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BUSINESS AND MARKETING
An Agricultural Retailer's Guide to Customer Care
Balancing Work and Family
Capital Investment Analysis and Project Assessment
Census of Agriculture Reveals Declines in Floriculture Producers
Communications in the Family
Defining Business Through Goals and Objectives
Developing Vision and Mission Statements
Estimating Break Even Sales for Your Business
Fatal Business Planning Assumptions
Financial Planning for Retirement
Financial and Tax Aspects of Tree Planting
Guide to Information for Starting in the Nursery Business
Implementing Strategy: The Key Strategic Decisions for the Farm Business
Indiana Land Surveys
Involving the Family in Goal Setting and Decision Making
Licensing, Regulatory, and Tax Requirements for Indiana Businesses: A Checklist Guide for New Businesses
List of Assistance and Regulatory Agencies for Starting in the Nursery Business
Marketing's Four P's: First Steps for New Entrepreneurs
Principles for Structuring Small Business
Starting in the Nursery Business
The Elements of a Business Plan: First Steps for New Entrepreneurs
The Five Forces of Industry
Tree Appraisal
Types of Life Insurance Policies
DISEASE
Bacterial Canker of Tomato
Blossom End Rot of Tomato FruitF
Cantaloupe and Watermelon Disease Management Timeline for Indiana
Common Scab of PotatoF
Diagnosis and Control of Onion Diseases
Disease Management Strategies for Horticultural Crops: Fungicide Mobility for Nursery, Greenhouse, and Landscape Professionals
Disease Management Strategies for Horticultural Crops: Fungicide Rotations for Nursery, Greenhouse, and Landscape Professionals
Disease Management Strategies for Horticultural Crops: Pythium Root Rot of Herbaceous Plants
Disease Management Strategies for Horticultural Crops: Using Organic Fungicides
Disease Resistant Annuals and Perennials in the Landscape
Disease-resistant Annual & Perennial Production
Diseases of Landscape Plants: Cedar Apple and Related Rusts on Landscape Plants
Diseases of Landscape Plants: Downy Mildew
Diseases of Landscape Plants: Leaf Diseases
Diseases of Landscape Plants: Powdery Mildew
Diseases of Landscape Plants: Rose Black Spot
Fruit Diseases: Disease Management for Fruit Trees After Crop Loss
Hops Production in Indiana: Integrated Pest Management Guide for Hops in Indiana
Identification and Control of Crucifer Diseases
Identification and Management of Pumpkin Diseases
Identifying Air Pollution Damage on Melons
Managing Pests in Home Fruit Plantings
Melcast: Melon Disease Forecaster
Midwest Fruit Pest Management Guide
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Midwest Small Fruit Pest Management Handbook
Midwest Tree Fruit Pest Management Handbook
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Midwest Tree Fruit Spray Guide
Midwest Vegetable Production Guide for Commercial Growers
Muskmelon Problems on Acid Sandy Soils: Manganese Toxicity and Magnesium Deficiency
Pepper Disease Management Timeline for Indiana
Pest Control in Indiana Cantaloupe Production
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Pest Control in Tomatoes for Processing
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Pumpkin Disease Management Timeline for Indiana
Sweet Corn Pest Identification and Management
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Tomato Disease Management Timeline for Indiana
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Anthracnose
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Brown Patch
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Dollar Spot
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Fairy Ring
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Gray Leaf Spot
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Gray Snow Mold
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Leaf Spot/Melting Out
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Necrotic Ring Spot
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Pink Snow Mold and Microdochium Patch
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Powdery Mildew
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Pythium Blight
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Red Thread
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Rhizoctonia Large Patch
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Rust Diseases
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Seasonal Activity of Turfgrass Pathogens
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Slime Molds
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Smut Diseases
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Summer Patch
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Take All Patch
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Turf Disease Identification
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Yellow Patch
Vegetable Diseases: Tomato Disease Management in Greenhouses
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Vegetable Diseases: Anthracnose of Cucumber, Muskmelon, and Watermelon
Vegetable Diseases: Five Steps for Healthy Garden Tomatoes
ENVIRONMENT
2,4-D and Dicamba Tolerant Crops-Some facts to consider
Agriculture's Effect on Environment Quality
Climate Change and Your Future Plans
Forests and Our Environment
Indiana High Tunnel Handbook
Managing Environment in High Tunnels for Cool Season Vegetable Production
Preparing for Climate Change
Storm Water Runoff
Stormwater and Non-point Source Pollution
ESTABLISHING TURF
Building and Maintaining Soccer Fields in Indiana
Establishing Turfgrass Areas From Seed
Lawn Improvement Programs
Purchasing Quality Grass Seed for Your Lawn
Seeding a Turf Area in the Spring
Soil Testing for Lawns
Turfgrass Management: Establishing a Lawn From Sod
Zoysiagrass for Turfgrass Areas in Indiana
FERTILITY
Calibrating Ride-on Pesticide Sprayers and Fertilizer Spreaders: Keys to Application Accuracy
Collecting Soil Samples for Testing
Fertilizing Blueberries
Improving Lawns in Shade
Lowering pH for Horticulture Crops
Midwest Vegetable Production Guide for Commercial Growers
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Muskmelon Problems on Acid Sandy Soils: Manganese Toxicity and Magnesium Deficiency
Should I Hire a Professional Lawn Care Service?
