Using Genetics to Avoid Spraying in the Vegetable Garden

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Selecting disease-resistant cultivars is an essential tool for avoiding the use of pesticides in the vegetable garden.  Plant pathologist Nicole Gauthier of the University of Kentucky explains how to identify cultivars appropriate to your region and your garden, and why “tolerance” may serve you as well as “resistance.”