News from the WSU-Mount Vernon
Northwestern Washington Research & Extension Center
Summer 2007
Hello from WSU-Mount Vernon NWREC, and welcome to the summer edition of our newsletter. It’s hard to believe that 6 months have gone by since the Opening Ceremony for the new Agricultural Research & Technology Building! It’s been wonderful to see the final phase of construction reach completion with the new greenhouses now operational, the landscaping plantings growing, the parking lot paved, and the building commissioned. It also has been exciting to share the new facilities with many workshop attendees, visitors and guests, including Governor Christine Gregoire, Congressman Rick Larson, State Senator Mary Margaret Haugen, and Director of Washington State Department of Agriculture, Valoria Loveland. Watching our expanding scientific operations place the new offices and laboratories into good use by faculty and staff has been especially rewarding. Thank you for your support, and do stop by to visit!
- Debra Ann Inglis, Interim Director/Assistant Dean
- Lindsey du Toit, Seed Pathologist
- Carol Miles, Vegetable Horticulturist
- Tim Miller, Weed Scientist
- Gary Moulton, Extension Fruit Horticulturist
- Lynell Tanigoshi, Entomologist
- Tom Walters, Small Fruit Horticulturist
Coming Events
--for more information call WSU Mount Vernon NWREC at 360-848-6143
Jun 16 WSU Mount Vernon NWREC volunteer beekeepers meet.
Jun 19 WSU Skagit County Extension Master Gardeners “Know and Grow Workshop on Tomato Diseases”, 1:00 to 2:30 pm at WSU Mount Vernon NWREC auditorium.
Jun 21 WSU Summer Employees' Orientation and BBQ.
Jun 24-27 Joanne Townshend, with Midlands Seed Co. in New Zealand, will be visiting Dr. Lindsey du Toit's vegetable seed pathology lab to discuss carrot disease research.
Jun 25-29 Cider School with Peter Mitchell (Mitchell F&D Ltd., Worcestershire, UK) focusing on “Cider Making, Principles & Practice”. Call 416-7605 to register.
Jul 7 Orchard Field Tour for Western Washington Fruit Research Foundation members.
Jul 10 WSU Mount Vernon NWREC / NARF Field Day.
Jul 11 Berry Field Day, 2:30 to 5:00 pm
Jul 24 Washington State Commission for Pesticide Registration field tour.
Aug 11 Orchard Field Tour for Western Washington Fruit Research Foundation members.
Aug 21 WSU Skagit County Extension Master Gardeners “Know and Grow Workshop on Growing Berries in Western Washington”, 1:00 to 2:30 pm at WSU Mount Vernon NWREC auditorium.
Sep 8 Orchard Field Tour, Western Washington Fruit Research Foundation members.
Sep 15 Viticulture Workshop Series 3 presented by Gary Moulton (416-7605 to register).
Sep 18 WSU Skagit County Extension Master Gardeners “Know and Grow Workshop on Bulbs to Brighten Your Spring Garden”, 1:00 to 2:30 pm at WSU Mount Vernon NWREC auditorium.
Sep 22 Washington State Department of Agriculture tour for U.S. State Department of Agriculture Directors
Oct 6 Fall Field Day & Open House, co-sponsored by Western Washington Fruit Research Foundation.
Oct 16 WSU Skagit County Extension Master Gardeners “Know and Grow Workshop on Best Fall Practices for Healthy Fruit Trees”, 1:00 to 2:30 pm at WSU Mount Vernon NWREC auditorium
Oct 20 WSU Skagit County Extension Master Gardeners “Know and Grow Workshop on Tomatoes from Seed to Salad”, 1:00 to 2:30 pm at WSU Mount Vernon NWREC auditorium
Nov 13 WSU Skagit County Extension Master Gardeners “Know and Grow Workshop on Success with Orchard Mason Bees”, 1:00 to 2:30 pm at WSU Mount Vernon NWREC auditorium
New Faculty and Staff !
Jeanne Burritt will begin employment as WSU-Mount Vernon NWREC’s new Administrative Manager on July 9. We are so very fortunate to have Jeanne join us as she is an experienced and valued WSU employee, most recently serving as manager in the Business and Finance Section for the College of Veterinary Medicine’s Dean’s Office. Jeanne brings a wealth of knowledge and skills, and will help our Center grow and reach its full potential. Jan Watts, the center’s former fiscal manager, has been assisting in the front office while the position has been vacant.
