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Sulfur Deficiency in Sweet Corn and Watermelons

July 19, 2019Emmalea Garver Ernest

Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu In the last few weeks several sweet corn fields as well as some watermelon and even a few tomato fields have been found with sulfur deficiencies (Figs. 1 and 2). In… Continue Reading →

Vegetable Crops 27:17, nutrient deficiency, sulfur, sweet corn, watermelon

Guess the Pest! Week 9 Answer: Sulfur Deficiency

June 13, 2019Emmalea Garver Ernest

David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu and Jarrod O. Miller, Extension Agronomist, jarrod@udel.edu Congratulations to Ben Coverdale for correctly answering sulfur deficiency on corn. Ben is going to be the proud new owner of a sweep net, to which all sorts… Continue Reading →

Agronomic Crops, Vegetable Crops 27:11, Guess the Pest!, nutrient deficiency, sulfur

Magnesium Deficiencies in Vegetables Revisited

May 10, 2019cmanneri

Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu We have seen several cases of magnesium deficiency in vegetables already in 2019. Magnesium (Mg) is considered a secondary macro-element and is essential for plant growth. It is a component of chlorophyll,… Continue Reading →

Vegetable Crops 27:7, magnesium, nutrient deficiency, vegetable crop nutrients

Low pH and Nutrient Deficiencies in Vegetables

May 10, 2019cmanneri

Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu As soil pH drops, availability of magnesium and calcium declines while manganese availability increases, often to toxic levels. Below pH of 5.2, the chemistry of the soil changes and aluminum is released… Continue Reading →

Vegetable Crops 27:7, nutrient deficiency, pH, vegetable crop nutrients

Sulfur Deficiency in Sweet Corn

August 17, 2018Emmalea Garver Ernest

Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu For the last couple of years, I have talked about and conducted research on sulfur (S) deficiencies in watermelon. At several meetings I was asked if the deficiency also appears in… Continue Reading →

Vegetable Crops 26:21, nutrient deficiency, sulfur, sweet corn

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