Soil Testing Laboratories
Soil pH
pH and Electrical Conductivity Measurements in Soilless Substrates
FLOWER ARRANGING
Add Hours to Your Flowers
Forcing Branches for Winter Color
Holiday Greens
Preserving Plant Materials
FLOWERS
Forcing Bulbs for Indoor Bloom
Growing Annual Flowers
FOOD SAFETY
Food Safety for Fruit and Vegetable Farms: Good Agricultural Practices for Fruit and Vegetable Farms
Home Storage of Apples
FRUITS AND NUTS
Apple Cultivars for Indiana
Fertilizing Blueberries
Fruit Diseases: Disease Management for Fruit Trees After Crop Loss
Fruits and Nuts for Edible Landscaping
Home Storage of Apples
Midwest Fruit Pest Management Guide
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Midwest Small Fruit Pest Management Handbook
Midwest Tree Fruit Pest Management Handbook
Pollination of Fruits and Nuts
Raspberries
GENERAL HORTICULTURE
Container and Raised Bed Gardening
Growing Annual Flowers
Growing Herbs
Growing Perennial Flowers
Hanging Baskets
Home Gardener's Guide
Hotbeds and Cold Frames
Indiana Vegetable Planting Calendar
Landscape Plants for Acid Soils
Landscape Plants for Areas with Full Sun
Landscape Plants for Moist to Slightly Moist Areas
Landscape Plants for Sandy Areas
Landscape Plants for Shady Areas
Landscape Plants for Wet Areas
New Plants from Cuttings
Seasonal Daily Light Integrals Across Indiana
Starting Seeds Indoors
The Fall Vegetable Garden
Trees of Indiana
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Winter Storage of Geranium, Canna, Gladiolus, Caladium, and Begonia
HOUSEPLANTS
African Violet Care
Ferns for Indoors
Forcing Bulbs for Indoor Bloom
Indoor Plant Care
Terrariums
INSECTS
Ants
Asian Lady Beetle
Bagworms
Borers in Pines and Evergreens in the Landscape
Boxelder Bugs
Bronze Birch Borer
Carpenter Bees
Chiggers and Their Control
Cicada Killers
Cigarette Beetle
Cockroaches
Common Natural Enemies
Common Tree and Shrub Pests of Indiana
Common Vegetable Insects
Corn Earworm
Crabapples Resistant to Apple Scab and Japanese Beetle in Indiana
Cucurbit Insect Management
Fall Webworm
Flea Beetles
Flower Garden Pests
Fungus Gnats and Shore Flies
Galls on Shade Trees and Shrubs
Home, Landscape, and Nursery Insecticides
Hops Production in Indiana: Integrated Pest Management Guide for Hops in Indiana
How to Minimize Pesticide Damage of Honey Bees
Improving Lawns in Shade
Japanese Beetles in the Urban Landscape
Landscape Pesticide Application Equipment: A Guide to Selection and Calibration of Liquid Sprayers
Management of Insect Pests on Fresh Market Tomatoes
Managing Alternative Pollinators: A Handbook for Beekeepers, Growers and Conservationists
Managing Insect Pests of Commercially Grown Crucifers
Managing Insect Pests of Nut Trees
Managing Insect Pests of Potato
Managing Insects in Commercially Grown Sweet Corn
Managing Insects in the Home Vegetable Garden
Managing Pests in Home Fruit Plantings
Managing Striped Cucumber Beetle Populations on Cantaloupe and Watermelon
Managing the Zimmerman Pine Moth
Midwest Fruit Pest Management Guide
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Midwest Small Fruit & Grape Spray Guide
Midwest Small Fruit Pest Management Handbook
Midwest Tree Fruit Pest Management Handbook
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Midwest Tree Fruit Spray Guide
Midwest Vegetable Production Guide for Commercial Growers
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Millipedes, Sowbugs, Pillbugs
Mimosa Webworm
Monitoring and Decision Making for Cucumber Beetles on Muskmelon
