Wednesday, August 3, 2011 5:00-7:00 p.m.
UD Carvel Research and Education Center
16483 County Seat Highway
Georgetown, DE
The University of Delaware will be hosting a watermelon twilight meeting and tour on Wednesday, August 3. Featured will be research on pollenizers for seedless production, hollow heart causes and hollow heart reduction, enhanced fruit set, growth regulators for watermelons, bacterial inoculants, bumblebees for watermelon pollination, disease management, insect control, and herbicides for under plastic and row middles. Researchers will be on hand to discuss their work and present current results. There will be a short walking tour.
Light refreshments will be provided