2020 Kentucky Fruit and Vegetable Conference
The 2020 Kentucky Fruit and Vegetable Conference is scheduled for January 6-7 in Lexington.
Department of Horticulture
What's New
Specialty Crop Production and Marketing Workshop
This workshop is scheduled for December 10 at the Boone County Extension Enrichment Center in Burlington, KY.
Anand poster wins award
Lakshay Anand, first-year graduate (Ph.D.) student in the Environmental Epigenetics and Genetics Group (Dr. Carlos Lopez's lab), was awarded third place overall for his poster titled
New apple, peach publications available
Two new publications, Cultural Calendar for Commercial Apple Production (PPFS-FR-T-25), and Cultural Calendar for Commercial Peach Production (PPFS-FR-T-26), are now available.
New fact sheet available
Rudolph, Knight, Jacobsen win ASHS awards
University of Kentucky extension specialist for vegetable production Dr. Rachel Rudolph and senior extension associate for horticulture Joshua Knight each received two American Society for Horticultural Science
Blossom End Rot publication
A new publication on Blossom End Rot (CCD-FS-11) is now available through the Center for Crop Diversification.
Gollihue poster wins award
Jarrad Gollihue, right, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Horticulture and the James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits, was awarded best student enology poster
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.