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Field Vegetable Webinar Series - Growing Watermelons in Ontario

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Field Vegetable Webinar Series - Growing Watermelons in Ontario

Time: February 9, 2015 from 12pm to 1pm
Location: webinar on your computer
Website or Map: http://onvegetables.com/2015/…
Phone: 1-877-424-1300 or email ag.info.omafra@ontario.ca
Event Type: webinar
Organized By: OMAFRA
Latest Activity: Jan 20, 2015

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Meg McGrath is an Associate Professor at the Long Island Horticultural Research & Extension Center in Riverhead, NY. The goal of her research program is to improve the management of important diseases of vegetable crops.

Janice LeBoeuf is a Vegetable Crops Specialist with OMAFRA in Ridgetown. Her focus is on field tomato, pepper, eggplant, table beet and sugarbeet production.

Elaine Roddy is a Vegetable Crops Specialist with OMAFRA in Ridgetown. She specializes in sweet corn, legume vegetables, cucurbits and asparagus crops.

Laura VanEerd is an Associate Professor at the University of Guelph – Ridgetown Campus. Her research program focuses on vegetable crop production systems looking at soil fertility, crop rotation, and cover crops.

Marion Paibomesai is a Vegetable Crops Specialist with OMAFRA in Guelph. Crops of interest include root, bulb, leafy and brassica vegetables.

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