Deborah Fitzsimons is now working with Ron Dralle in the General Administrative department. She has two children, lives with her mom and loves to garden. Debbie has a CDL and loves to drive equipment, anything BIG.
Dr. Bev Gerdeman , entomologist and postdoctoral research associate, has recently transferred from WSU Vancouver REU. She earned her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in entomology, specializing in acarology, from Ohio State University. Her M.S. degree focused on resistance development in a predatory phytoseiid mite, while her Ph.D. centered on the taxonomy and biology of a rare family of mites, the Heterozerconidae. A Fulbright scholarship to the Philippines in 2000 provided the opportunity to study the biogeography of these rare mites on eleven of the islands and laid the groundwork for her current USAID IPM CRSP funded project.
Since coming to WSU in 2002, she has worked with Dr. Tanigoshi on a variety of small fruit IPM projects with an emphasis on biorationals and biological control. Her work on the invasive cherry bark tortrix included foreign exploration for parasitoids in the Czech Republic with Dr. Petr Stary of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Ceské Budejovice. A current USAID funded Philippine project takes her to a strawberry growing region high in the Cordilleras of central Luzon for three months where she is responsible for developing small-scale farmer production and utilization of native predatory mites for controlling spider mites. She will be working on projects with Dr. Tanigoshi including flea beetle management on specialty potatoes using a range of strategies. She also assists in providing mite identifications for the WSU Puyallup REC.
Dr. Carol Miles is a Vegetable Extension Specialist, newly relocated to WSU Mount Vernon NWREC. She specializes in vegetable production and has a strong interest in alternative crops, extended season production, and sustainable and organic production systems. Some of the crops Carol has worked with in the past include edamame, baby corn, wasabi, pea shoots, mini and icebox watermelon, and heirloom dry beans. For an overview of results from Carol's research program, see her website, http://vegetables.wsu.edu. Carol has her B.S. in Bio-Agricultural Science from Colorado State University and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Vegetable Crops from Cornell University. She has been teaching and learning about vegetable production for 25 years.
Bea Schaefer joined the General Administrative staff in late November as Maintenance Custodian under the supervision of Juan Alonso. Bea operates her own business, The Right Touch, a local cleaning service. Bea’s background includes professional cleaning services since 1994. Bea also spent time in the Navy which took her on tours around the world. She was one of the first women in the Navy to actually serve aboard ship. During her Navy enlistment Bea worked as a lithographer, Petty Officer Third Class.
Dr. Hollis Spitler joined the new Entomology program as Agricultural Research Technologist in mid-March. Hollis previously worked as a consulting entomologist with Hercules Inc. and NORAM Corp. in Fresno, California. He also held positions as research assistant for Montana State University’s winter wheat breeding program; IPM manager and customer service rep for Skagit Gardens; science instructor at various high schools and junior colleges; and, Agricultural Research Technologist for the Extension Fruit Horticulture program at WSU-NWREC.
Dr. Lynell Tanigoshi , Entomologist and Extension Specialist, was raised on a 10-acre truck farm in Orange County California, and worked as a produce buyer at a major grocery store before entering Long Beach State University. He earned an M.S. degree in biology under Dr. Dick Loomis who mentored his studies on the taxonomy and ecology of chigger mites in southwestern deserts of North America. His Ph.D. degree from the Department of Entomology at the University of California at Riverside, researched the impact of predatory phytoseiid mites in biological control of spider mites of avocado and citrus. He studied under Dr. Stan Hoyt at WSU-Wenatchee TFREC as a postdoctoral research associate where he modeled spider mite population dynamics, economic injury and regulation by native phytoseiid predators.
In 1977 he was hired by USDA/ARS to work on citrus thrips management at the University of California at Riverside. He accepted a teaching, research and extension appointment with WSU’s Department of Entomology in Pullman in 1983. Here, he focused on the biological control of the Russian wheat aphid with exotic parasitoid wasps, and use of selective chemicals such as seed treatments with neonicotinoid chemistries. He also researched insects and mites of alfalfa seed, sweet grain lupin, canola, edamame and azuki bean in dryland agriculture of eastern WA.
