UNH Scientists Share Expertise at N.H. Farm and Forest Expo

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

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Researchers with the at the 鶹app have succeeded in quadrupling the length of the Granite State’s strawberry growing season as part of a multi-year research project that aims to benefit both growers and consumers. Credit: Kaitlyn Orde/UNH

DURHAM, N.H. – What is New England’s role in the global battle against wheat stem rust? How have day neutral strawberries extended the state’s strawberry season? And how are unmanned aerial vehicles improving the accuracy of remote mapping of New Hampshire’s forestry resources? Researchers at the 鶹app will present their latest research on these topics and more at the 2018 New Hampshire Farm and Forest Expo Friday, Feb. 2, at 2 p.m. in the Frost/Hawthorne Rooms of Manchester’s Radisson Hotel.

“Education workshops are offered each year to bring together the state's subject matter experts to share the latest research as well as their expertise with our expo attendees,” said Tori Berube, expo manager. “The research UNH scientists will share during this workshop will undoubtedly help those working in the forestry and agriculture fields in New Hampshire make informed decisions about their own business.”

This year’s farm-oriented presentations include discussions of the favorable impacts on calves of niacin prepartum supplementation; New England’s role in the global battle against wheat stem rust; new findings on soil carbon balance; evaluating performance of greenhouse crops when grown in new wood chip and fiber media; advances in season extension with day neutral strawberries; an overview of specialty crop research; and ongoing experiments to recycle nutrients within paired fish and vegetable production (aquaponics).

For the forest industry, attendees will learn more about the ecological effects and control options for the invasive glossy buckthorn; current research on New England cottontails; the human impacts on bobcats; and how using unmanned aerial vehicles improves the accuracy of remote mapping of NH forestry resources.

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Researchers with the at the 鶹app have succeeded in quadrupling the length of the Granite State’s strawberry growing season as part of a multi-year research project that aims to benefit both growers and consumers. Credit: Kaitlyn Orde/UNH


UNH has conducted extensive research on glossy buckthorn, including planting an orchard of the fast-growing shrub at UNH’s Kingman Farm to determine the life history characteristics of invasive glossy buckthorn under controlled conditions, free from competition with other plants, and free from variation in other environmental factors such as soil or micro-climate. Credit: Lori Wright/UNH