The year was 1968. Beehive hairdo’s were the rage, as were cars with lots of shiny chrome. New Jersey was lush with diners, drive-in movies and roadside farmstands. And the Jersey tomato reigned supreme. In 1968, there were a number of “Jersey tomato” varieties on the market–products of prior decades of breeding tasty, tangy tomatoes […]
Commercial Agriculture
Review: Razza
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
It is consuming crops and swarming Pa. towns. Can N.J. keep this bug away?
Gary Pavlis – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Study Shows Bt-Field Corn Results in Reduced Pest Pressure in Other Non-GM Vegetable Crops
A Mid-Atlantic multi-state study compared the rate of European corn borer and corn earworm damage before and after introduction of Bt-field corn usage on other non-Bt crop fields. The study was published March 12 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Kristian Holmstrom, research project coordinator in the Vegetable Integrated Pest Management (IPM) […]
Hazelnuts: New Jersey Plant Breeding Program Aims To Benefit Farmers, Consumers
Thomas Molnar – Rutgers Cooperative Extension; Department of Plant Biology
Rutgers studying cold-resistant cocoa
Thomas Gianfagna – Rutgers Cooperative Extension; Department of Plant Biology
Program to offer new way of teaching ag
Brian Schilling, Stephen Komar – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
This Scientist Is Making Sure We Never Run Out Of Nutella
Tom Molnar – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
GM corn keeps pests from unmodified neighbors
Kris Holmstrom, Department of Entomology
Celebrate National Ag Day at the Middlesex County EARTH Center
Bill Hlubik, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources
