2008-2009 New England Vegetable Management Guide is now available . The New England Vegetable Management Guide is a comprehensive guide for commercial vegetable growers with information on current production and pest management techniques. This manual is collaborative effort of members of the Extension Vegetable Programs of the Universities of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.

The 2008-2009 Edition has many new features, including:

• New crops have been added, including basil, mesclun, sweet potato, and okra.
• The irrigation section has been updated and expanded.
• Many new pest management products have been added, including biorational disease control materials. Be sure to check the biorationals tables on pages 35 to 37 as well as the disease and insect management section for each crop.
• Because pesticide resistance management is a serious concern, we have added the resistance group designations for insecticides, herbicides and fungicides/bactericides. This will help growers select products from different resistance groups and slow development of resistance to certain products or groups. See Tables 17, 20, and 22 for more details. 
• To assist organic growers in selecting approved pesticides, all materials which are approved for use in organic production are identified as “OMRI listed.”

The Pest Identification Supplement, published separately, provides color photographs of all the weeds, insects,  diseases and non-pathogenic disorders that are mentioned in this Guide. We hope that growers will use these two publications together for identification and management of pests. The Supplement is available online as a downloadable file.

Copies may be obtained for $15.00 from most county Agricultural Resources Extension Educators or by contacting Becky Grube. The guide is updated every two years by New England Extension personnel and research scientists.