Dr. Tanigoshi transferred to WSU Vancouver REU in 1995 where he developed programs for insect and spider mite pest management in small fruits (i.e., blueberry, red raspberry, strawberry, cranberry) and the classical biological control of the exotic cherry bark tortrix on ornamental cherry. His research emphasis at WSU-Mount Vernon NWREC will continue in small fruit IPM, applied biological control technologies to economically control arthropod pests through selective pesticides, biopesticides, augmentative releases of predatory mites and parasitic wasps, and conservation of natural enemies. He also will research multiple control strategies to economically manage flea beetles on specialty grown potatoes in northwestern Washington.
Temporary employees during spring and summer 2007 include Kerri Brooks, Ethan Brown, Sigma Chang, Barbara Holmes, Jennifer Long, Nate Lloyd, Sara Lloyd, Carrie Miller, Ceci Muscolo, and Esther Neilsen.
Students and Interns
Leigh Ann Harrison started a Ph.D. program in the WSU Department of Plant Pathology in January 2007. Leigh Ann's Ph.D. dissertation is on Fusarium wilt in spinach seed production. Leigh Ann completed courses in Pullman this spring, and will be doing her graduate research at the WSU Mount Vernon NWREC for the next ~3 years in the vegetable seed pathology program. Dr. Lindsey du Toit is serving as the chair of Leigh Ann's graduate committee.
Internships are in progress in the vegetable seed pathology program by Western Washington University junior, Cynthia Hansen, July - September 2007, and Western Washington University junior, Alysse Douglas, June-September 2007. Alysse's internship project is on bacterial blight of carrot, and is directed by Dr. Lindsey du Toit and Mike Derie (Ag Research Technologist), and Dr. Marion Brodhagon (WWU molecular biologist) with funding from the California Fresh Carrot Advisory Board.
Burlington High School senior, Katie Reeds, completed a ‘Job Shadow’ on Jan 11 in Dr. Lindsey du Toit's Vegetable Seed Pathology program.
Jules Riske recently completed an internship in the Vegetable Seed Pathology program under the direction of Dr. Lindsey du Toit. Jules grew up in rural northern California, and is a senior at the Evergreen State College; she will graduate with a degree in Ecological Agriculture in 2007. Jules interned and now works for Anne Schwartz, owner of Blue Heron Farm and Nursery in Rockport, WA. Jules serves on the board of the Tilth Producers of Washington, and when in the Skagit Valley, serves as secretary for the Sedro-Woolley Farmers Market board.
Grants Awarded since January 2007
$1,000 to Debbie Inglis from the Washington State Seed Potato Commission for “Controlling silver scurf in potato storages”.
$1,500 to Debbie Inglis from the Swinomish Tribe to develop a workshop on “The story of Makah/Ozette potato”.
$1,500 to Gary Moulton from Washington State Nursery and Landscape Association for “Evaluation of stone fruits”.
$1,590 to Gary Moulton from Western Washington Fruit Research Foundation for “Evaluation of apple cultivars”.
$1,600 to Gary Moulton from Western Washington Fruit Research Foundation for “Evaluation of pear and Asian pear cultivars”.
$1,955 to Gary Moulton from Western Washington Fruit Research Foundation for “Culture of unusual fruit”.
$2,425 to Tim Miller from the Washington State Commission on Pesticide Registration for “Testing fluroxypyr and oxyfluorfen for tolerance in cabbage seed”.
$3,455 to Gary Moulton from Western Washington Fruit Research Foundation for “Evaluation of stone fruit cultivars”.
$3,770 to Tim Miller from the Washington State Commission on Pesticide Registration for “Testing clopyralid and sprayable dichlobenil for crop safety in established red raspberry”.
$3,770 to Tim Miller from the Washington State Red Raspberry Commission for “Testing postemergence Canada thistle control in red raspberry”.
$4,000 to Lindsey du Toit from Syngenta Crop Protection to continue evaluating seed treatments for “Control of seedborne Botrytis spp. causing neck rot of onion”.
$4,000 to Gary Moulton from Washington Wine Advisory Committee for “Evaluating quality of hard ciders and Perrier’s”.
