Commercial Horticulture Publications

Beekeeping | Fruit and Nuts | Herbaceous Plants | Herbs | Landscaping | Organic Crops | Pesticides and Health | Postharvest Processing | Trees, Shrubs and Woody Ornamentals | Turf | Vegetables | Weather

Information on more publications (including printed copies) can be obtained by searching the Communication Services’ Extension Resource Database or visiting your local NCCE county center.

Bees and Beekeeping

• NCSU Beekeeper Education & Engagement System
• See Beekeeping Notes for the most up to date list of Beekeeping Notes
  
  • Africanized Honey Bees: Where are They Now, and When Will They Arrive in North Carolina? (PDF)
  • Africanized Honey Bees: Prevention and Control (PDF)
  • Africanized Honey Bees: Some Questions and Answers (PDF)
  • Allergy to Insect Stings (PDF)
  • An Herb Garden for the Bees (PDF)
  • Audio-Visual Materials on Beekeeping at NCSU (PDF)
  • Bees and Beekeeping in North Carolina (PDF)
  • Carpenter Bees (PDF)
  • A Comparison of Russian and Italian Honey Bees (PDF)
  • The Different Types of Honey Bees (PDF)
  • Diagram of a Single Frame Observation Hive (PDF)
  • Diseases of Honey Bees (PDF)
  • Giant Resin Bees
    
  • The History of Instrumental Insemination (PDF)
  • The Honey Bee Dance Language (PDF)
  • Honey Bee Medication Fact Sheet (PDF)
  • Honey Plants of North Carolina (PDF)
  • How to Become a Beekeeper in North Carolina (PDF)
  • How to Install a Package of Honey Bees (PDF)
  • The Importance of Honey Bees in North Carolina (PDF)
  • Judging Liquid (Extracted) Honey (PDF)
  • Landscape Planting for Bees (PDF version)
  • Non-honey bee stinging insects in North Carolina (PDF)
  • Managing Varroa Mites in Honey Bee Colonies (PDF)
  • Miner Bees
    
  • The N.C. Master Beekeeper Program (PDF)
  • Orchard Mason Bees
    
  • Plans for Constructing a Bee Hive (PDF)
  • Preparing Honey Entries for the State Fair (PDF)
  • Preparing Liquid Honey for Competition and Sale (PDF)
  • Reducing the Likelihood of Stings During Outdoor Activities (PDF)
  • Reducing the Risk of Pesticide Poisoning to Honey Bees (PDF)
  • Requeening (PDF)
  • The Role of Honey Bees in Apple Pollination (PDF)
  • Setting up an Observation Hive (PDF)
  • The Small Hive Beetle: A Pest of Honey Bee Colonies (PDF)
  • Tracheal Mite Disease (PDF)
  • The Value of Honey Bees as Pollinators in North Carolina
    
• IPM Elements for Honey Bees in the Mid-Atlantic States
  

TOP

---

Fruit and Nuts

Marketing and Economics

• Fruit Budgets
  

Cultural Information

• BERRYagent
  
• Nursery List Of Small Fruit Cultivars For Commercial Use In North Carolina (PDF version)
• Training and Pruning Fruit Trees (PDF)
• Apples
  • Apple Rootstocks and Tree Spacing
  • Bloom and Ripening Timing ofApple Varieties in North Carolina (PDF version)
  • Crop Profile for Apples in North Carolina (PDF)
  • High Density Apple Orchard Management (PDF)
• Blackberries
  • Growing Blackberries in North Carolina (PDF version)
  • Pruning and Training Thornless Blackberries (PDF version)
• Blueberries
  • Blueberry Production For Local Sales And Small Pick-Your-Own Operators (PDF version)
  • Crop Profile for Blueberries in North Carolina (PDF)
  • Suggestions for Establishing a Blueberry Planting in Western North Carolina (PDF version)
  • Principles of Pruning the Highbush Blueberry (PDF version)
  • Blueberry Freeze Damage and Protection Measures (PDF file version)
• Grapes
  • Bunch Grapes (PDF version)
  • Crop Profile for Grapes in North Carolina (PDF)
  • Muscadine Grapes in the Home Garden (PDF version)
  • Muscadine Grape Production Guide (PDF)
  • Propagating Muscadine Grapes (PDF)
  • The Mid-Atlantic Winegrape Grower’s Guide
    
• Kiwifruit (PDF version)
• Peaches
  • Crop Profile for Peaches in North Carolina (PDF)
  • Chilling Requirements of Selected Peach Varieties
    
  • Growing Peaches in N.C.
    
