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Homepage for Cornell University. This is the gateway to an extensive resource backup for the commercial vegetable grower.
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Cornell Vegetables, Cornell University  Resources for commercial growers New! 2004 NYS Sweet Potato Cultivar Trial from the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York Research Reports Vegetable varieties, cultural practices, and more Production guidelines Cornell recommendations The Vegetable Team People who can...
http://www.hort.cornell.edu/exte...commercial/vegetables/index.html

Photos and descriptions of vegetables, fruits and spices used in Filipino cuisine.
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Common Philippine Vegetables, Fruits and Spices  These vegetables are now starting to appear in regular supermarkets/groceries especially in bigger cities. You'll be surprised. Of course you can find them regularly in Asian groceries. Note on most of the pictures: the vegetables were scanned directly on the...
http://www.tribo.org/vegetables/sampler.html

Information on the cultivation, production and harvesting of vegetables in California for farmers and home gardeners. Biotechnology, composting, fertilizers, irrigation and postharvest techniques also included.
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UC Vegetable Research Information Center  Development funding from the University of California and USDA, CSREES. Webmaster: Kitty Schlosser; Website development by Wayne Schrader Please e-mail your comments to: vric@ucdavis.edu....
http://vric.ucdavis.edu/

The Southwest Florida Research and Education Center provides Florida with research and extension information, specifically in the areas of vegetable transplant production and stand establishment. Crop budgets and cover crops also included.
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Vegetable Horticulture Program  Program provides statewide leadership in both research and extension, specifically in the areas of vegetable transplant production and stand establishment. The program emphasizes practices that are designed to reduce early crop losses and increase cropping efficiencies. In addition, the overall...
http://www.imok.ufl.edu/veghort/index.htm

History, nutrition, cultivation, recipes, trivia and interesting facts of this important vegetable.
http://website.lineone.net/~stolarczyk

Experimental Station which has launched a Vegetable Initiative whose goal is to assist and encourage vegetable producers in Tennessee.
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Vegetable Initiative Research  Initiative whose goal is to assist and encourage current and potential vegetable producers in Tennessee. To attain that goal extensive vegetable research is being undertaken for a variety of vegetables that may potentially be grown in the state to include...
http://bioengr.ag.utk.edu/Extension/ExtProg/Vegetable/

Information on the commercial production of garlic, sweet corn, yellow storage onions and carrots.
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Vegetable Crop Management  Copyright 1999 Regents of the University of Minnesota. All rights reserved. Farm Page Gardening and Commercial Horticulture Page University of Minnesota Extension Service Home Page...
http://www.extension.umn.edu/spe...tions/horticulture/Vegecrop.html

Includes notes on the Center's research programs and variety trial information on tomatoes, peppers, cabbage, watermelon and gourds. Gourd photo gallery also included.
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Vegetable Lab  Bradenton  Magazine for their continued support of the Florida Tomato Institute. You are Visitor No This site is maintained by C. Cooley Last updated: 10/18/2005 E-Mail Us! The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences is an Equal Employment Opportunity Affirmative Action...
http://gcrec.ifas.ufl.edu/vegetables.htm

All aspects of vegetable production are covered including factsheets, newsletters, crop updates, pest and disease control and statistics.
http://www.gov.on.ca/OMAFRA/english/crops/hort/vegetable.html

Comprehensive site with information on budgets, market information, images, newsletters, weeds, extension publications and research information.
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Georgia Commercial Vegetable Information  Georgia Extension Vegetable News Vegetable News Alerts Vegetable Fact Sheets Vidalia Vegetable NewsDowny Mildew Forcast SystemThe Georgia Pest Management NewsletterVegetable Links Vegetable Extension PublicationsVegetable Research Publications Georgia Vegetable Disease Hotline (1-800-675-4340) Vegetable Production Growing in Georgia 2000 Vegetable Acreage Estimates...
http://www.cpes.peachnet.edu/veg/

Part of the Horticultural Department of Texas A&M University set up to develop vegetable and fruit research programs. Explains the aims behind the research and the programs taking place to educate people about the health benefits of eating fruit and vegetables.
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Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center  ...
http://vic.tamu.edu/index.html

Sets out the reasons for using transplants in commercial vegetable production and looks at compost, fertilization, starter solutions and transplant containers. [PDF]
http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/hort2/MF1103.pdf

Explains the concept of using cover crops, explaining how they can improve the structure and fertility of soils. Of interest to both organic and conventional growers. [PDF]
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http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/hort2/MF2343.PDF

Gives an overview of what's involved in getting into growing vegetables commercially. [PDF]
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http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/hort2/MF1115.pdf

Contains details on vegetable variety trials, specialty potatoes and post harvest information on green beans, cherry tomatoes and squash.
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UCCE Tulare County, Vegetable Research Reports Online  These articles are geared towards a Tulare County audience and may not be applicable to other geographical areas. UCCE Tulare CountyHome Page Small Farms, Vegetables, Integrated Pest Management Program Page For more information contact: Manuel Jimenez, Farm Advisor, mjjimenez@ucdavis.edu Categories...
http://cetulare.ucdavis.edu/pubveg/pubveg.htm

