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For questions about home gardening, landscaping or commercial horticulture production, please contact your county extension agent. Click here, then click on your county either on the map or from the list of counties below it. For undergraduate student information, contact Dr. Bob Geneve at 859-257-8610, or rgeneve@uky.edu For graduate student information, contact Dr. Doug Archbold at 859-257-3352, or darchbol@uky.edu

What's New

Grape IPM Scouting Guide Available

ID-254, An IPM Scouting Guide for Common Problems of Grape in Kentucky, is now available online. The manual is the result of efforts of the University of Kentucky Fruit Integrated Pest Management team.

López publishes paper in PLOS ONE

The Department of Horticulture's Dr. Carlos Rodríguez López has published a paper in the journal PLOS ONE. Lakshay Anand, a graduate research assistant in the Department of Horticulture, is among the co-authors.

López receives $500,000 grant

Carlos Rodríguez López, an assistant professor in the UK Department of Horticulture, has received a $500,000 grant from the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to explore epigenetic memory, a molecular mechanism

Graduate Assistantship Available

A graduate assistantship is available for an M.S. student with interest and/or experience in nematology and experience in vegetable production to join Dr. Rachel Rudolph’s lab in the UK Department of Horticulture.

New Irrigation Publication

Go with the Flow Simple Calculations for Small Drip Irrigation Systems (HO-122), by the UK Department of Horticulture's Dr. Brent Rowell, is now available.

Vole Management in Blueberry Production video

In this video, University of Kentucky Horticulture Extension Associate Chris Smigell demonstrates the proper management of voles in the

2018 Fruit and Vegetable Research Report

The University of Kentucky's 2018 Fruit and Vegetable Annual Research Report is now available. CLICK HERE to access the report.

ID-235 Updated

The University of Kentucky Vegetable IPM Team's manual, An IPM Scouting Guide for Common Problems of High Tunnel and Greenhouse Vegetable Crops in Kentucky (ID-235), has been updated.

2019 KY Fruit & Vegetable Conference

The 2019 Kentucky Fruit and Vegetable Conference will be held January 7-8 at Embassy Suites Hotel, 1801 Newtown Pike, Lexington, Kentucky 40511.

Produce Grower Buyer MeetUp

A Produce Grower-Buyer MeetUp will be the single largest event bringing together buyers and growers and is co-hosted for the second year by the Kentucky Vegetable Growers Association, the Kentucky Horticulture Council and

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