• Pecans
  • Crop Profile for Pecans in North Carolina (PDF)
  • Growing Pecans in N.C.
    
  • Orchard Floor Management in Pecans (PDF version)
• Strawberries
  • Crop
    Profile for Strawberries in North Carolina (PDF)
• Watermelons
  • Crop Profile for Watermelons in North Carolina (PDF)
• Other Fruits
  • Growing Oriental Persimmons in North Carolina
  • Growing Raspberries in North Carolina (PDF version)

Pest Management of Fruits and Nuts

• Biological Control for the Home Gardener
  
• Disease and Insect Management in the Home Orchard
  
• Pest Alerts
  
• Pest News
  
• Horticultural Oils
  

• Insect Management of Fruits and Nuts

  • Apple
    • Integrated Orchard Management Guide for Commercial Apples in the Southeast
      
    • A Growers Guide to Apple Insects and Diseases in the Southeast
      
    • Biological Control of Mites on Apples in North Carolina (PDF)
  • Blueberry Pest Management — A seasonal Overview
    
• Lady Beetles
  
• Paper Wasps for Caterpillar Management
  
• Strawberry
  • Strawberry Weevil
    

• Disease Management of Fruits and Nuts

• Apple and Pear
  • A Growers Guide to Apple Insects and Diseases in the Southeast
    
  • Fire Blight of Apple and Pear
    
• Blueberry
  • Blueberry – Stem Blight
    
  • Blueberry – Twig Blight
    
  • Fruit Rot Diseases of Blueberry
    
  • Leaf Diseases of Blueberry
    
  • Mummy Berry Disease of Blueberry
    
  • Phytophthora Root Rot of Blueberry
    
  • Blueberry Pest Management
    
• Fig
  • Fig Diseases in North Carolina
    
• Grape
  • Muscadine Grape Diseases and Their Control
    
• Plum and Cherry
  • Black Knot of Plum and Cherry
    
• Peach and Nectarine
  • North Carolina Peach and Nectarine Disease and Pest Management Guide (PDF)
    
  • Peach Scab
    
  • Nematode Control on Peaches and Management of the Peach Tree Short Life Complex
    
• Pecan
  • Some Common Pecan Diseases and their Control in North Carolina
    
• Strawberry
  • Strawberry Diseases and Their Control
    
  • Diagnosis of Strawberry Diseases (PDF)

• Weed Management of Fruits and Nuts

• Weed Control Options for Strawberries on Plastic (PDF version)
• Weed Management Considerations for Southeast Vineyards (PDF version)

TOP

---

Herbaceous Plants (Ornamentals)

Cultural Information

• NCSU Commercial Floriculture site
  
• Crop Profile for Ornamentals in North Carolina
  
• Bedding Plants
  • Bed Preparation and Fertilization Recommendations for Bedding Plants in the Landscape (PDF version)
  • Installation and Maintenance of Landscape Bedding Plants (PDF version)
  • Selection
    and Use of Stress-Tolerant Bedding Plants for the Landscape (PDF version)
  • Under-Utilized Bedding Plants for the North Carolina Landscape (PDF version)
• Garden Aster
  • Guide to Successful Outdoor Garden Aster Production (PDF)
• Geraniums
  • Fertility Management for Geraniums (PDF)
  • PourThru Guidelines for Geraniums (PDF)
• Herbs
  • Success with Container Production of 12 Herb Species (PDF)
• Hydrangea
  • Commercial Hydrangea Forcing (PDF version)
• New Guinea Impatiens
  • Commercial Production of New Guinea Impatiens (PDF version)
• Ornamental Vegetables
  • Success with Ornamental Cabbage and Kale (PDF)
  • Success with Ornamental Vegetables as Floriculture Crops (PDF)
• Pansies
  • Commercial Pansy Production
    
