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Walnut tree TP-ed over the weekend!

April 27, 2015 by Marilyn Odneal

Walnuts are monoecious having separate male and female flowers. Surya and Bridgett are removing the male catkins and then putting a bag over the female flowers to protect them from uncontrolled pollination.

At first glance, it looks like one of the walnut trees at the experiment station was toilet papered in the fashion of a Halloween prank! The tree actually was bagged as part of a walnut breeding project directed by Dr. Chin Feng Hwang. Brigette Williams is the graduate student working on this project with the help of several others includng Li-Ling Chen, Logan Duncan, Surya … [Read more...] about Walnut tree TP-ed over the weekend!

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Grape phenology and GDD accumulation

April 27, 2015 by Marilyn Odneal

N Norton E-L Stage 11-12 4 to 5 leaves separated

GDD base 50 accumulated since April 1 = 196 http://agebb.missouri.edu/weather/reports/gddTable.asp Phenology stages according to the Modified E-L system http://door.uwex.edu/files/2010/10/ModifiedEichhornLorennzsystem.pdf   … [Read more...] about Grape phenology and GDD accumulation

Filed Under: Grapes, Phenology

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