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faculty provide educational programs to farmers and nursery
owners on plant diseases, pest management, improved production,
sustainable technologies, efficient use of resources, and trends
in landscape design. Please contact your
county UT Extension office for more information about
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What's Contained in this Site:
News and Highlights
Educational Programs and Services
Please contact your
county Extension office to learn more about what programs on crops
and nursery are available in your area.
Horticultural
Business Information Network — provides vital information
for horticultural agribusinesses across the state.
Beekeeping in Tennessee
— Provides information on beekeeping as a pleasing and profitable
occupation.
Budgets
— Short-term planning budgets for livestock and the most prevalent
field crop enterprises.
Cooperative Agricultural
Pest Survey (CAPS) Program — Program information relative
to endemic and exotic pests which might occur in Tennessee
Distance Diagnostics — Program focuses on identification
of many of the fungal, insect, nematode and viral pathogens which occur
across the state. County Extension faculty submit plant disease or pest
images and information for rapid diagnosis by resource professionals at
the Plant and Pest Diagnostic Center in Nashville, TN.
Dogwood
Information Exchange — The University of Tennessee Dogwood
Research Group studies and disseminates information about diseases, culture
and breeding of Cornus florida and other dogwoods.
Financial
Record Keeping Workshops for Nurseries and Small Businesses —
workshops will cover topics such as basic bookkeeping practices, payroll
preparation, inventory management, invoicing and accounts receivable,
accounts payable, and marketing information management.
Integrated Pest
Management Programs in Tennessee — Programs include corn,
cotton, grain, sorghum, tobacco, soybean, stored grain and urban integrated pest
management programs.
Mycorrhizal Infomation Exchange
(MIE) — MIE is a global clearinghouse of information about
this beneficial root/fungal symbiosis.
Nursery Extension
Programs — Educational programs are presented across the
state to assist growers, landscape personnel, and county Extension professionals
to stay up-to-date on production and landscape trends in the industry.
Pick Tennessee Products — Learn how to find Tennessee
processed and specialty products, and share the freshest and best foods
with friends and family, at home or around the globe!
Power and Machinery — Information on the care and maintenance
of power equipment and farm machinery.
Row Crops Web
Site — UT Web site contains current and comprehensive information
about the management of major field crops grown in Tennessee.
Soil Test Laboratory — Program to help homeowners, farmers,
nursery growers and researchers submit soil samples for diagnostic analysis.
Tennessee Pest Management Information Network — Information
on all aspects of pest management and related topics.
UTIA Gardens — A
research facility as well as for the enjoyment of the public. There are
over 800 trees and shrubs growing along a winding brick trail, 500 Perennials
, 600 Annuals and a variety of herbs.
University
of Tennessee Turf Grass Site — This Web site describes the
teaching, research, outreach and student activities of the turf program
at UT
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Departments and Unit Web Sites Related to Crops
and Nursery
For more information related to the topic of crops
and nursery, please visit the following departments' and unit's homepages:
Other information sources:
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Publications Related to Crops and Nursery
Publications are also available in print format
from your county Extension office.
Departmental publications and newsletters are available from department
Web sites.
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