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  1. 20 Questions on Plant Diagnosis

    Stinking-ash does not belong to the rose family, nor is it a true ash, so the plant dodges both the fire blight ... are specific to oaks, and over 700 are tiny wasps belonging to the family Cynipidae. The cynipid wasp ... a diagnosis. Prior to the discovery in 2002 that this non-native beetle was living in the United States, people ...

  2. 4-H Camp Active Threat Guidelines

    method. Camp directors and camp facility managers will work together to share the camp safety plan with ... are items to consider when planning your camp to help better prepare yourself, staff, and counselors. ... to develop a safety plan for the camp, including determining the best way to communicate given the ...

  3. 4-H Project Learning

    effect. Helper’s Role Help 4-H members and their families select projects that are meaningful to them. ... matter through their work on projects. More than 220 projects are available to Ohio 4-H members. Through ... these projects, members learn about topics that are of interest to them, at a pace that is set by them. ...

  4. A Consumer’s Guide to Pure Maple Syrup

    classified as a superfood, due to its potential health benefits. However, the reason consumers keep coming ... night. This causes sap to flow cold and clear from the tree. Syrup produced from this sap is light in color ... producing syrup that is darker and stronger in flavor. At the end of the season, tree buds begin to open, ...

  5. A Guide to Corn Growth and Development

    interchangeably, yet each has a distinct meaning. Corn growth is related to the increase in size of an individual ... fertility, stress, and plant competition. On the other hand, corn development relates to the plant’s progress ... in stages of maturity (e.g., moving from earlier to later stages). Temperatures (heat unit ...

  6. A History of Packaging

    Cynthia Bond Very early in time, food was consumed where it was found. Families and villages were ... and leaves to use. Later, containers were fashioned from natural materials, such as hollowed logs, ... matted into felts by plaiting or weaving. These fabrics were made into garments, used to wrap products or ...

  7. A Landowner’s Guide to Understanding Recommended Pipeline Standards and Construction Specifications

    drilling of gas wells comes the need to establish pipelines to move the gas from the point of drilling to ... the end users. Landowners across Ohio are being asked to sign agreements allowing companies to ... items to consider regarding standards and construction specifications related to pipelines. This fact ...

  8. Abate Animal Heat Stress in Hot Weather

    industry. They need to be further developed or calibrated to support operational decision-making at farm ... stress, reducing heat gain and helping to increase heat loss are fundamental strategies. Genetic ... sunlight together with heated surfaces create a significant amount of heat load to animals. A shade blocks ...

  9. Abnormal Ears in Corn—When and Why Do They Develop?

    have been reported for over a century. To date, ear development issues reported in cornfields persist, ... to 49% of plants had abnormal ears). Abnormal ears reduced grain yield 35–91% (yield loss per area ... abortion of the primary ear was a correlated factor (Ortez et al., 2022a). In addition to lower yields, ...

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    community leaders and elected officials to build better lives, better businesses and better communities that ... you have access to hundreds of OSU Extension fact sheets covering a wide array of subjects such as ... agriculture and natural resources, family and consumer sciences, community development, and 4-H youth ...

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