Crop Production
The 2025 Southeast U.S. Vegetable Crop Handbook is now available. The handbook represents a joint effort among Extension specialists and researchers from land-grant universities and other institutions in the United States who work in the area of vegetable production. These specialists and researchers represent a wide array of disciplines: agricultural engineering, entomology, vegetable production, plant pathology, postharvest physiology, soil science, and weed science.
This handbook comprises up-to-the-minute information developed from research and Extension projects conducted across the Southeast. It contains the information that you need to manage your vegetable crops, including which varieties to plant, planting dates, fertilizer recommendations, cover crop selection and conservation tillage options, pesticide selection, grafting, fertigation, plasticulture, postharvest handling, alternative pest management tools, and suggestions, as well as many other topics.
Sections
- General Production Recommendations
- Specific Crop Recommendations
- Calibrating Chemical Application Equipment
- Registered Fungicides, Insecticides, and Miticides For Vegetables
- Insect, Disease, and Weed Control
- Disease Control for Commercial Vegetables
Download a PDF of the 2025 Southeast U.S. Vegetable Crop Handbook.
Alabama Extension Contributors
Entomology
- Paulo Cremonez
Horticulture
- Camila Rodrigues
- Andre Luiz Biscaia Ribeiro da Silva
Plant Pathology
- Ed Sikora