Lindsey du Toit and Philip Brown (Alf Christianson Seed Co.) received $4,697 from the Puget Sound Seed Growers’ Association (PSSGA) via Northwest Ag Research Foundation, $1,100 from seed companies, and $10,000 from the Washington State Commission for Pesticide Registration for “Cucumber mosaic virus in spinach seed crops in western Washington”.
$5,000 to Lindsey du Toit from Central Oregon Seeds, Inc. (COSI) via Northwest Ag Research Foundation for research on “Evaluation of Tanos and copper bactericides for control of bacterial blight of carrot”.
$5,000 to Brenda Schroeder and Lindsey du Toit from the Pacific Northwest Vegetable Association for “Evaluation of conditions promoting Enterobacter rot on storage onions in Washington State”.
$5,165 to Tim Miller from Northwest Washington Ag Research Foundation for “Weed control in vegetable seed crops”.
$5,415 to Tim Miller from the Washington State Blueberry Commission for “Perennial weed control testing in blueberry”.
$5,565 to Tim Miller from Northwest Washington Ag Research Foundation for “Weed control in green peas”.
$5,913 to Tom Walters from the Washington Red Raspberry Commission for “Effects of drip tape placement on spread of raspberry root rot caused by Phytophthora fragariae var. rubi.”
$5,913 to Tom Walters from the Washington State Commission on Pesticide Registration for “Effects of drip tape placement on spread of raspberry root rot caused by Phytophthora fragariae var. rubi.”
$6,518 to L. K. Tanigoshi and B. S. Gerdeman from the Washington State Blueberry Commission for “Chemical management of the blueberry gall midge, Dasineura oxycoccana.”
$7,144 to Debbie Inglis from CSANR BIO-Ag program for “Late blight management in organic potato production”.
$8,000 to Lindsey du Toit from Syngenta Crop Protection to evaluate a systemic acquired resistance product, Actigard, for control of Iris yellow spot virus in onion bulb crops in central Washington.
$8,608 to Tom Walters from the Washington Blueberry Commission for “ Blueberry cultivar evaluation at WSU-Mount Vernon NWREC”.
$9,350 to L. K. Tanigoshi and B. S. Gerdeman from the Washington State Commission for Red Raspberry for “Integrating insect and mite management in red raspberry.”
$9,350 to L. K. Tanigoshi from the Washington State Commission for Pesticide Commission for “Integrating insect and mite management in red raspberry.”
$9,415 to Tim Miller from Northwest Washington Ag Research Foundation for “Weed control in cucumbers”.
$9,437 to Tom Walters from the Washington Red Raspberry Commission for “ Irrigation deficits at critical raspberry developmental stages ”.
Lindsey du Toit received $9,954 from the Puget Sound Seed Growers Association via Northwest Ag Research Foundation and $14,905 from the Washington State Commission for Pesticide Registration for the research project “Development of a molecular assay for Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. spinaciae and assessment of liming for management of Fusarium wilt in spinach seed crops in western Washington”.
$9,493 to Tom Walters from the Washington Blueberry Commission for “ Irrigation deficits at critical blueberry developmental stages ”.
$9,717 to Gary Moulton from Washington State Department of Agriculture (Nursery Fund) for “Genetic disease resistance in ornamental tree fruits”.
$9,900 to Carol Miles from Northwest Ag Research Foundation for “ Evaluation of vegetable crops for organic production at WSU Mount Vernon NWREC”.
$10,000 to Gary Moulton from Washington Wine Advisory Committee for “Evaluation of wine grape cultivars in a cool maritime climate”.
$10,708 to Gary Moulton from Northwest Agricultural Research Foundation for “Growing wine grapes”.
$10,830 to Tim Miller from the Washington State Strawberry Commission for “Herbicide testing in strawberry”.
$11,760 to Tom Walters from the Northwest Agricultural Research Foundation for “ Evaluation of small fruits at WSU Mount Vernon.”
$13,315 to L. K. Tanigoshi and B. S. Gerdeman from the Washington State Strawberry Commission for “Drench trials with new chemistries and combinations for larval control of root weevils in strawberry.”