  • PourThru Guidelines for Pansies (PDF)
• Poinsettias
  • Consumer Care of Poinsettias (PDF)
  • PourThru Guidelines for Poinsettias (PDF)

• Cultural Practices
  • Alkalinity Control for Irrigation Water used in Nurseries and Greenhouses (PDF version)
  • Best Management Practices For Plant Growth Regulators Used In Floriculture (PDF version)
  • Ethylene: Sources, Symptoms and Prevention for Greenhouse Crops (PDF)
  • Guide to Successful Pot Sunflower Production (PDF)
  • Height Control of Commercial Greenhouse Flowers (PDF version)
  • Managing Micronutrients in the Greenhouse (PDF version)
  • Monitoring and Managing pH and EC Using the PourThru Extraction Method (PDF)
  • The PourThru Extraction Procedure: A Nutrient Management Tool for Nursery Crops (PDF)
  • Sampling Protocols for Greenhouse Crops (PDF)
  • Submission Procedures for Root Substrate, Water, Fertilizer Solution, and Plant TissueSamples (PDF)
  • Water Considerations for Container Production of Plants (PDF version)

Pest Management of Herbaceous Plants

• Insect Management of Herbaceous Plants

  • Biocontrol in Closed Systems
    
  • Insect Screening for Green Houses
    
  • Sizing Insect Exclusion Screens for Greenhouses
    
  • Insects Found on Yellow Sticky Traps in the Greenhouse
    
  • INSV (Impatiens Necrotic Spot Virus) and Western Flower Thrips
    
  • Insect Notes:
    • Aphids
      
    • Beetles
      
    • Brown Soft Scale
      
    • Cyclamen and Broad Mite
      
    • Darkwinged Fungus Gnats
      
    • False Spider Mites
      
    • Flower Thrips
      
    • Greenhouse Whitefly
      
    • Hemispherical Scale
      
    • Japanese Beetle
      
    • Lady Beetles
      
    • Leafminer Flies
      
    • March Flies
      
    • Mealybugs
      
    • Pillbugs and Sowbugs
      
    • Silverleaf Whitefly
      
    • Slugs
      
    • Twospotted Spider Mite
      
    • Western Flower Thrips
      
    • Biocontrol In Closed Systems
      

• Disease Management of Herbaceous Plants

  • Rose Diseases and Their Control in the Home Garden
    
  • Powdery Mildew of Ornamentals and Shade Trees
    

• Weed Management of Herbaceous Plants

  • Weed Control in Flower Beds (PDF version)

TOP

---

Herbs

• Advances In Goldenseal Cultivation (PDF version)
• Basil (PDF version)
• Carraway (PDF version)
• Chives (PDF version)
• Commercial Goldenseal Cultivation
  
• Commercial Luffa Sponge Gourd Production (PDF version)
• Cultivating Native Woodland Botanicals
  
• Cultivation of Ramps – Allium and A. burdicki (PDF version)
• Fresh Herb Production and Marketing
• Ginseng: A Production Guide for North Carolina (PDF)
• Ginseng Disease Control – Phytophthora and Alternaria (PDF version)
• Herb Fact Sheets
  
• Information Leaflets for Commercial Speciality Crops
  
• Lemon Balm (PDF version)
• Medicinal Plants with a Potential Niche Market for Propagators
  
• Pictures, Information and Yield Estimates of Medicinal Herbs Currently being Researched at N.C. State University
  
• Production of Medicinal Herbs
  
• Seed and Plant Sources for Medicinal Herbs and Botanicals (PDF version)
• Sources of Goldenseal Seeds, Plants or Roots (PDF version)
• Study of the Feasibility of Pyrethrum as a New Crop for North Carolina
  
• Success withContainer Production of 12 Herb Species (PDF)
• Suppliers of Culinary and Ornamental Herb Seeds and/or Plants (PDF version)