Wide ranging information on vegetable production in Australia. Cultural details are given for a range of crops.
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Vegetables  Skip to primary navigation Skip to secondary navigation Skip to content Skip to footer Problems viewing this site Home Sitemap Contactus Help| Search: Industry development Developing trade export Safe, sustainable systems About DPIF Vegetables Main crops The following crops are...
http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/horticulture/624.html

Contains a series of articles on vegetable and fruit production written for growers in Virginia.
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Vegetables-Commercial Production  Resources Fruits Vegetables Vegetables-Commercial Production Asparagus Beans Cole Crops Cucumbers Melons Peppers Potatoes Pumpkins/Gourds Spinach Squash Sweet Corn Sweet Potatoes Tomatoes 2005 Commercial Vegetable Production Guide A Powerful New Insecticide for the Organic Grower Asian Vegetables That Can be Grown...
http://www.ext.vt.edu/cgi-bin/We...ocs.woa/wa/getcat?cat=ir-fv-vegc

Research-based, desert crop production information on all aspects of vegetable growing including management, pests and diseases, irrigation, and economics.
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Vegetables (ACIS)  Statement document located at: http cals.arizona.edu/crops/vegetables/vegetables.htmlCopyright 2001 University of Arizona, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences webmaster: jsjones@ag.arizona.edu...
http://ag.arizona.edu/crops/vegetables/

Detailed notes on vegetable production with the emphasis on integrated crop management techniques. Click on "Index" to view main contents page.
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Cornell University Guidelines for Vegetables  ...
http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/recommends/

Lots of information on herbicides, irrigation, diseases, fertilizers, manures and soils. Written for the arable farmer with some specific articles on vegetable crops.
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Colorado State Cooperative Extension Crop Publications Menu  Crops fact sheets cover the following topics: Crop Production Diseases Irrigation Soil and Fertilizer Related publications can be found in Insects and Farm Management. Some titles are available in HTML, PDF or both. Publications in PDF require the free Adobe...
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/crops/pubcrop.html

Data from the National Agricultural Statistics Service on fresh market vegetables, strawberries and melons including area harvested, yield and production, by season and by crop from the larger states.
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Vegetables  Comments and questions to  http jan.mannlib.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/usda/ess_mailref.cgi...
http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/reports/nassr/fruit/pvg-bb/

Vegetable production guides, pest management and information on harvesting and storage.
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NCCE: Commercial Agriculture: Vegetables  Reader program to view the Adobe Acrobat PDF formatted version of our publications. Click on the icon to view the PDF formatted version. Marketing Economics Farmers Market News Vegetable Reports Horticultural NCDACS Marketing Division Vegetable Crop Enterprise Budgets The following...
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/copubs/ag/fnv/veg/

Lists and conserves vegetable varieties that have been dropped from popular seed catalogues as well as varieties that have never been in a catalogue.
http://www.hdra.org.uk/hsl/index.htm

Commercial Vegetable Production Guides which contain information on producing vegetables crops in the Pacific Northwest. Research reports also available.
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Commercial Vegetable Production Guides, North Willamette Research and Extension Center  Address comments or questions to Dr. Delbert Hemphill OSU Disclaimer Last updated: September 29, 2005...
http://oregonstate.edu/Dept/NWREC/vegindex.html

Includes newsletters, Vegetable Grower's Handbook, and Crop Guides.
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Aggie Horticulture Extension Vegetables  Horticulture was created and is maintained by Dan Lineberger http aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/...
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/vegetable/vegetable.html

Short account of the development of this vegetable.
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The History of Cabbage  Reports of modern agricultural scientists imposing changes upon the food plants we eat are frequently in the news. While the rate of change in the plants we grow may be more rapid today than ever before, we should not forget...
http://gardenline.usask.ca/veg/cabbage.html

Short article on the work carried out by Warwick HRI (Horticulture Research International) to develop a gene bank, by conserving old vegetable varieties and associated wild plants.
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Genetic Resources Unit  Unit developed to reflect a broader remit for the collection, conservation, characterization, documentation and research study of a range of vegetable crops and their wild relatives. The core strategic work of the HRIGRU is supported as a Department for Environment,...
http://www.hri.ac.uk/site2/research/pgb/gru/text.htm

Information on a variety of vegetable crops.
http://www.gov.nl.ca/agric/crops/veg_listing.stm

Features pest and diseases, soil management, irrigation and growing guides.
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Vegetables  You are viewing this website without styling because either you are using a browser that does not support web standards or you have turned stylesheets off in a capable browser. www.webstandards.org provides an explanation on how to upgrade an old...
http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/reader/vegetables