Mosquitoes In and Around the Home
New White Grub Pests of Indiana
Periodical Cicada in Indiana
Pest Control in Indiana Cantaloupe Production
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Pest Control in Tomatoes for Processing
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Protecting Honey Bees from Pesticides
Scale Insects on Shade Trees and Shrubs
Slugs in Home, Garden, and Greenhouses
Social Bees and Wasps
Solitary Bees and Wasps: Carpenter Bee, Cicada Killer and Mud Daubers
Spider Mites on Ornamentals
Spiders
Squash Beetle on Cucurbits
Sweet Corn Pest Identification and Management
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The Elm Leaf Beetle
Turfgrass Insect Management
Vegetable Insect Identification
Western Flower Thrips
What Nurseries Need to Know About the Invasive Species Regulation
LANDSCAPE
7 Simple Steps to a Better Homelawn
Animal Urine Damage in Turf
Calibrating Ride-on Pesticide Sprayers and Fertilizer Spreaders: Keys to Application Accuracy
Construction and Trees: Guidelines for Protection
Consumer Horticulture: Fertilizing Woody Plants
Decline of White Pine in Indiana
Don't Bag It
Graffiti Removal from Trees
Home, Landscape, and Nursery Insecticides
Lawn Improvement Programs
List of Assistance and Regulatory Agencies for Starting in the Nursery Business
Maintenance Calendar for Indiana Lawns
Mechanical Damage to Trees: Mowing and Maintenance Equipment
Planting Forest Trees and Shrubs in Indiana
Recommended Perennial Flowers
Scale Insects on Shade Trees and Shrubs
Should I Hire a Professional Lawn Care Service?
Storms and Trees
Transplant Shock to Trees and Shrubs
Tree Appraisal
Tree Installation: Process and Practices
Trees of Indiana
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Turfgrass Color: Indicator of Septic System Performance
What's Wrong with Topping Trees
Why Hire an Arborist?
Why is my Tree Dying?
MAINTENANCE
7 Simple Steps to a Better Homelawn
Animal Urine Damage in Turf
Autumn Garden Calendar
Bermudagrass for Southern Indiana Athletic Fields
Building and Maintaining Soccer Fields in Indiana
Calibrating Ride-on Pesticide Sprayers and Fertilizer Spreaders: Keys to Application Accuracy
Consumer Horticulture: Fertilizing Woody Plants
Don't Bag It
Fertilizing Fruit in Small Areas
Fertilizing Small Fruits
Fiberglass Tanks for Storage, Transport, and Application: Designing Your Customized Tank
Growing Cherries in Indiana
Improving Lawns in Shade
Lawn Improvement Programs
Lawncare Pesticide Application Equipment: A Guide to Selection and Calibration of Granular Spreaders
Maintenance Calendar for Indiana Lawns
Managing Yard Waste: Clippings and Composting
Mowing, Thatching, Aerifying, and Rolling Turf
Pesticides and Commercial Vehicle Maintenance
Pruning Ornamental Trees and Shrubs
Should I Hire a Professional Lawn Care Service?
Spring Garden Calendar
Summer Garden Calendar
The Selection and Inspection of Hoses: An Integral Component of Everyday Equipment
Trees Need a Proper Start: Prune Them Right
Turfgrass Management: Facts About Phosphorus and Lawns
Turfgrass Management: Fertilizing Established Cool-season Lawns
Winter Garden Calendar
MULTIMEDIA RESOURCES
Fifty Trees of the Midwest App for iPhone
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Trees of Indiana
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OTHER
Become a Purdue Master Gardener
Calibrating the Hose Reel Lawn Care Sprayer
Children and Poisoning: Seconds Matter
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Drought? Don't forget the trees!
