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From the President
Rule #1: Keep the Soil Covered
Jennie Love

The Farmer and the Florist
New Things We’ve Tried
Ellen Frost and Laura Beth Resnick

Grower Profile
Plumb Farms Flowers – Dave Rubino and Tom Wheeler
Jodi Helmer

IPM Update
Periodical Cicada Brood X Comong in 2021
Stanton Gill

Cut Flower Cooperatives—Stronger Together
Part Four of a Four-Part Series
Kevin Edberg

Floral Heart Project
Scott Rusch

ASCFG Research Foundation Grant Reports
Entomopathogenic Nematodes Were Effective against Western Flower Thrips on Chrysanthemum Plants, But Not in Gerbera Flowers, under Greenhouse Conditions
Raymond A. Cloyd and Nathan J. Herrick

Identification of Fusarium commune causing meltdown issue in zinnia cut flowers
Ravi Bika and Fulya Baysal-Gurel

ASCFG Grower Grant Report
Soil Biology Battleground! Managing Root Knot Nematode with Anerobic Soil Disinfestation
Rachel Cross

Regional Reports

Northeast – Bailey Hale
Mid-Atlantic – Michelle Elston
Southeast – Val Schirmer
North and Central – Susan Rockwood
South and Central – Shanti Rade
West and Northwest – Erin McMullen
Canada – Janis Harris

From the Director
Research is Creating New Knowledge
Judy Laushman