$13,315 to L. K. Tanigosh from the Washington State Commission for Pesticide Registration for “Drench trials with new chemistries and combinations for larval control of root weevils in strawberry.”
$15,000 to Lindsey du Toit and Marion Brodhagon (WWU) from the California Fresh Carrot Advisory Board (CFCAB) via Northwest Ag Research Foundation for “Development of a molecular carrot seed assay that distinguishes DNA from viable vs. dead cells of Xanthomonas campestris pv. carotae”.
$15, 507 to Gary Moulton from the Washington State Department of Agriculture for “Evaluation of alternative fruit crops of the Puget Sound region”.
$17,550 to Carol Miles from CSANR BIOAg Program for “ Alternative mulches for weed control in vegetable production systems”.
$19,000 to L. K. Tanigosh from Multiple Insecticide Corporation to evaluate efficacy of multiple new chemistries/formulations for the chemical management of insects and spider mites.
$19,500 to Phil Hamm and Debbie Inglis from the Washington State Potato Commission for “Controlling seedborne silver scurf in smooth-skinned specialty potatoes”. Many thanks to Don McMoran for helping to acquire these funds.
$20,491 to L. K. Tanigoshi and B. S. Gerdeman from USAID/VT/Clemson/WU for “Eco-based Participatory IPM for SE Asia.”
$24,430 to L. K. Tanigoshi, B. S. Gerdeman and D. W. McMoran from the Washington State Potato Commission for “Potato flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) control with systemic, foliar insecticides and biopesticides on potatoes grown in northwestern Washington.” Many thanks to Don McMoran for helping to acquire these funds.
$24,930 to L. K. Tanigoshi from the Washington State Commission for Pesticide Registration for “Potato flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) control with systemic, foliar insecticides and biopesticides on potatoes grown in northwestern Washington.”
$36,003 to Carol Miles from CSANR BIO-Ag Program for “ Evaluating vegetable varieties for organic systems”.
$46,108 to Jack Pinkerton and Tom Walters from USDA-ARS Pacific Area Wide Pest Management Program for “Methyl bromide alternatives for red raspberry and forestry nurseries”.
Presentations since January 2007
Jan 3 “Weed control studies in vegetable seed crops.” Western Washington Horticultural Association Meeting, SeaTac, WA. By Tim Miller.
Jan 3-4 “Evaluation of plant growth regulators for control of secondary bloom in Brassica vegetable seed crops in western Washington.” 97 th Annual Convention of the Western Washington Horticulture Association. By Lindsey du Toit, Kurt Volker, and Gary Picha.
Jan 4 “Herbicide update in ornamental bulbs.” Western Washington Horticultural Association Meeting, SeaTac, WA. By Tim Miller.
Jan 4 “Weed control in small fruits.” Western Washington Horticultural Association Meeting, SeaTac , WA . By Tim Miller.
Jan 9 “Vegetable seed crop diseases: 2006 Research report.” Western Vegetable Disease Conference, Portland, OR. By Mike Derie and Lindsey du Toit.
Jan 15 “ Irrigating blackberries and raspberries: Design and scheduling.” NABGA ABC of growing brambles workshop, Columbus, OH. By Tom Walters
Jan 16 “ Irrigation for brambles.” Ohio Fruit and Veg. Growers’ Congress, Columbus, OH. By Tom Walters.
Jan 17 “Viticulture Workshop Series I”, WSU Mount Vernon NWREC. By Gary Moulton.
Jan 18 “Evaluation of Actigard for control of IYSV in onion seed crops: 2006 Research report.” Annual Conference of the Columbia Basin Vegetable Seed Association, Moses Lake, WA. By Lindsey du Toit.
Jan 8 - “IPM for weeds.” WSU Pesticide License Recertification Program, Mill Creek, Des Moines, and Bellingham. By Tim Miller.
Jan 19- Weed management for Master Gardeners, 2007. Island/San Juan, Skagit,
Feb 13 King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties. By Tim Miller.
Jan 20 “ Herbicides and hard-to-control weeds in blueberry fields.” Blueberry Section, Oregon Horticulture Society Annual Meeting, Portland, OR. By Tim Miller.
Jan 24 “Biology and control of yellow flag iris.” Grant County Noxious Weed Conference, Moses Lake, WA By Tim Miller.