Farm Truck Accidents: Considering Your Liability Management Options
Fiberglass Tanks for Storage, Transport, and Application: Designing Your Customized Tank
Forcing Branches for Winter Color
Indiana's Urban Woodlots
Irrigation Practices for Homelawns
Keep the Trailer Connected to the Truck: Understanding the 'Hitch' System
Mile-a-minute Vine
Purdue Master Gardener Program Policy Guide
Securing The Load
Selecting an Indiana-Grown Christmas Tree
Storing Vegetables and Fruits at Home
Terrariums
The Aftermath of a Farm Truck Crash: Lawsuits, Settlements, and Court Proceedings
The Selection and Inspection of Hoses: An Integral Component of Everyday Equipment
The Tractor Hitch Pin: A Critical Component in Keeping Control of Implements
Tips for First-Time Buyers of Real Christmas Trees
Tree Installation: Process and Practices
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Winterize Your Trees
PESTICIDES
2,4-D and Dicamba Tolerant Crops-Some facts to consider
Calibrating Ride-on Pesticide Sprayers and Fertilizer Spreaders: Keys to Application Accuracy
Calibrating the Hose Reel Lawn Care Sprayer
Children and Poisoning: Seconds Matter
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Driftwatch: Watch Out for Grapes
Driftwatch: Watch Out for Pesticide Drift and Organic Production
Hops Production in Indiana: Integrated Pest Management Guide for Hops in Indiana
Impact of Water Quality on Pesticide Performance
Lawncare Pesticide Application Equipment: A Guide to Selection and Calibration of Granular Spreaders
Measuring Pesticides: Overlooked Steps To Getting the Correct Rate.
Midwest Fruit Pest Management Guide
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Midwest Small Fruit & Grape Spray Guide
Offering Sound Pest Management Advice to the Public
Pesticide Safety and Calibration Math for the Homeowner
Pesticide Use on Melons Grown in Indiana
Pesticide Use on Potatoes Grown in Indiana
Pesticides and Commercial Vehicle Maintenance
Pesticides and Container Management
Pesticides and Fleet Vehicles Transporting Pesticides Safely
Pesticides and Formulation Technology
Pesticides and Personal Protective Equipment
Pesticides and Personal Safety
Pesticides and Pest Prevention Strategies for the Home, Lawn and Garden
Pesticides and Their Proper Storage
Pesticides and the Home, Lawn, and Garden
Poly Tanks for Farm Businesses Preventing Catastrophic Failures
Should I Hire a Professional Lawn Care Service?
The Benefits of Pesticides, A Story Worth Telling
The Role of Pesticides in Urban Integrated Pest Management
Would You Eat This Apple? poster
PHYSIOLOGY
Are Trees Getting too Fat?
Guide to Flowering and Why Plants Fail to Bloom
Should Newly Planted Trees be Staked and Tied?
Why Leaves Change Color-The Physiological Basis
Plant Material
African Violet Care
Annual Flowers
Apple Cultivars for Indiana
Chinese Vegetables
Chrysanthemums
Commercial Greenhouse and Nursery Production: Drought-tolerant Plants
Consumer Horticulture: Spreading Ornamental Plants: Virtues & Vices
Currants and Gooseberries
Daylilies
Flowering Bulbs
Gourds
Graffiti Removal from Trees
Grape Varieties for Indiana
Ground Covers for the Landscape
Growing Cherries in Indiana
Growing Grapes in Indiana
Growing Pawpaws
Growing Strawberries
Growth Retardant: A Promising Tool for Managing Urban Trees
Hanging Baskets
Hedges
Home and Environment: Landscaping Over Septic Systems with Native Plants
Identification of Common Indiana Conifers
Indiana's Native Magnolias
Landscape Plants for Acid Soils
Landscape Plants for Areas with Full Sun
Landscape Plants for Moist to Slightly Moist Areas
Landscape Plants for Sandy Areas
Landscape Plants for Shady Areas
Landscape Plants for Wet Areas
Landscape Tree Appraisal
Living Christmas Trees
Native Hardwood Trees of the Central Hardwood Region
Ornamental Grasses for Indiana Landscapes
Persimmons
Plant Propagation CD
Planting Your Aquarium
Recommended Perennial Flowers
Red and White Mulberry in Indiana
Resources and Assistance Available for Planting Hardwood Seedlings
Roses
The Narcissus
The Peony: State Flower of Indiana
The Poinsettia
The Sweet Potato
Tree Appraisal
PLANT STRESS
Black Walnut Toxicity
Commercial Greenhouse and Nursery Production: Drought-tolerant Plants
Decline of White Pine in Indiana
Does Night Lighting Harm Trees?
Effects of Cold Weather on Horticultural Plants in Indiana
Salt Damage in Landscape Plants
Storms and Trees
Stress-Related Conifer Dieback
Transplant Shock to Trees and Shrubs
White Pine and Salt Tolerance
Why is my Tree Dying?
PRODUCTION
Alkalinity Management in Soilless Substrates
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Applying Plant Growth Retardants for Height Control
Commercial Greenhouse and Nursery Production: Drought-tolerant Plants
Commercial Greenhouse and Nursery Production: Managing Photoperiod in the Greenhouse
Commercial Greenhouse and Nursery Production: Sanitation for Disease and Pest Management
Commercial Greenhouse and Nursery Production: Water-soluble and Controlled-release Fertilization
Controlling Algae in Irrigation Ponds
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Disease-resistant Annual & Perennial Production
Flower Induction of Annuals
Guide to Production Information for the Commercial Nursery Crop Grower
Hops Production in Indiana: Integrated Pest Management Guide for Hops in Indiana
Hotbeds and Cold Frames
How to Splice Graft Cucumber Plants
Indiana High Tunnel Handbook
Indiana Soil and Landscape Evaluation Manual
Managing Environment in High Tunnels for Cool Season Vegetable Production
Measuring Daily Light Integral Pamphlet
Measuring Daily Light Integral in a Greenhouse
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Midwest Tree Fruit Pest Management Handbook
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Midwest Vegetable Production Guide for Commercial Growers
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New Plants from Layering
Parsley: A Production Guide
Plant Growth Regulators Pocket Reference
Planting and Transplanting Landscape Trees and Shrubs
Poinsettia Propagation
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Raspberries
Seasonal Daily Light Integrals Across Indiana
Some Soil Fungi are Beneficial to Tree Seedling Growth
Trees Need a Proper Start: Prune Them Right
What Nurseries Need to Know About the Invasive Species Regulation
pH & EC Measurements in Soilless Substrates
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VEGETABLES
A Beginner's Guide to Vegetable Gardening CD
Chinese Vegetables
Gourds
Growing Beans in the Home Vegetable Garden
Growing Cucumbers, Melons, Squash, Pumpkins and Gourds
Growing Sweet Corn
How to Splice Graft Cucumber Plants
Indiana High Tunnel Handbook
Indiana Vegetable Planting Calendar
Leafy Greens for the Home Garden
Managing Environment in High Tunnels for Cool Season Vegetable Production
Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports
Potatoes
Seasonal Daily Light Integrals Across Indiana
The Sweet Potato
Tomatoes
Vegetable Diseases: Tomato Disease Management in Greenhouses
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Vegetable Diseases: Five Steps for Healthy Garden Tomatoes
Vegetable Grafting: Techniques for Tomato Grafting
VERTEBRATES
Electric Fences for Preventing Browse Damage by White-Tailed Deer
How to Build a Plastic Mesh Deer Exclusion Fence
Moles
Preventing Wildlife Damage: Do you need a permit?
Sweet Corn Pest Identification and Management
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WEED CONTROL
Consumer Horticulture: Spreading Ornamental Plants: Virtues & Vices
Control of Broadleaf Weeds in Home Lawns
Control of Crabgrass in Home Lawns
Diagnosing Herbicide Injury on Garden and Landscape Plants
Glyphosate, Weeds, and Crops: Biology and Management of Giant Ragweed
Hops Production in Indiana: Integrated Pest Management Guide for Hops in Indiana
ID and Control of Annual Bluegrass and Rough Bluegrass in Lawns
Identification and Control of Perennial Grassy Weeds
Invasive Plant Species Fact Sheets: Poison Hemlock
Midwest Small Fruit Pest Management Handbook
Midwest Tree Fruit Spray Guide
Midwest Vegetable Production Guide for Commercial Growers
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Pest Control in Indiana Cantaloupe Production
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Pest Control in Tomatoes for Processing
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Poison Ivy
Should I Hire a Professional Lawn Care Service?
Sweet Corn Pest Identification and Management
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Turfgrass Management: Sedge Control for Turf Professionals
Turfgrass Management: Yellow Nutsedge Control
Turfgrass Weed Control for Professionals 2014 edition
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Weed Control for the Garden and Landscape
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