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5 – Introducing our New Small Fruits Virologist, Dimitre Mollov

This flyer introduces a new employee to the Horticultural Crops Research Unit, Dr. Dimitre Mollov. This flyer gives some background on Dr. Mollov and projects he has been part of in the past. Dr. Mollov is the HCRU’s new small fruit virologist and we are excited to work with him and share this news! USDAContinue reading “5 – Introducing our New Small Fruits Virologist, Dimitre Mollov”

4 – Dr. Cedar Hesse, Bioinformatics

This flyer re-introduces a current employee of the HCRU, Dr. Cedar Hesse! Cedar has recently begun providing bioinformatic support to our small fruit community within the HCRU as a Category 3 scientist. Congratulations, Cedar! USDA Innovations 2021-4

Honorable Mention

Congratulations to Bill Weldon on receiving an Honorable Mention for Best Student Paper Published in APS Journals in 2020! Bill is currently a post-doc in Virginia Stockwell’s lab. Find more information at https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/beststudentpapers2020

ARS Science Hall of Fame – Dr. Chad Finn

In loving memory, the late Dr. Chad E. Finn was recently inducted to the USDA-ARS Hall of Fame. Below is a tribute to Chad, messages from friends and family, and an article of the induction event. Video – Tribute to Chad Finn Video – Congratulations, Chad! Article – Two Scientists Named to ARS Science HallContinue reading “ARS Science Hall of Fame – Dr. Chad Finn”

3 – Meet Dr. Devin Rippner

This flyer introduces one of our newest community members, Devin Rippner! Devin will be joining our USDA-ARS community in Prosser, WA as our new research viticulture soil scientist. We are excited to have Devin on our team! USDA Innovations 2021-3

2 – An all-out Assault on Basil

This flyer focuses on how salinity in soil tested in different production systems and a sandy loam soil might alter productivity and nutrition of basil! USDA Innovations 2021-2

1 – “Droning” on about Nursery Nutrient Research

This is our end-of-January USDA Innovations flyer. We’re starting off this year with a very interesting topic (per usual with our flyers 😉 ), the use of remotely piloted aerial systems (RPAS, aka drones!!) for monitoring crop health. USDA Innovations 2021-1

HCRU Winter Post-Doc Seminar Series

The HCRU graduate student/post-doc committee organized another seminar series to highlight new post-docs in the Unit. The first seminar will take place on Wednesday, January 13, 2021. This will take place via Zoom! Click on the link below for a PDF with more information about this cool series! Winter Post-Doc Seminar Series, 2021

16 – UV-C versus Powdery Mildew

This flyer will teach you a little bit about the use of Ultraviolet spectrum C radiation (UV-C) and chemical management to test their control of powdery mildew (if you don’t already know it)! USDA Innovations 2020-16

15 – Dr. Chad E. Finn earns the NABC 2020 Duke Galletta Award

For this flyer, we would like to give notice to someone who we were very thankful to have as part of our USDA ARS HCRU community, Dr. Chad E. Finn. One of his associates, Jungmin Lee, wrote this piece to inform us about him and the NABC 2020 Duke Galletta Award. USDA Innovations 2020-15