FREMONT, Ohio -- Vegetable production will be the focus of Ohio State University's Northern Ohio Vegetable Crops Field Night Aug. 7 at the North Central Agricultural Research Station of the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) .
The event, which runs from 6 to 8:30 p.m., focuses on research on fresh market and processing crops and the economic benefit of producers and food processors. Topics include managing beetles, bacterial wilt in muskmelons, grafting tomatoes and their use in industry, and bio-control for worms on cabbage.
No registration is required for the event, which is free and open to the public. For more information, participants may contact Matt Hofelich at hofelich.4@osu.edu or419-332-5142; or Mark Koening at koenig.55@osu.edu or 419-334-6340. Educational credits will be available.
The research station is located at 1165 County Road 43, southwest of Fremont, at the intersection of State Route 53.
The event is sponsored by OARDC and Ohio State University Extension, the research and outreach arms, respectively, of Ohio State's College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences.