Research Reports
**Many research reports by MSU Extension staff from 2001 to the present are maintained in the Midwest Vegetable Variety Trial Guide. Here, you can find copies of those reports, and others.
2017
Potatoes
Sweet corn
Vine crops
- 2017 Butternut Squash Variety Trial in Strip-Tilled Rye Mulch
- 2017 Seedless Pickling Cucumber Variety Trial
- 2017 Slicing Cucumber Performance in Southwest Michigan
2016
Cole crops
Fertilizers and cover crops
- 2016 Butternut squash cereal rye cover crop tillage and fertility trial
- 2016 Poly-coated urea rate influences sweet corn yield
Fruiting vegetables
- 2016 Organic processing tomato variety trial
- 2016 Evaluation of 15 specialty pepper cultivars in Southwest Michigan
- 2016 Evaluation of 11 bell pepper cultivars in Southwest Michigan.pdf
Vine crops
- 2016 Seedless pickling cucumber variety trial
- 2016 Yield of 17 summer squash varieties in Southwest Michigan
- 2016 Winter melons: a new crop for Michigan growers
Weed control
2015
Fertilizers and cover crops
Fruiting vegetables
Vine crops
- 2015 Evaluation of three pollenizer planting patterns on seedless watermelon yield
- 2015 Seedless pickling cucumber variety trial
Sweet corn
- 2015 Poly-coated urea as a season-long nitrogen source for sweet corn
- 2015 Bt sh2 sweet corn variety trial
Weed control
2014
Fertilizers and cover crops
- 2014 Hairy vetch as a replacement for synthetic nitrogen
- 2014 Biochar as a soil amendment in a high tunnel, polybag growth system
Potatoes
Sweet corn
Vine crops
- 2014 Evaluation of 13 slicing cucumbers in Southwest Michigan
- 2014 Saginaw Valley pickling cucumber variety trial
- 2014 Saginaw Valley pumpkin variety trial