Jan 24 to Master Gardener trainings in San Juan County, Snohomish County, to Clallam
Apr 17 County, Skagit County, Pierce County, and Whatcom County. By Gary Moulton.
Jan 27 “Managing weeds in vineyards.” Viticulture Workshop, WSU-NWREC. By Tim Miller.
Jan 27 “ Irrigating western Washington wine grapes.” Viticulture Winter Practices Workshop, Mount Vernon WA. By Tom Walters.
Jan 31 “ Irrigation problems and how to correct them.” Oregon Horticultural Society, Portland OR. By Tom Walters.
Feb 7 “Management of soilborne potato pathogens.” Potato Disease Management Symposium, Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Meeting, Stevens Point, WI. By Debbie Inglis.
Feb 8-9 “Factors that favor infection of seed and transmission of seedborne pathogens.” Organic Spinach Seed USDA WSARE Winter Workshop, Organic Seed Alliance, Mount Vernon, WA. By Lindsey du Toit.
Feb 8-9 “ Evaluating the efficacy of organic seed treatments for control of soilborne seedling blight and damping-off pathogens of spinach." Organic Spinach Seed USDA WSARE Winter Workshop, Organic Seed Alliance, Mount Vernon, WA. By Jaime Cummings.
Feb 14 “Weed management in potatoes.” BC Potato and Vegetable Growers Association Potato Forum, Delta, BC. By Tim Miller.
Feb 15 “Research programs at WSU Mount Vernon NWREC.” Rotary Club of Sedro Woolley, Sedro Woolley, WA. By Debbie Inglis.
Feb 16 “ Troubleshooting berry irrigation systems.” 49th Annual LMHIA Horticulture Growers’ Short Course, Abbotsford BC, Canada. By Tom Walters.
Feb 17 “ Wine grape growers' seminar”, Abbotsford, B.C., Canada. By Gary Moulton.
Feb 18 “Effect of powdery mildew on carrot seed production: 2006 Research report.” Annual Conference of the Columbia Basin Vegetable Seed Association, Moses Lake, WA. By Lindsey du Toit.
Feb 21 “Managing noxious weeds in western Washington pastures. Snohomish County Master Livestock Advisor Training, Everett, WA. By Tim Miller .
Feb 22 “ Research programs at WSU Mount Vernon NWREC.” Whatcom County Farmers Co-op growers’ meeting, Lynden, WA. By Debbie Inglis.
Feb 23 “ Managing soilborne pathogens on potatoes in northwestern Washington.” 25 th Annual Western Washington Potato Workshop, Mount Vernon, WA. By Debbie Inglis.
Feb 23 “Yellow nutsedge management in potatoes.” 25 th Annual Western Washington Potato Workshop, Mount Vernon, WA. By Tim Miller.
Mar 1 “Evaluation of limestone amendments for control of Fusarium wilt in spinach seed crops in western Washington.” Wilbur-Ellis/Alf Christianson Seed Co. Seed Growers’ Meeting, Mount Vernon, WA. By Lindsey du Toit.
Mar 1 “Weed control in vegetable seed crops.” Wilbur-Ellis/Alf Christianson Seed Company Growers’ Program, Mount Vernon, WA. By Tim Miller.
Mar 8 “ Common blueberry pests and diseases.” Okanagen Horticultural Association Blueberry Workshop. By Tom Walters.
Mar 8 “Irrigating blueberries in North Central WA.” Okanagen Horticultural Association Blueberry Workshop. By Tom Walters.
Mar 16The predatory mite complex of La Trinidad Strawberry, “New players and old friends.” Ecologically based participatory IPM for Southeast Asia. La Trinidad Strawberry Forum. La Trinidad, Philippines. By Bev Gerdeman.
Mar 20 “Weed management in blueberry fields: what works and what doesn’t.” OSU Blueberry Short Course, Covallis, OR. By Tim Miller.
Mar 22- “Herbicide mechanism of action. Washington State Department of Transportation Mar 29 Trainings, Mount Vernon and Shorline, WA. By Tim Miller.
Mar 29“A farmer’s guide to small scale production of predatory mites, La Trinidad, Benguet,” by Bev Gerdeman and Rufino Garcia. La Trinidad Farmer’s Meeting, Philippines.
