Podcast Iowa State University
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Welcome to The Current Cucurbit podcast series. In this podcast series, we dive into the world of organic IPM for cucurbit crops, focusing on the experience of our interdisciplinary research project. We will expand your knowledge regarding the use of the mesotunnel production system as an IPM tool for cucurbit crops, the capabilities of living mulches for organic weeds control, our efforts in the lab testing biocontrol agents for the main diseases that attack cucurbit crops, and more!If you have any comments or suggestions, please reach out to Dr. Mark Gleason (mgleason@iastate.edu) or Jose Gonzalez (jgonzal@iastate.edu).
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Buy bees for mesotunnels?
Two entomologists from University of Kentucky share ideas about the potential value and pitfalls of this strategy.
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What do growers think about mesotunnels?
In the fall of 2021, nine growers from IA, KY, and NY were interviewed to collect their thoughts regarding the use of mesotunnels as an IPM tool for cucurbit crops. Dr. Heather Dantkzer and Kaitlin Diggins wrap up the most interesting findings of these interviews.
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Trialing mesotunnels at Cornell University
Sean Murphy and Kellie Damann, research technicians with the Pehtybridge Lab at Cornell University, reflect on their experiences doing research with mesotunnels for cucurbit crops in New York. For more information visit Dr. Pethybridge's (EVADE) lab website: https://evade.pppmb.cals.cornell.edu/
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Multi-crop use of mesotunnels
Dr. Ajay Nair, a professor of horticulture at Iowa State University, delves into the potential uses of mesotunnel row covers for non-cucurbit crops.For more information visit Dr. Nair's website: https://www.hort.iastate.edu/directory/ajay-nair/
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Phages!
Dr. Gwyn Beattie, a faculty member at ISU's PLPM Department, walks us through the science behind working with bacteriophages (or phages for short) as potential biocontrol agents and their implications for IPM.
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What is teff and why organic growers should care?
Dr. Mark Williams, a horticulturist at the University of Kentucky, discusses the potential for using teff as a living mulch for organic control of weeds under mesotunnels.