The Garlic Research Field Day was held at the Darr Center on Friday, April 21, despite the rain! Samples of the different types of garlic were available to participants and the research project on planting and harvest dates of garlic was featured. The garlic project is a joint effort of Missouri State University and the University of Missouri. Information on other research … [Read more...] about Garlic Research Field Day at Darr
This summer, Dr. Chin-Feng Hwang's graduate students, Daniel Adams and Surya Sapkota, began sampling berries for juice analysis from vines resulting from their grape breeding work. They want to relate berry and wine quality to particular genes in grapevine. In the past, we have observed differences in juice analysis results between species related to the processing technique … [Read more...] about Plant science grad students publish in industry newsletter
Dr. Melissa Remley's Plant Science class visited the Mountain Grove Campus to tour the facilities and meet our group. Jennifer Morganthaler presented an overview of our programs which was followed by a tour of the MSU Winery and Distillery led by C. J. Odneal. We then toured the field and research plantings. Susanne Howard and Surya Sapkota talked about their work in plant … [Read more...] about Plant science students visit the Mountain Grove Campus
The Mushroom Cultivation Workshop held on Saturday, September 4 at the Darr Center was interesting and fun. We learned about Shiitake mushroom cultivation and actually got to inoculate our own oak log for production. It takes a year for the fungi to grow into the log before they will produce mushrooms. The log may produce up to 5 years! Dr. Goerndt of Missouri State partnered … [Read more...] about Fall mushroom cultivation workshop
All are invited to a two day workshop on greenhouses and high tunnels Wednesday and Thursday, August 3 and 4, 2016 at the State Fruit Experiment Station at Mountain Grove. Topics include hydroponics, greenhouse and high tunnel crop production, insect and disease management and more. Cost is $40 per person and includes lunch on both days. For more information and to … [Read more...] about Greenhouse and High Tunnel Workshop Aug 3 -4, 2016 at Mountain Grove