Mar 31 “Best tree fruit varieties for western Washington”. Seattle Tree Fruit Society Spring Show, Ballard, WA. By Jacky King and Sam Benowitz.
Apr 28 “Viticulture Workshop Series II,” at WSU Mount Vernon NWREC. By Gary Moulton
May 9 “Weed control in turf.” Imagine U @ WSU Day, Mount Vernon High School, Mount Vernon, WA. By Tim Miller.
Jun 6 “New and alternative vegetable research and extension program at WSU.” Master Gardener State Conference, Port Townsend, WA. By Carol Miles.
Jun 6-7 “Weed ID workshop.” Washington State Noxious Weed Control Board, Ephrata and Puyallup, WA. By Tim Miller.
Jun 13 “ Weed control principles.” WSU Pesticide Pre-license Training, Forks, WA. By Tim Miller.
Publications since January 2007
Breum, T.J., C. Steen, and T.W. Miller. Evaluation of organic weed control methods in northwestern Washington. Abstract and poster presentation, Western Society of Weed Science, Portland, OR.
Chilvers, M.I., du Toit, L.J., Akamatsu, H., and Peever, T.L. 2007. A real-time PCR seed assay for Botrytis spp. that cause neck rot of onion. Plant Disease 91:599-608.
du Toit, L.J. 2007. Efficacy of seed treatments for control of Stemphylium botryosum in spinach. Pages 30-32, In: Proceedings of the 97 th Annual Convention of the Western Washington Horticulture Association, SeaTac, WA.
du Toit, L.J. 2007. Soil amendment with limestone for management of Fusarium wilt in spinach seed production in western Washington. Pages 33-38, In: Proceedings of the 97 th Annual Convention of the Western Washington Horticulture Association, SeaTac, WA.
du Toit, L.J., Brown, P., and Rayapati, N. 2007. Cucumber mosaic virus in spinach seed crops in the Pacific Northwest. Pages 42-44, In: Proceedings of the 97 th Annual Convention of the Western Washington Horticulture Association, SeaTac, WA.
du Toit, L.J., Burger, J.T., McLeod, A., Engelbrecht, M, and Viljoen, A. 2007. Iris yellow spot virus in onion seed crops in South Africa. Plant Disease (accepted pending revision).
du Toit, L.J., and Derie, M.L. 2007. Effect of powdery mildew on seed yield and quality in a carrot seed crop, 2005-2006. Plant Disease Management Reports 1:V090 .
du Toit, L.J., Derie, M.L., and Brissey, L.M. 2007. Evaluation of fungicides for control of seedborne Stemphylium botryosum on spinach, 2006. Plant Disease Management Reports 1:ST003.
du Toit, L.J., Derie, M.L., Brissey, L.M., and Cummings, J.A. 2007. Evaluation of limestone amendments for control of Fusarium wilt in a spinach seed crop, 2006. Plant Disease Management Reports 1:V091.
Gundersen, B., Inglis, D., and Porter, L. 2007. Evaluation of seed and foliar treatments for control of root rot on peas. Plant Disease Management Reports 62: (accepted March 07).
Inglis, D.A., Brown, C.R.,Gundersen, B.G., Porter, L.D., Miller, J.S., Johnson, D.A., Lazoya‑ Saldena, H., and Haynes, K.D. 2007. Assessment of Solanum hougasii in Washington and Mexico as a source of resistance to late blight. Amer. J. Potato Res. (in press).
Kadir, S., K. Al-Khatib, R.A. Boydston, T. Lanini, and T.W. Miller. KSU12800: A new herbicide for vineyards and orchards. Abstract and poster presentation, Western Society of Weed Science, Portland, OR.
Kempler C., Daubeny H.A., Harding B., Finn C., Moore P.P., Walters T. 2007. ‘Saanich’ Red Raspberry. HortScience 42(1): 176-178
Miles, C., L. Nelson, L. Garth, and E. Klingler. Niche market shell bean variety trial. Bean Improvement Cooperative, ISSN 0084-7747. 50:55-56.
