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Aug 17, 2015
Horticulture and Crop Science Weed Specialist, Bruce Ackley uses time lapse videos to analyze how plants react to different chemicals and pesticides. Check out this article from the Columbus Dispatch.
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Jul 20, 2015
OSU Extension’s Fruit and Vegetable Food Safety Program (GAPS Team) received ESP’s Distinguished Team Teaching Award for the North Central Region. The team members are Doug Doohan, Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, professor; Lindsey Hoover, HCS program coordinator; Ashley Kulhanek, ANR educator; Eric Barrett, ANR educator; Emily Adams, ANR educator; Jacqueline Kowalski, ANR educator; Levi Morrow, ANR program coordinator; Brad Bergefurd, ANR educator; and Suzanne Mills-Wasniak, ANR educator.
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Jul 6, 2015
Munawar Parkar is a Landscape Engineer for Aspire Zone Sport in Doha, Qatar. Munawar looks after the maintenance of the public parks and landscaped areas. He also works with FIFA training pitches, which use both natural and artificial turf. Qatar is the site for 2022 FIFA World Cup. Munawar wanted to upgrade his skills and knowledge of sports turf maintenance as preparation. The Athletic Field Management Certificate Program with The Ohio State University offered the perfect distance learning opportunity for him to acquire the additional knowledge he desired.
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Jun 15, 2015
Congratulations to Mary Maloney, Director of the Chadwick Arboretum and Learning Gardens, who was presented with an award at the 2015 Women and Philanthropy Awards Celebration at the Faculty Club on June 9. The awards ceremony celebrates grant and scholarship winners. The awards are made possbile by members of Women & Philanthropy. Mary was awarded $25,200 for the Green Roof Project. The Green Roof on Howlett Hall was installed in 2013. It is the first retrofit green roof at The Ohio State University.
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May 22, 2015
A Ohio rubber crop is coming your way from OARDC
May 21, 2015 By Katrina Cornish, OSU Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, and Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, OSU Extension, Ohio Agricultural Research & Development Center, and the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences.
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May 22, 2015
Stephanie Verhoff was selected as one of two 2015 United Soybean Board Fellowship recipients. The United Soybean Board (USB) Fellowship promotes graduate education in the area of Plant Sciences, emphasizing the development of improved soybean varieties, understanding soybean genetics, and developing improved ways to grow and use soybeans. The fellowship provides a $25,000 annual stipend to the student for up to four years.
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May 19, 2015
Sustainable Plant Systems major, Nathan Detwiler is one of the Recipients of 2015 The Katharine M. Grosscup Scholarships in Public Horticulture!
Nathan's profile from the Garden Club of America website:
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May 18, 2015
Three proposals from Horticulture and Crop Science graduate students were accepted at the SEEDS Graduate Proposal Competition.
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May 15, 2015
Vivian (co-advised by Kristin Mercer) and Nathan (Esther van der Knaap's lab) were awarded a grant from OARDC SEEDS in support of their proposal entitiled, "Finding the genetic basis of use traits and climate adaptations in chile peppers (Capsicum spp.) of southern Mexico."
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May 14, 2015
Soybean research synergy maximizing checkoff dollars
May 14, 2015
By Matt Reese and Ty Higgins
Ohio's Country Journal / Ohio Ag Net
Though it may seem counterproductive for one researcher to breed soybeans and another researcher to kill them, it is exactly this unique synergy of efforts that is taking place to benefit the profitability of Ohio soybean growers.
