Pots Plots and Plants: Annual Newsletter 2013

Authors

Date of this Version

2013

Document Type

Article

Citation

Pots Plots and Plants 2013

Comments

Copyright Agronomy and Horitculture 2013 Used by permission

Abstract

Table of Contents

Letters from the Head and Associate Head . . . . . . . . . . . 2–3

Meet the staff

Matt Sousek, Wendy Morrissey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

David Orr, Gene Hogan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Student news

Student Club updates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–8

Golden opportunity by Benjamin Trampe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Rerucha wins first Engler Competition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Research

Flood tolerance research in the Walia laboratory — a postdoc’s experience by Aaron Schmitz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Department is popping and making marinara by Roch Gaussoin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12–13

Measuring droplet size by Greg Kruger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Herbicide-resistant weeds are challenging by Amit Jhala and Lowell Sandell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Research efforts:Understanding soil physical processes and properties by Humberto Blanco. . . . . . .16–17

Lindquist’s lab receives awards by John Lindquist . . . . . . . 19

Meet the faculty

Oscar Rodriguez. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20–21

Patricio Grassini. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Dirac Twidwell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Alumni spotlight

Jeremy Johnson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24