Director’s Message
Neil McRoberts
Neil McRoberts
Date & Time: Aug 23, 2023 10:00 AM Pacific
Description: Dr. LaMondia will present research results and recent discoveries relating to boxwood blight management in nursery and landscape settings. These tactics will include targeted fungicide use, host plant genetics and cultural controls.
The North American Pulse Improvement Association (NAPIA) and Bean Improvement Cooperative (BIC) are excited to work together on our joint meeting in Greenville, SC 5-9 November, 2023. Please visit the website for more details and registration.
BEAN IMPROVEMENT COOPERATIVE (BIC) AND NORTH AMERICAN PULSE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION (NAPIA) BIANNUAL MEETING HOSTED BY CLEMSON UNIVERSITY.
The NAPIA & BIC joint meeting will be in Greenville, SC 5-9 November, 2023.
The BIC & NAPIA Biennial Meeting is an opportunity for members and colleagues from around the world and from many diverse disciplines to interact and exchange information on bean and pulse improvement.
All are invited to join the BIC-NAPIA meeting!
The BIC & NAPIA meeting aims to:
Karen Snover-Clift and Barb Riker, Cornell University, NEPDN
Dr. Megan Romberg, Dr. John McKemy, USDA-APHIS, National Mycologists
Dr. Karen Rane, University of Maryland, NEPDN
We are pleased to announce a new professional development workshop coming this spring! The Morphological Fungal Identification Techniques Workshop, or MFIT Workshop for short, will be available to NPDN members, partners, and colleagues around the time of the PPCDL Workshops.
The Bartlett Tree Expert Company has been in the business of providing exceptional tree care services to clients for over 100 years. We are the largest family-owned tree care company in the United States. We pride ourselves on offering scientific tree care and have extensive resources at the Bartlett Tree Research Laboratory in Charlotte, NC.
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