Alton Reis from Brazil talks about the challenges of fusarium wilt in his country.

Maria Gullino speaks about managing fusarium wilt in organic farming.

Dr. Tom Gordon from the University of California, Davis, speaks on the effects of fusarium wilt has had on California.

Dr. Barry Pryor from the University of Arizona, is speaking about the detection, management and impact of seed borne inoculum.

YCEDA works with researchers to find solutions to desert agriculture’s pressing problems. In this video on Fusarium wilt of lettuce, Dr. Barry Pryor, shares disease management strategies based on current research and plans for ongoing research.  This material is based on work supported by the Arizona Iceberg Lettuce Research Council.

What’s up with Indoor Vertical Farming in Yuma? Robert Colangelo, Green Sense Farms, talks about his innovative way of farming and how it might work in Yuma. The Greater Yuma Economic Development Corporation is working with Green Sense Farms as part of their focus on bringing value-added food processors to Yuma.

Want to know what’s going on at the Yuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture? Paul Brierley, our executive director, explains what we have accomplished in the first 2 years and also discusses current and upcoming projects that we are collaborating on with other UofA researchers. Our goal is to have a rapid response to desert agriculture’s most pressing problems.

One of the pressing needs in desert agriculture is disease mitigation. We teamed up with Dr. Barry Pryor, from the University of Arizona, to help find some answers. In this video on Lettuce Drop in Iceberg Lettuce, Dr. Pryor shares disease management strategies based on current research and plans for ongoing research. This material is based on work supported by the Arizona Iceberg Lettuce Research Council.

Sharon Megdal spoke to the Agriculture industry and community in Yuma Arizona about working together to address Arizona water resource challenges.

Here's an update on our research on Fusarium Wilt of Lettuce from leading researchers, Dr. Barry Pryor and Dr. Michael Matheron from the UofA.