57 th Atlantic Coast Ag Convention & Trade Show

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1 57 th Atlantic Coast Ag Convention & Trade Show January 17-18, 2012 Sponsored by Vegetable Growers Association of New Jersey, Inc. In Conjunction with Rutgers Cooperative Extension And the New Jersey Department of Agriculture Trump Taj Mahal 1000 Boardwalk at Virginia Avenue Atlantic City, New Jersey

2 Education Program Chairman Mel Henninger Specialist in Vegetable Crops Session Organizers Tuesday, January 17 Vine Crops Michelle Casella, Agricultural Gloucester. Green/Herbs Rick VanVranken, Agricultural Atlantic Soil Fertility Meredith Melendez, Program Associate, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Mercer Food Safety Wesley Kline, Agricultural Cumberland Transplants Bill Hlubik, Agricultural Agent, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex Peppers Andy Wyenandt, Extension Specialist in Vegetable Pathology, Rutgers Cooperative Extension Plant Growth and the Environment Workshop Michelle Casella, Agricultural Gloucester Wednesday, January 13 Brown Marmorated Stink Bug George Hamilton, Specialist in Entomology, Rutgers Cooperative Extension Sweet Corn Raymond Samulis, Agricultural Burlington Direct Marketing Rick VanVranken, Agricultural Agent, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Atlantic Tomatoes Peter Nitzsche, Agricultural Morris New Jersey Agribusiness Association Session Jenny Carleo, Agricultural Agent, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Cape May Blueberries Gary Pavlis, Agricultural Agent, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Atlantic Wildlife Control Mel Henninger, Extension Specialist Emeritus, Rutgers Cooperative Extension Farm Safety Raymond Samulis, Agricultural Burlington

3 Principles of Web Marketing for Farmers Simon Huntley, Small Farm Central The Impact of Food Bloggers on Marketing your Products Richard VanVranken, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Atlantic Tomatoes Using Web-based Disease Prediction Models Joseph Ingerson-Mahar, Rutgers University Tomato Pollination in Extreme Conditions Monica Ozores-Hampton and Gene McAvoy, University of Florida Experiences in Grafting Tomatoes for Disease Resistance in NJ Peter Nitzsche, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Morris Best Management Practices for Tomato Fertilization Monica Ozores-Hampton, Eric Simonne, Fritz Roka, Steven Sargent, Crystal Snodgrass and Gene McAvoy, University of Florida New Jersey Agribusiness Association Session New Jersey Agribusiness Association Who We Are and What We Do Jenny Carleo, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Cape May How Do Motor Vehicle Regulations Impact Me as a Farmer? Karen Kritz, New Jersey Department of Agriculture Creative Ag on the Farm Lessons Learned from NJ s First Sunflower Maze Raj Sinha, Liberty Farm/Sussex Innovations Community Supported Agriculture: Getting the Right Fit Michelle Casella, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Gloucester Running a Successful CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) Matthew Bruckler III, JAH s Creation Organic Farm

4 EXPERIENCES IN GRAFTING TOMATOES FOR DISEASE RESISTANCE IN NJ Peter J. Nitzsche Agricultural & Resource Management Agent Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Morris P.O. Box 900 Morristown, NJ Many studies have shown that grafting non-disease resistant tomato varieties onto disease resistant rootstocks can improve plant growth and yield. One grower study in Pennsylvania also showed a yield response when a disease resistant variety was grafted and planted into fumigated and non-fumigated soil in a high tunnel. In order to verify that grafting can enhance yield even without the presence of disease in a high tunnel, a study was conducted in the research high tunnels at the Rutgers Agricultural Research & Extension Center (RAREC) in In this study four varieties of tomatoes (BHN589, Primo Red, Red Deuce, and Scarlet Red) were grafted onto Multifort rootstock and compared with ungrafted plants. The treatments were planted into bags of clean soilless mix to eliminate the possibility of soil borne disease. The yields of all four varieties were higher for the grafted plants than the ungrafted plants (Figures 1. & 2.). Unfortunately, the yields and fruit quality from the plots were somewhat low due to a problem with a lack of surfactant in the bag mix. Funding is being sought to repeat this experiment to confirm the findings. Figure 1. Marketable yield from high tunnels RAREC, Bridgeton, NJ 2011 Tomato Marketable Yield All Harvests Scarlet Red ungrafted Scarlet Red grafted Treatments BHN 589 ungrafted BHN 589 grafted Red Deuce ungrafted Red Deuce grafted Primo Red ungrafted Primo Red grafted > " " Pounds Per Plot 90

5 Figure 2. Marketable yield from all varieties combined RAREC, Bridgeton, NJ 2011 Tomato Marketable Yield Ungrafted/Grafted All Harvests Treatments Ungrafted Grafted > " " Pounds Per Plot Several New Jersey farmers have been experimenting with grafting tomatoes for production in high tunnels. Overall their experiences have been favorable and details of their experience will be shared during the presentation. 91