End-of-Project Reports for Horticulture and Forestry are listed, that includes research reports on vegetable crops. Some of these reports can be downloaded, others must be ordered through the library.
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Teagasc Horticulture and Forestry  Investigating genetic variation of Irish oak populations using chloraplast DNA analysis (January) 2002 4701 Rapid multiplication for the nursery stock industry (November) 4745 Nutrient loss from nursery stock grown in containers (December) 2001 4749 Systems and crop management in mushroom...
http://www.teagasc.ie/research/reports/horticulture/index.htm

List of articles covering such topics as nutrution, fertilizers, hydroponics, diseases, polythene mulches, sap-testing and crop production guides.
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Commercial Vegetable Production  Commercial Vegetable Production Cultural Practices for Vegetables Economics of Vegetables Vegetable Irrigation Nutrition and Fertilizers for Vegetables Vegetable Pest Management Vegetable Post-harvest and Processing Vegetable Production Handbook for Florida (SP170) Florida Greenhouse Vegetable Production Handbook Vegetable Production Miami Dade County...
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/TOPIC_Commercial_Vegetable_Production

A guide to the vegetables that are commonly eaten in Singapore. It includes pictures and descriptions of mostly Chinese/Southeast Asian vegetables.
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A Guide to Common Vegetables  Javascript for better browsing experience. Corporate Visitor Info Programmes Events Upstream Exhibitions Omni-Theatre Membership Science Clubs ScienceNet Resources Links Guide Books A Guide to Common Vegetables Introduction Description of Common Vegetables (Families) Alismataceae (Arrowhead) Amaranthaceae (Chinese Spinach, Duck's Spinach) Araceae...
http://www.science.edu.sg/ssc/vegetables/vegetablescontent.jsp

Information on commercial vegetable production, vegetable gardening and aspects of the vegetable industry.
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Vegetable Crops  Vegetable Crops Commercial Vegetable Production Vegetable Crops Vegetable Gardening Specific Vegetables A-Z Vegetables by Type Vegetable Industry Return to Crops (including Home Garden Crops) Fruits and Vegetables Ag Agent Handbook...
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/TOPIC_Vegetables

Dedicated to the art of growing tomatoes and includes details on seed sources, growing tips, nutrition, pests and diseases. Also included is information on aspects of tomato breeding and genetic mutations.
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The On-line Tomato Vine  I originally wrote these pages in response to issues discussed in newsgroups and to provide an impetus to gather and disseminate information on or about tomatoes via the Web. If you have questions about tomatoes you have come to the...
http://www.kdcomm.net/~tomato/

Growing condtions, descriptions, and marketing information of a wide variety of species.
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Asian fruits and vegetables  Asian fruits and vegetables Abiu Amaranth Chinese Spinach Een Choy Asian fruits and vegetables Banana Leaves Betel Leaves La Lop Bitter Melon Black sapote Chinese Broccoli/Gai lum Chinese Cabbage/Wong Baak Chinese Chard/Bok Choy Chinese Flowering Cabbage/Choy Sum Chinese mustard Curry...
http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/Hort/Fmrs/Asian_veg/index.html

Information on cultural details of growing vegetables for the commercial and home gardener. Also covers pest and disease control.
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Ohioline: Farm: Vegetable Crops  All educational programs conducted by Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences are available to clientele on a nondiscriminatory basis without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, gender, age, disability or Vietnam-era veteran...
http://ohioline.osu.edu/lines/vcrop.html

Website hosted by a family farm in West Virginia that specialises in growing vegetables organically, particularly those of West African origin.
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Redbud Organic Farm  Our growing philosophy is one of ecologically-based farming. We farm in concert with nature, using no chemical fertilizers or pesticides and maintaining practices which contribute to the health of our plants. read more We were certified by the Mountain State...
http://www.redbudorganicfarm.com

Fact sheets from the University of Hawaii at Manoa on growing various crops, including tropical crops, in Hawaii.
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Vegetables--Farmer's Bookshelf Information System  Information system of tropical crops in Hawaii Basil Bean Cassava Cucumber Dasheen Ginger Lettuce Onion Pepper Sweet Potato Sweet Corn Tomato Watermelon Yam Other Links Agricultural pests--vegetables, Knowledge Master, CTAHR Ask the Experts--Organic Gardening, CTAHR Ask the Experts--Vegetables, CTAHR Hawaii...
http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/fb/vege.htm

Contains information on a wide range of vegetable topics for both the commercial producer and home gardener. Variety trials are also included.
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Timely Tips on Horticulture  The watermelon production publication contains numerous photographs. The PDF version, which is accessible from the HTML version, may take some time to load Watermelon and Cantaloupe Variety Trials, 2004 [contains numerous photographs] Weights and Processed Yields of Fruit and Vegetables...
http://pubs.caes.uga.edu/caespubs/horticulture/Factsheet.html

Provide commercial and hobby producers of Saskatchewan with up to date, locally relevant, production, handling, and marketing information.
http://www.usask.ca/agriculture/plantsci/vegetable/index.htm