Dr. Chin-Feng Hwang and Missouri State University is hosting the North American Grape Breeders Conference this year. The group began their two day conference with a Welcome from Dr. Jim Baker, VP of Sponsored Research and International Programs followed by introductions and research presentations by Dr. Wenping Qiu and Dr. Hwang. Then the group divided up taking turns to tour … [Read more...] about North American Grape Breeders visit the Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station
Faculty and students from UniCesumar, a private university in Maringá, Brazil visited the Fruit Station today. The students and faculty come to Missouri State for a short study away program in which they have classes and tour companies and operations across the entire state. Missouri State students and faculty will travel to Brazil later this month for a similar experience. … [Read more...] about Faculty and Students from UniCesumar University, Maringá Brazil Visit Fruit Station
The 2017 Missouri Blueberry School was held on March 17 & 18th. This two-day event is a collaboration between University of Missouri Extension, Missouri State Darr College of Agriculture and Lincoln University Cooperative Extension. Friday, March 17 was held in Springfield, Mo at the Darr Agricultural Center and featured presentations and displays. The keynote speaker was … [Read more...] about 2017 Missouri Blueberry School
Dr. Jim Baker, Vice President for Research & Economic Development and International Programs and Dandan Liu, China Operations Specialist, visited the Mountain Grove Campus to meet with Center for Grapevine Biotechnology students as well as visitors from the Ningxia Forestry Institute at Yinchuan. … [Read more...] about MSU China Programs visits Mountain Grove
Visiting scientists Rong Qu, Chunling Chen and Jia Wang from the Ningxia Forestry Institute, Yinchuan, China gave Dr. Anson Elliott, Director of the Darr School of Agriculture, a pictorial book of events from the institute. The book notes the history of the collaboration between the Ningxia Forestry Institute and Missouri State University. … [Read more...] about Book of events from the Ningxia Forestry Institute