Oral Session-Organic Horticulture 1

Tuesday, August 9, 2016: 10:00 AM
Augusta Room (Sheraton Hotel Atlanta)
Moderator:
10:15 AM
Why Do Organic Farmers Decertify?
Ariana P Torres, Purdue University; Maria Marshall, Purdue University
10:30 AM
Effect of Organic Manures on Biomass, Yield, and Quality of Melon (Cucumis melo L.) Raised on a Heavy Soil
Girish Kumar Panicker, Alcorn State University; Ananda Nanjundaswamy, Alcorn State University, Alcorn State University; Willie Mims, Alcorn State University, Alcorn State University; Padma Nimmakayala, West Virginia State University; Umesh Reddy, Professor, West Virginia State University; Yan Tomason, West Virginia State University
10:45 AM
System Effects of Strip Tillage and Compost with Zonal Cover Cropping in Organic Broccoli
Zachary D. Hayden, Michigan State University; Carolyn Lowry, University of New Hampshire; D. Corey Noyes, Michigan State University; Daniel C. Brainard, Michigan State University
11:00 AM
Sequential Transplanting of Parthenocarpic Cucumbers in Organically Managed High Tunnels in Hardiness Zone #7 & #8 of North Carolina
Sanjun Gu, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; John Evan Beck, The Cooperative Extension Program at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Joseph Aaron Moore, North Carolina A&T State University; Wenjing Guan, Purdue University
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