TOP

---

Landscaping

• Horticulture Information Leaflets on Landscape Design, Installation, and Maintenance
  • Bed Preparation and Fertilization Recommendations for Bedding Plants in the Landscape (PDF version)
  • Crop Profile for Landscape Installation and Maintenance in North Carolina (PDF)
  • Installation and Maintenance of Landscape Bedding Plants (PDF version)
  • Postemergence, Non-Selective Herbicides for Landscapes and Nurseries (PDF version)
  • Qualifiers for Quagmires:Landscape Plants for Wet Sites (PDF version)
  • Selection and Use of Stress-Tolerant Bedding Plants for the Landscape (PDF version)
  • Under-Utilized Bedding Plants for the North Carolina Landscape (PDF version)
  • Weed Control in Flower Beds (PDF version)
  • Weed Management for Wildflowers (PDF version)
• Composting: A Guide to Managing Organic Yard Wastes (PDF)
• Using Compost i Landscape Beds and Nursery Substrates
• Water Quality and Landscaping Series for Turf and Landscape Professionals
  • Wise Water Use in Landscaping
  • Efficient Irrigation
  • Managing Lawns and Garden to Protect Water Quality (PDF version)
  • How to Plan and Design a Wise Water Use Landscape
  • Drought Tolerant Plants for North Carolina Landscapes
  • Fertilizer Recommendations and Techniques to Maintain Landscapes and Protect Water Quality
  • Weather Forecasts and Climate Information for Landscape Operations
  • Planting Techniques for Trees and Shrubs

TOP

---

Organic Crop Production

• Biological Control Information Center
  
• Center for Environmental Farming Systems
  
• NC Integrated Pest Management Network
  
• NC Organic
  
• Organic Sweet Corn Production
  
• Sustainable Practices for Vegetable Production in the South
  

TOP

---

Pesticides and Farmworker Health

• Department of Environmental & Molecular Toxicology Pesticides Resources (Website)
• Pesticides and Farmworker Health Toolkit

TOP

---

Postharvest Processing

Postharvest Commodity Series

• Postharvest Cooling and Handling of Apples
  
• Postharvest Cooling and Handling of Strawberries
  
• Postharvest Cooling and Handling of Peppers
  
• Postharvest Cooling and Handling of Sweet Corn
  
• Postharvest Cooling and Handling of Cabbage and Leafy Greens
  
• Postharvest Cooling and Handling of Onions
  
• Postharvest Cooling and Handling of Blueberries
  
• Postharvest Cooling and Handling of Green Beans and Field Peas
  
• Postharvest Cooling and Handling of Field- and Greenhouse-grown Tomatoes
  
• Postharvest Handling and Cooling of Fresh Fruits, Vegetables and Flowers
  for Small Farms
  • Quality Maintenance
    
  • Cooling
    
  • Handling
    
  • Mixed Loads
    
  • References
    

Postharvest Technology Series

• Proper Postharvest Cooling and Handling Methods
  
• Design of Room Cooling Facilities: Structural & Energy Requirements
  
• Forced-Air Cooling
  
• Hydrocooling
  
• Crushed and Liquid Ice Cooling
  
• Chlorination and Postharvest Disease Control
  
• Cool and Ship: A Low-Cost, Portable Forced-Air Cooling Unit
  
• Packaging Requirements For Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
  

Other Postharvest Publications

• Thermal Storage Immersion Hydrocooler
  
• Small Backyard Greenhouse (PDF)

TOP

---

Woody Ornamentals

Cultural Information

• A Guide to Understanding Plant Response to Drought (PDF)
• A Simple Intermittent Mist System for Propagation (PDF version)
• Best Management Practices For Field Production of Nursery Stock
  
• Commercial Boxwood Production
  
• Crop Profile for Container and Field-Produced Nursery Crops in GA, KY, NC, SC, and TN (PDF)
• Crop Tree Management in North Carolina (PDF)
• Grafting and Budding Nursery Crop Plants
  
• Low Investment Propagation/Winter Protection Structure (PDF version)
• Preparing Nursery Plants For Winter
  
• Pruning Field Grown Shade and Flowering Trees
  
• The PourThru Extraction Procedure: A Nutrient Management Tool for Nursery Crops (PDF)
• Training and Pruning Fruit Trees in North Carolina (PDF)
• Using Compost in Landscape Beds and Nursery Subrates
  
• Using The PourThru Procedure For Checking EC and pH For Nursery Crops (PDF version)

