- Author: Scott Stoddard
- Posted by: Gale Perez
The cantaloupe industry in California is in the middle of a huge paradigm shift, transitioning from classic western shipper varieties that require multiple harvests, to new Harper varieties, also known as LSL (Long Shelf Life) melons. Purported benefits include less labor at harvest and prolonged superior quality at the grocery store. Examples of Harper-type melons are the Infinite Gold, Fiji, Caribbean King and Caribbean Gold. Due to grower and buyer interest, seed companies are rapidly expanding the number of varieties with this trait.
However, LSL varieties are expensive hybrids relative to older, open pollinated cultivars, and seed costs can become a significant portion of the total cost of production, with some estimates...
- Re-posted by: Gale Perez
Resource Professionals:
An exciting opportunity is now open today thru December 27, 2018 in USAJOBS for the
Pacific West Region Plant Ecologist/IPM Program Manager
GS-0408-12 FT-Permanent position.
Incumbent will help shape PWR Vegetation Management with the primary goal of serving and supporting our parks. In addition, the position will coordinate the Region's Integrated Pest Management Program, working at all levels of the organization from WASO to on-the-ground park issues. Duty station is at the PWRO in San Francisco.
There is plenty of room for being creative and solutions-oriented as part of a dedicated PWR Natural...
- Author: Karen Jetter
- Author: Kjersti Nes
- Posted by: Guy B Kyser
Attached is a presentation on the economics of controlling invasive aquatic weeds in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. This was presented by Karen Jetter at the Delta Region Areawide Aquatic Weeds Program (DRAAWP) stakeholders meeting in October 2018.
- Re-posted by: Gale Perez
https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/12712
Section of Horticulture - Geneva, Cornell University
| Position ID: | Cornell-Section of Horticulture - Geneva-AAP [#12712, WDR-00017043] |
| Position Title: | Weed Ecology and Management for Specialty Crop Systems Assistant/Associate Professor |
| Position... |