Miles, C., Inglis, D., and du Toit, L. 2006. Revision of PNW VEG (Vegetable Extension Group) team website. Http://mtvernon.wsu.edu/path_team/
Miller, T.W. Controlling reed canarygrass aids in the re-establishment of native broadleaf trees in Pacific Northwest riparian sites. Abstract and oral presentation, Weed Science Society of America, San Antonio, TX.
Miller, T.W. 2007. Current status of herbicides for controlling invasive knotweeds in the United States. Abstract and oral presentation, Western Society of Weed Science Knotweed Symposium, Portland, OR.
Miller, T.W. 2007. What is the threat from invasive knotweed seed production? Abstract and oral presentation, Western Society of Weed Science Knotweed Symposium, Portland, OR.
Miller, T.W. and C.R. Libbey. Evaluation of herbicide timing in cucumber. Abstract and poster presentation, Western Society of Weed Science, Portland, OR.
Steinbarger, D., C. Miles, C. Kruger, M. Ostrom, and C. Armstrong (eds). Sustaining the Pacific Northwest. Quarterly Extension newsletter, published March, June, September and December 1995-2006. http://csanr.wsu.edu/InfoSources/#newsletter.
Stevenson, W.R., James, R.V., Inglis, D.A., Johnson, D.A., Schotzko, T., and Thornton, R.E. 2007. Fungicide spray programs for Defender, a new potato cultivar with resistance to late blight. Plant Dis. (accepted pending minor revision May 07).
WSU Mount Vernon NWREC Special Activities and Announcements
Northwestern Washington ’s agricultural community and WSU officials participated in an opening ceremony for the new Agricultural Research & Technology Building, December 6. Thank you again to our generous donors, visionary constituents, and talented construction team!
WSU Mount Vernon NWREC is pleased to introduce a new and updated web site for its Fruit Horticulture program: http://mountvernon.wsu.edu/FruitHorticulture.html. This program created its first Fruit Horticulture web site in 1999, and have since added lists of varieties included in our research trials each year, annual reports, links to our new Extension bulletins, and current pest management information. The new site is part of our mission to provide new and current information in an improved format that is clear and user friendly. We encourage you to browse the new Fruit Horticulture web site and to pass this information along to anyone who might be interested. Note the web site address change and change this in your links where needed. We also ask that if you notice any dropped links or other glitches during the transition, please let us know at kingjack@wsu.edu.
WSU Mount Vernon NWREC hosted scientists from WSU Wenatchee TFREC who gave research presentations on western Washington tree fruit production issues, February 21.
Gary Moulton, Jacky King and Hollis Spitler participated in a Spring Field Day & Open House at WSU Mount Vernon NWREC, co-sponsored by Western Washington Fruit Research Foundation, February 24
Gary Moulton and Debra Lancaster organized a Wine Sensory Evaluation Class at WSU Mount Vernon NWREC, instructed by Dr. Ann Noble, U.C. Davis Professor Emeritus, May 1 & 2.
Dr. Lindsey du Toit and Jules Riske (an intern in the vegetable seed pathology rogram), participated in the ‘Imagine U at WSU’ recruiting program at Mt. Baker Middle School in Mount Vernon, WA. They presented six 45-minute discussions to 7 th and 8 th grade classes on careers in agriculture, May 9.
WSU-Mount Vernon NWREC officially welcomed its new entomologists, Dr. Lynell Tanigoshi, Dr. Bev Gerdeman, and Dr. Hollis Spitler, at an Open House on May 22.
Dr. Richard Chywoneth, with the New Zealand Foundation for Arable Research (FAR), and John and Jack Evans, New Zealand seed growers, visited Lindsey du Toit's vegetable seed pathology program, June 4-6.
Dr. Lindsey du Toit p articipated in a grant writing workshop by Grant Writers’ Seminars & Workshops, LLC., from October 2006 - June 2007.
Congratulations to our outstanding weed scientists! We are exceedingly proud of Dr. Tim Miller, who has been awarded WSU’s Kenneth J. Morrison Extension Award for 2007. We celebrate Carl Libbey’s 20 th year of employment with Washington State University this year. And, we think it’s terrific that both Tim and Carl received special recognition from their professional colleagues at this year’s Western Society of Weed Science meetings in Portland. Tim received the 2007 Presidential Award of Merit, and Carl received the 2007 Outstanding Professional Staff Award.
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