Pest Management for Trees, Shrubs and Woody Ornamentals

• Integrated Pest Management for Municipalities
  
• Biological Control for the Home Gardener
  
• Pest Alerts
  
• Pest News (April through September)
  

• Insect Management for Trees, Shrubs and Woody Ornamentals

  • Insect Pest Calendars
    
  • Insects and Related Pests of Shrubs
    
  • Insect Pest Management Calendars
    • Azalea
      
    • Boxwood
      
    • Camellia and Crape Myrtle
      
    • Dogwood and Euonymus
      
    • Hemlock
      
    • Holly
      
    • Junipers
      
    • Leyland Cypress
      
    • Maple
      
    • Oak
      
    • Ornamental Cherry
      
    • Pine
      
    • Pyracantha
      
    • Rhododendron
      
    • Rose
      
  • Insect Notes
    
    • Aphids
      
    • Asian Ambrosia Beetle
      
    • Asian Ambrosia Beetle Trapping
      
    • Ash Whitefly
      
    • Azalea Leaf Miner
      
    • Azalea Stem Borer
      
    • Bagworms
      
    • Barklice
      
    • Beetles
    • Black Turpentine Beetle
      
    • Black Twig Borer
      
    • Black Vine Weevil
      
    • Boxelder Bugs
      
    • Boxwood Leaf Miner
      
    • Carpenterworm
      
    • Caterpillars
      
    • Cicadas
      
    • Cottony Cushion Scale
      
    • Cottony Maple Leaf Scale
      
    • Crapemyrtle Aphid
      
    • Cypress Weevil
      
    • Eastern Tent Caterpillar
      
    • Elm Leaf Beetle
      
    • Euonymus Scale
      
    • False Spider Mites
      
    • Fungus-Infected Flies
      
    • Galls on Oaks
      
    • Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
      
    • Hickory Horned Devil
      
    • Gloomy Scale
      
    • Hemispherical Scale
      
    • Indian Wax Scale
      
    • Japanese Beetle
      
    • Juniper Webworm
      
    • Lace Bugs
      
    • Leafminer Flies
      
    • Lecanium Scales
      
    • Locust Borer
      
    • Maple Gall Mites
      
    • Mealybugs
      
    • Pine Bark Adelgid
      
    • Planthoppers
      
    • Phylloxera
      
    • Silverleaf Whitefly
      
    • Slugs
      
    • Sooty Molds
      
    • Southern Pine Beetle
      
    • Southern Red Mite and Spruce Spider Mite
      
    • Tea Scale
      
    • Tent Caterpillar
      
    • Twig Girdler
      
    • Twobanded Japanese Weevil
      
    • Twolined Spittlebug
      
    • Twospotted Spider Mite
      
    • Wheel Bug
      
    • White Pine Weevil
      
    • Wood-Boring Beetles
      
    • Woolly Alder Aphid
      
    • Yellow Jackets
      

• Disease Management for Trees, Shrubs and Woody Ornamentals

  • Phytophtora Root Rot and Its Control on Established Woody Ornamentals
    
  • Powdery Mildew of Ornamentals and Shade Trees
    
  • Scorch Diseases on Shade Trees
    
  • Slime Flux / Wet Wood
    
  • Some Common Pine Diseases in North Carolina Landscapes and Their Control
    
  • Azalea Diseases and Their Control
    
  • Dogwood Diseases
    
  • Dutch Elm Disease
    
  • Common Diseases and Disorders With the Gold-Dust Plant, Aucuba japonica
    
  • Holly Diseases and Their Control in the Landscape
    
  • Juniper Diseases and Their Control in the Landscape
    
  • Diseases of Leyland Cypress
    
  • Entomosporium Leaf Spot on Red Tip
    
  • Nematode Management in Bedding Plants in the Landscape
    
  • Nematodes and Their Control in Woody Ornamentals in the Landscape
    
  • Nematodes and Their Control on Woody Ornamentals in the Nursery
    
  • Root and Butt Rots of Oaks
    
  • Rhododendron Diseases
    
  • Some Common Pecan Diseases and Their Control in North Carolina
    

• Weed Management for Trees, Shrubs and Woody Ornamentals

  • Herbicide Products for Homeowners
    
  • Postemergence, Non-Selective Herbicides for Landscapes and Nurseries
    
  • Weed Management in Conifer Seed Beds
    

TOP

---

Turf

Cultural Information

• Crop Profile for Turfgrass in North Carolina
  
• TurfFiles Web Site
  
• Bermudagrass Management in North Carolina (PDF)
• Carolina Lawns (PDF version)
• Drought-Tolerant Plants for North Carolina Landscapes
  
