Paul Cockson, MHS Seminar, presents Exploration of the Impacts of Differing Fertility Concentrations on the Fertilizer Uptake and Biomass Production of Brassica carinata During Different Life-Stages, under the direction of Dr. Brian E. Whipker, Chair of Advisory Committee, on Wednesday, October 14, 2020, at 8:00 AM.
Dr. Gina Fernandez presents Team Rubus/Fragaria: Updates from the Field, Lab, and Beyond. As a Professor of Small Fruit in the Department of Horticultural Science, I have one of the best jobs at the University. My job is a blend of applied science in the field, upstream science in the lab, mentoring students, working with agents and growers, and sharing the love of what I do.
Dr. Todd Wehner presents 'Breeding for High Yield in Cucumber at NC State'. Cucumber is one of the most important vegetables in the world. It is used fresh, pickled or as ingredients in cosmetics. Forty years ago, we started working on optimizing cucumber breeding programs to help our colleagues to be more efficient. Some of the questions we attempted to answer included: optimum plot size, optimum experiment size (number of years, locations, seasons, and replications needed), the importance of genotype x environment interaction on yield, the need for side borders and end borders in trials, methods for measuring yield (fruit value, weight and count), and how to measure the yield of all-male (fruitless) cultivars.
Join CALS SAIGE, in the International Seminar of Hamilton Chiango, Assistant Lecturer and Researcher from Universidade Eduardo Mondlane in Mozambique and the 2019 USDA Borlaug Fellow at NC State. Hamilton…
Jennifer Kalinowski, MHS Seminar, presents Augmenting Nutrient Acquisition Ranges of Greenhouse Grown CBD (cannabidiol) Hemp (Cannabis sativa) Cultivars, under the direction of Dr. Jeanine Davis and Dr. Keith Edmisten, on Wednesday, October 28, 2020, at 11:00 AM.
Bryce Lane presents "Ten Tips to Better Gardening: Southern Style". Whether you are new to gardening, new to gardening in the South, or just looking to improve your gardening skills, this talk will provide tips that will help you master gardening in the Southeast. First, we will identify the major advantages and disadvantages to gardening in a southern region?
This beginner class is for people with a Canon digital camera who are interested in learning how to successfully use their camera beyond automatic/program modes. The class concentrates on the five essential camera settings that have the most impact on the look of a photograph: focal length, aperture, shutter speed, ISO and white balance. We also discuss how to interpret the image histogram, a camera feedback mechanism, and use that information to adjust and optimize image exposure for the next shot.
Join camellia enthusiast, propagator, and grower Brie Arthur for a morning discussion on the southern favorite, camellia. In this three-hour virtual session, Brie will share insights on how to cultivate camellias in zones 7–9 for high impact interest through the fall, winter, and spring. Divided into three sections, with breaks, the first hour will be devoted to fall-blooming species, like Camellia sasanqua. The second hour will cover winter-blooming varieties of Camellia japonica. The final hour will be devoted to site selection, soil improvement, fertility needs, pruning, and home propagation methods.
Tekan Rana (MHS Seminar). Muscadines (Vitis rotundifolia) are the native grape to the Southeast, traditionally used as a fresh market snack and for wine production. Before prohibition, North Carolina (NC) was the largest wine-producing state in the US, mostly shouldered by a large commercial muscadine industry. Today, the largest winery at the East Coast is Duplin Winery, which produces more than 450,000 cases of muscadine wine every year.
In this six-week installment of "Gardens of the World" we will travel to some of my favorite gardens in France, Italy, Germany, and Spain. Come visit Claude Monet's garden in Giverny France, beautiful island villa gardens of Northern Italy, some of the most stunning gardens along the Mediterranean, and so much more. As we tour these gardens, I'll identify gardening lessons we can learn and apply in our own gardens!