horthappenings

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

14 – Importance of Nematodes and their DNA

This flyer is focusing on the importance of nematodes and their DNA by one of our OSU Graduate Students, Catie Wram! USDA Innovations 2020-14

13 – RNAi for Western Flower Thrips Control

This quick-read flyer about RNAi for western flower thrips control by Man-yeon Choi and Kelly Donahue. This is an extremely interesting read and has me excited for what else is to come! USDA Innovations 2020-13

12 – Gina Flores, Our New Program Support Assistant

As many of you might know, Gina Flores has been working remotely for our unit since May 10, 2020. She officially started working for us in-office (& then continued remotely) the second week of June. So we figured it was finally about time that we make a flyer to introduce her! USDA Innovations 2020-12

11 – Grey Garden Slugs

For this flyer we would like to share with you the agricultural problem of grey garden slugs. Research was performed by Research Entomologist Dr. Man-yeon Choi, his lead lab technician Kelly Donahue, and with the help of their team! USDA Innovations 2020-11

10 – Pulsed Drip Irrigation and Red Raspberries

This flyer is about pulsed drip irrigation as a promising method for improving red raspberry production by Jesse Carroll and Dave Bryla! USDA Innovations 2020-10

9 – Michael Hardigan, Our New Post-Doc

This flyer is introducing our new post-doc, Michael Hardigan. Michael will work in the berry breeding program. Michael and I put this together to let Michael introduce himself to all of us! USDA Innovations 2020-9