• Fertilizer Recommendations and Techniques to Maintain Landscapes and Protect Water Quality
  
• Grasscycling
  
• High Soil Salts Injury to Field and Forage Crops
  
• Lawn Maintenance Calendars:
  • Bermudagrass (PDF version)
  • Carpetgrass (PDF)
  • Centipedegrass
    
  • St. Augustinegrass
    
  • Tall Fescue (PDF version)
  • Tall Fescue and Kentucky Bluegrass Athletic Field Maintenance Calendar (PDF version)
  • Cool-Season Recommended Variety List for North Carolina
  • Zoysiagrass (PDF version)
• Managing Lawns and Gardens to Protect Water Quality (PDF version)
• Efficient Irrigation
  
• How to Plan and Design a Wise-Water-Use Landscape
  
• Organic Lawn Care: A Guide to Lawn Maintenance and Pest Management for North Carolina (PDF)
  
• Selecting and Managing Lawn Grasses for Shade
  
• Soils and Water Quality
  
• Water Quality and Commercial Lawn Care (PDF)
  
• Water Quality and Golf Course Superintendents
  
• Water Quality and Home Lawn Care (PDF)
  
• Water Quality and Pesticide Selection for Professional Turf Managers (PDF)
  
• Water Quality and Professional Lawn Care (PDF)
  
• Water Quality and Professional Turf Managers (PDF)
  
• Water Quality and Turfgrass Area Development (PDF)
  
• Water Quality and Sprayer and Spreader Calibration (PDF)
  
• Water Quality for Golf Course Superintendents and Professional Turf Managers (PDF)
  
• Water Requirements of North Carolina Turfgrasses (PDF)
  
• Wise Water Use in Landscaping
  

Turf Pest Management

• Pest Alerts
  
• Pest Control for Turfgrass Managers (PDF)
  
• Pest Management Strategic Plan for Turfgrass in the Southern United States (PDF)
• Pesticide Selection For Water Quality Protection
  
• Pest News (April through September)
  
• Soil Temperature Reports Aid Turf Managers
  
• Water Quality and Commercial Lawn Care (PDF)
  
• Water Quality and Pesticide Selection for Professional Turf Managers
  

• Turf Insect Management

  • Insect and Other Pests Associated with Turf
    
  • Insect Biology
    
  • Insect Management in Turf
    
  • Insect Notes:
    • Bees in Turf
      
    • Chinch Bugs
      
    • Cicada Killer Wasps
      
    • Clover Mites in Home Lawns
      
    • A Complete Guide to Mole Crickets
    • Controlling Bald Faced Hornets and Yellow Jackets In and Around Structures
      
    • Crane Fly Larvae in Lawns
      
    • Crayfish in Home Lawns
      
    • Cutworms in Turf
      
    • Earthworms as Pests in Home Lawns
      
    • Fall Armyworm in Lawns
      
    • Ground Pearls
      
    • Japanese Beetle
      
    • Millipedes In and Around Homes
      
    • Mole Crickets
      
    • Organic and Sustainable Pest Management for Home Lawns
      
    • Red Imported Fire Ant
      
    • Rhodesgrass Mealybugs in Home Lawns
      
    • Managing the Two-lined Spittlebug in the Home Landscape
      
    • Scoliid Wasps
      
    • Sod Webworms
      
    • Springtails
      
    • White Grubs in Turf
      
  • Master Gardener Insect Guide for Ornamentals and Turf (PDF)
  • Nematode Damage and Management in Lawns
    
