). The recommendation also puts responsibility on growers to demonstrate during the inspection process and certification review that “biodegradation of the mulch film is occurring so that it does not accumulate in the fields where it is used” ( NOSB, 2012
large degree. We developed a classification based on visual inspection of the data on percent reduction in DW at the 4.0-dS·m −1 vs. 14.2-dS·m −1 treatments and this correlates to four clusters we noted from Table 1 . Photographs at harvest taken from
agricultural IPM consultants to assess grape rust mite populations. The rinse in bag method was developed to meet this need. Procedural aspects of the RIB method were examined and compared with both direct visual counts of mites on plant tissues and to ethanol
intervals (corresponding to ≈15 mm of precipitation) as needed based on visual inspection of the moisture of the top soil (<20 cm). Fruit were harvested at maturity and selected for uniformity (based on color and size) and were free of visual defects. All
visual scale to determine the tolerance of squash to glyphosate soil residues. To quantify treatment impacts on plant growth, squash plant diameters were measured three to four times, beginning 7 DAP and continuing through the completion of injury
species. Gardener rankings of the likelihood they would use each native plant differed significantly (at the 0.05 level) among flower species ( P < 0.001). Although there was variance in gardeners’ “likelihood of planting” ( Fig. 1 ), visual inspection of
135 ± 30.6 μg·kg −1 and 65.2 ± 25.9 μg·kg −1 of plant tissue beet for cultivars Chioggia and Detroit Dark Red, respectively. A limitation of this study was the lack of a microbial assay beyond visual inspection to confirm sterility of the beet
assigned a value of one and branching shoots a value of two. This was achieved through visual inspection of randomly selected aboveground shoots. Subsequent measurements were performed on the same shoot. Leaf orientation was measured as the angle from the
received 14% of the previous week's ET o every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. Visual inspection during the establishment period ensured that wetting fronts from drip irrigation lines reached the soil surface and moistened the soil uniformly. The
among strains in that “one point of time.” The commercial maturity date was determined by a field visual inspection of the fruit peel and flesh color, taste, and sweetness. For fruit quality assessment at harvest, peel color was visually rated on a scale