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Vegetable Research

 
   Video: Organic Vegetables 
4 mentions
The earth provides the foods we eat -- including healthy vegetables. UT researchers are studying how best to grow these crops, and part of that work involves organic farming.
 
   Video: Sweet corn 
3 mentions
UT AgResearchers applied herbicides to experimental sweet corn to keep weeds away. But something unexpected happened -- they boosted the nutritional value of the corn.
 
   Website: Food Safety 
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Developing/evaluating strategies against pathogens and food-borne illness.
 
   Website: Insects & Plant Diseases 
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Biological and cultural control, resistant cultivars, and integrated pest management.
 
   Website: Phytophthora Plant Pathogens 
2 mentions
Soybeans, vegetables, the Irish potato blight, and Sudden Oak Death.
 
   Video: Greenhouse Protected Agriculture 
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More and more of the fruits and vegetables we eat are grown indoors.
 
   Website: Protected Agriculture 
1 mention
From hydroponics to organic raised beds, from computer-controlled greenhouses to simple rain shelters.