  • Ornamentals and Turf Insect Pest Management
    

• Turf Disease Management

  • Diseases of Cool Season Grasses – NO IMAGES
    
  • Diseases of Warm Season Grasses
    
  • High Soil Salts Injury
    
  • Long-Term Management Practices for Prevention of Turf Diseases
    
  • Nematode Damage And Management In Lawns
    

• Turf Weed Management

  • Algae and Moss Control in Turfgrass
    
  • Herbicide Products for Homeowners
  • Sedge Control in Grasses
    
  • Strategies for Turfgrass Weed Control with Preemergence Herbicides
    
  • Susceptibility of Broadleaf Weeds to Herbicide (PDF)
    
  • Weed Management in Wildflower Plantings
    
    
    

TOP

---

Commercial Vegetable Production

Cultural Information

• Suggested Commercial Vegetable Varieties (PDF)
• Sustainable Practices for Vegetable Production In The South
  

• Cultural Information for Specific Crops:

  • Artichokes
    • Growing Jerusalem Artichokes (PDF version)
  • Asparagus
    • Asparagus Crown Production (PDF version)
    • Commercial Asparagus Production (PDF version)
  • Beans and Peas
    • Pole Bean Production (PDF version)
    • Southern Peas (PDF version)
  • Beets
    • Beet Production (PDF version)
  • Broccoli
    • Broccoli Production (PDF version)
    • Broccoli Production Guide for Western North Carolina (PDF)
    • Broccoli Raab (PDF version)
  • Brussel Sprouts
    • Brussels Sprouts (PDF version)
  • Cabbage
    • Cabbage Production (PDF version)
    • Crop Profile for Cabbage in North Carolina (PDF)
  • Cauliflower
    • Cauliflower (PDF version)
  • Cantaloupe
    • Cantaloupe (Muskmelon) (PDF version)
  • Carrots
    • Commercial Carrot Production (PDF version)
  • Corn
    • Organic Sweet Corn Production
      
    • Sweet Corn Production (PDF version)
  • Cucumbers
    • Crop Profile for Cucumbers in North Carolina (PDF)
    • Fresh Market Production Cucumbers (PDF version)
    • Trellised Cucumbers (PDF version)
  • Eggplant
    • Eggplant (PDF version)
  • Greens
    • Collards (PDF version)
    • Upland Cress (PDF version)
    • Crop Profile for Leafy Greens in North Carolina (PDF)
    • Greens for Market (PDF version)
    • Growing Lettuce in North Carolina (PDF version)
    • Spinach (PDF version)
  • Okra
    • Okra Production (PDF version)
  • Onions
    • Bulb Onion Production in Eastern North Carolina (PDF version)
    • Green Bunch Onions (PDF version)
  • Peppers
    • Crop Profile for Peppers in North Carolina (PDF)
    • Pepper Production (Bell, Small Fruit and Pimento) (PDF version)
  • Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes
    • Commercial Potato Production in Eastern North Carolina (PDF version)
    • Crop Profile for Potatoes (Irish) in North Carolina (PDF)
    • Crop Profile for Sweet Potatoes in North Carolina (PDF)
    • Guidelines for Sweetpotato Seed Stock and Transplant Production (PDF version)
    • Presprouting Sweetpotatoes (PDF version)
    • What is the Difference Between a Sweetpotato and a Yam? (PDF version)
  • Pumpkins and Squash
    • Growing Pumpkins and Winter Squash (PDF version)
    • Summer Squash Production (PDF version)
    • Storing Winter Squash and Pumpkins (PDF version)
    • Growing Gourds (PDF version)
  • Radishes (PDF version)
  • Tomatoes
    • Blossom-End Rot of Tomatoes (PDF version)
    • Commercial Production of Staked Tomatoes in the Southeast (PDF)
    • Crop Profile for Tomatoes in North Carolina (PDF)
    • Fresh Market Tomato Production Piedmont and Coastal Plain of North Carolina (PDF version)
    • Pruning and Supporting Tomatoes (PDF version)
    • Tomatoes for Processing in Eastern North Carolina (PDF version)
  • Turnips and Rutabagas (PDF version)
  • Commercial Celery Production in Eastern North Carolina (PDF version)
• Greenhouse Vegetable Production Reference List (PDF version)
• Drip or Trickle Irrigation Systems: An Operations and Troubleshooting Checklist (PDF version)
• Vegetable Crop Irrigation (PDF version)
• Precision Seeding for Vegetable Crops (PDF version)
• Summer Cover Crops (PDF version)
• Offsetting Drought for Small-Scale Vegetable Production in North Carolina (PDF)
• Commercial Production of Pickling & Slicing Cucumbers in North Carolina
  

