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Mountain Research Station in fall

Holiday update

As the days shorten and the temperatures drop, we are spending most of our time here in Waynesville compiling results from the summer trials, conducting...

Season finale

And just like that, the summer is over! After three months of planting, spraying, inoculating, evaluating, and harvesting tomatoes, cucurbits, and peppers, our field season...
Tomato transplants in the field

The season begins

Warm weather and longer days mark the beginning of the field season for the Meadow’s lab. We have tomato and pepper transplants in the greenhouse...
Landscape bed

2020 Phytophthora Project Results

2020 was the final year of a three-year project evaluating annual and herbaceous perennial landscape plants for resistance or tolerance to Phytophthora root or crown...
Landscape bed flowers

2019 Phytophthora Project Results

Results are in from our 2019 study of Phytophthora on herbaceous ornamentals. See project details below for a full summary including detailed results. Summary results...