Assistant or Associate Extension Professor of Soil Science and Director of the Future UConn Plant and Soil Health Center
Assistant or Associate Extension Professor of Soil Science and Director of the Future UConn Plant and Soil Health Center
The Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, a part of the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources, at the University of Connecticut is pleased to invite applications for a full-time, 11-month, non-tenure, Assistant or Associate Extension Professor. This position will oversee operations in the existing UConn Soil Nutrient Analysis Laboratory. The anticipated division of duties for this role will be 70% Extension, 10% Administrative, 10% Teaching, and 10% Research.
August 2024 National Conference Reminder
The Communicator: Volume 5, Issue 8, August 2024
The NPDN Core Accreditation Program Has Launched!
A Checklist for Triage of Plant Diagnostic Samples
James Woodhall(1), Sam Fieweger(2), Christian Cumagun(1), Sara May(3), and Lina Rodriguez-Salamanca(4)
1. University of Idaho – WPDN; 2. Wisconsin DATCP – NCPDN; 3. The Pennsylvania State University – NEPDN; 4. Virginia Tech - SPDN
The Communicator: Volume 5, Issue 8, August 2024
APHIS PPDCP announces new Lab Methods Proficiency Test panel
With the upcoming release of Lab Methods Proficiency Test (PT) panels on August 26, USDA APHIS PPQ’s Plant Pathogen Diagnostics Certification Program (PPDCP) will begin onboarding new diagnosticians to the program. Three conditions must be met by each prospective participant: they must (1) work in a lab that has previously participated in PPQ PTs, (2) submit a PPDCP-F-007-0 Participant Bio Form, and (3) complete and pass a Lab Methods PT or PTs. PPDCP will host a virtual information session for new participants on August 27 at 2:00 PM Eastern.
Assistant Professor, Extension Entomologist (2 positions)
The Department of Biology at Utah State University (USU) seeks applicants for two fiscal-year, .916