Pest Management in Vegetable Production

• Extension Integrated Pest Management Program
  
• Biocontrol In Closed Systems (Greenhouses)
  
• Pest Alerts
  
• Pest News (April through September)
  
• Vegetables
  

• Insect Management in Vegetable Production

  • Vegetables and Insects
    
  • Insect and Related Pests of Vegetables
    
  • Insect Pests of Vegetables
    
  • Knowing and Managing Crucifer Pests
    
  • Know and Control Cucumber Pests
    
  • Know and Manage Pepper Pests
    
  • Knowing and Managing Sweet Potato Insects and Diseases
    
  • Insect Notes
    • Cucumber Pollination
      

• Disease Management in Vegetable Production

  • Botrytis Blight in Vegetable Greenhouse and Plant Beds
    
  • Crop Protectants for Controlling Diseases of Vegetable Crops in Greenhouses
    
  • Damping-off in Flower and Vegetable Seedlings
    
  • Disease Management for Vegetables and Herbs in Greenhouses Using Low Input Sustainable Methods
    
  • Managing Diseases in Home Vegetable Gardens (PDF)
  • Southern Blight of Vegetable Crops
    
  • High Soil Salts Injury to Vegetable Crops
    
  • Beans
    • Root Rots of Green Beans and Lima Beans
      
  • Greens
    • Diseases of Greens and Their Control
      
  • Cucurbits (Cucumbers, Squash, Melons)
    • Cucurbit Downy Mildew Forecast
      
    • Anthracnose of Cucurbits
      
    • Gummy Stem Blight and Phoma Blight of Cucurbits
      
    • Fruit Rots of Pickling and Slicing Cucumbers
      
    • Cantaloupe Diseases and Their Control
      
  • Cabbage
    • Black Rot of Cabbage and Related Crops
      
    • Club-Root of Cabbage and Related Crops
      
    • Sclerotinia Headrot of Cabbage
      
  • Herbs and Specialty Crops
    • Ginseng Disease Control – Phytophthora and Alternaria (PDF version)
  • Potato and Sweet Potato
    • Potato Vine Premature Decline in North Carolina
      
    • Sweetpotato Scurf
      
    • Streptomyces Soil Rot (Pox) of Sweetpotato
      
  • Tomatoes and Peppers
    • Sclerotinia Stem Rot of Tomatoes in Greenhouses
      
    • Virus Diseases of Greenhouse Tomatoes and Their Management
      
    • Bacterial Leaf Spot of Pepper and Tomatoes
      
    • Blossom-end Rot of Tomato, Pepper and Watermelon
      
    • Fungicide Spray Guide For Bell Peppers in North Carolina (PDF version)
    • Tomato Foliar Disease Fungicide Spray Guide For North Carolina
      (PDF version)

• Weed Management of Vegetables and Herbs

  • Weed Control in Vegetable Gardens (PDF version )
  • Weed Management in North Carolina: Broccoli, Cabbage, and Cauliflower (PDF)
  • Weed Management in North Carolina: Collards, Kale, Mustard, and Turnip Greens (PDF)
  • Weed Management in North Carolina: Lettuce (PDF)
  • Weed Management in North Carolina: Okra (PDF)
  • Weed Management in North Carolina: Onions (PDF)

TOP

---

Weather and Climate Information

• Horticulture Information Leaflets: Weather Information for Horticulture
  
  • Average First Fall Frost Dates for Selected North Carolina Locations
    
  • Average Growing Season for Selected North Carolina Locations
    
  • Average Last Spring Frost Dates for Selected North Carolina Locations
    
  • Average Solar Radiation and Wind Information for North Carolina
    
  • Frost/Freeze Protection for Horticultural Crops (PDF version)
  • Guide To Deciding When To Start And Stop Irrigating For Frost Protection of Fruit Crops (PDF version)
  • Weather and Climate Information for North Carolina Farmers (PDF version)

TOP