Tech; Amber Vallotton, Fresh Produce Safety Extension Specialist, SPES, Virginia Tech; Leonard Githinji, Associate Professor and Sustainable Urban Agriculture Extension Specialist, Sustainable & Urban Agriculture, Virginia State University; Doug Higgins, Assistant Professor and Plant Pathology Extension Specialist, Eastern Shore AREC, Virginia Tech; Yuan Zeng, Assistant Professor and Plant Pathology Extension Specialist, Southern Piedmont AREC, Virginia Tech; Arash Rashed, Associate Professor and Entomology Extension Specialist, Southern Piedmont AREC, Virginia Tech; Zelalem Mersha, Plant Pathology Extension Specialist, Plant and Soil Science, Virginia State University; and Sanjun Gu, Associate Professor and Horticulture Extension Specialist, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Virginia State University

Introduction

Specialists on the Virginia Vegetable Team are committed to assisting growers, regardless of business size, with obtaining the freshest, highest quality, and most efficiently produced vegetables with the idea of safety and economic viability in mind. Please reach out to your local Cooperative Extension agent and/or vegetable team specialist to answer any vegetable related questions important to Virginia growers. Please click on the specialist’s name to be directed to their university’s webpage. The team routinely conducts applied research, presents information to growers and industry, publishes farmer friendly fact sheets, and works towards training Agriculture and Natural Resource (ANR) Extension agents and governmental employees through in-service trainings to ensure information is disseminated to the masses. A few comprehensive vegetable production guides that might be of interest include:

References

Kemble, J.M., T.P. Kuhar, L. Lopez, L. Strawn, E.T. Quezada, M.S. Reiter, D. Langston, and S.L. Rideout. 2023. “2023 Southeastern U.S. Vegetable Crop Handbook.” Southeastern Vegetable Extension Working Group. Available at: https://vegetablegrowersnews.com/2023-southeast-vegetable-crop-handbook/?oly_enc_id=1683J5226656A4V.

Wyenandt, C.A., M.S. Reiter, E.T. Quezada, J.B. Samtani, V. Singh, H. Doughty, T.P. Kuhar, K.L. Sutton, J.M. Wilson, D.B. Langston, S.L. Rideout, J. Parkhurst, and L.K. Strawn. 2022-2023 Mid-Atlantic Commercial Vegetable Recommendations.” Public. SPES-391P. Virginia Cooperative Extension, Blacksburg. Available at: https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/content/dam/pubs_ext_vt_edu/456/456-420/SPES-391.pdf.

Drawn image of vegetables including corn, carrots, tomatoes, eggplants, mushrooms, broccoli, and pumpkins.

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Publication Date

March 31, 2023