Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Connection

Welcome to the Purdue Fruit and Vegetable information page. Our goal is to get the most up to date and appropriate information in the hands of those who use it, the commercial fruit and vegetable producers of Indiana.

What's New:

Jan. 2009 Take the Sweet Corn IPM Survey sponsored by the Great Lakes Vegetable Working Goup, and get a copy of the Sweet Corn Pest Identification and Management pocket guide. If you prefer to complete a hard copy of the survey, call 219-785-5673 to request a copy. The pocket guide is also available in hard copy from the Education Store and online in pdf format.

Jan. 2009 Check out updated Fungicide Guides for Tomato, Pepper, Pumpkin, and Melons at http://www.btny.purdue.edu/Pubs/#vegetables.

Jan. 2009 Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports for 2008 are available on line, see 'Reports' link to left. Books and CD's available from the Extension Education Store.

Jan. 2009 Midwest Vegetable Production Guide for 2009 (ID-56) available on-line and in hard copy.

Jan. 2009 Sweet Corn IPM Workshop from the Great Lakes Vegetable Working Group streaming video is online here. You can still view the Cucurbit IPM Workshop here.

Where to Find Stuff

For production information on particular crops look under the Fruit or Vegetable links to the left, and explore the NewCROP Web site.

To contact a Purdue Fruit or Vegetable Specialist look under the People link.

To learn about twilight meetings, winter educational programs or trade show opportunities, check out the Events link. Last updated 03/19/09

Access Facts for Fancy Fruit and Vegetable Crops Hotline newsletters and those from other states under the Newsletters link.

To join e-mail discussion groups, sign up under the Mail Lists link.

Find Purdue Extension bulletins and spray guides under the Bulletins and Publications link.

Still looking? Check out the Links page to find other Purdue Departments, Universities, Federal and State Government, and Associations.

Can't find it anywhere? Let us know!

Development of this Web site was supported in part by a USDA/Specialty Crops Grant from the
Office of the Indiana Commissioner of Agriculture.

This site was developed and is maintained by the Fruit and Vegetable Web Team: Bruce Bordelon and Peter Hirst (Fruit), Chris Gunter and Liz Maynard (Vegetables), and Brett Jungels and Carl Geiger (Web Design), and Anna Whipkey (New Crops and Web Design). Please contact the Webmaster if you have questions, comments, suggestions or criticisms.

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