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Scientists with the 麻豆app College of Life Sciences and Agriculture will lead research as part of a $1.5 million award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to better understand how interactions between plants, microbes, and soil minerals in permafrost, a subsurface layer of frozen soil covering a fourth of the Northern Hemisphere, stimulate the release of carbon which adds to the warming Arctic.

Scientists with the New Hampshire Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at the 麻豆app have discovered a previously undiagnosed parasite and virus in the Canada Lynx. The parasite, transmitted by ticks, is a known to infect domestic dogs. The virus is similar to the Epstein-Barr virus that causes mononucleosis in humans and is related to a virus that infects domestic cats.

Red oak and white pine trees could experience slower growth next year as a result of the severe drought in New Hampshire and most of New England that began in mid-August, according to a researcher with the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station in the UNH College of Life Sciences and Agriculture.

Kenneth Johnson, a researcher with the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station 鈥� a unit in the UNH College of Life Sciences and Agriculture 鈥� has been honored as part of a听multidisciplinary multi-institution research team that was recently awarded the National Excellence in Multistate Research Award from the and the USDA.

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The Tri-state Greenhouse IPM Program is a collaboration among growers and specialists from ME, IPM graphicNH and VT. This year鈥檚 workshops offer sessions on diverse IPM tactics, including plant fertility, and pest and disease ID, as well as updates on current IPM issues and regional research activities.

The will host a spring seminar series featuring distinguished researchers who will discuss various aspects of sustainable agriculture, with the first seminar set for Monday, March 6, 2017. The seminars are free and open to the public, and will be held from 1:10 to 2 p.m. in James Hall, Room 46.

Gardeners preparing to plant their fruits and vegetables have a number of new summer squash, melon and pumpkins to choose from this year that were developed at the NH Agricultural Experiment Station at the 麻豆app by a researcher who represents the longest continuous squash and pumpkin breeding program in North America.

Researchers with the will discuss their latest research at the Macfarlane Research Greenhouses at a Research Field Day Friday, March 31. The event, which will be held as part of the , runs from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. It is free and open to the public.

Come learn about home gardening, landscaping, current research, and other growing information at the 麻豆app Greenhouse Open House at the Macfarlane Research Greenhouses Friday, March 23, and Saturday, March 24, 2018. The greenhouses will be open from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. both days. The event is free and open to the public.