Megan King, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources
Archives for 2020
A Plant Breeding Breakthrough: Downy Mildew Resistant Sweet Basil
Sweet basil used to be considered a relatively easy fresh market culinary herb crop to grow. Growers saw it as a popular and profitable enterprise. When sweet basil was later hit by Fusarium wilt, conventional growers were able to turn to fumigation, while organic growers were able to turn to emerging resistant varieties.
Progressive Groups Pressure Biden and Trump to Include Nuclear Disarmament in Campaign Platforms
Alan Robock, Department of Environmental Sciences
How Collections-based Undergraduate Research Adapted to the Covid-19 Pandemic
Rutgers Chrysler Herbarium collections manager, Megan R. King, presents a talk on ‘How Collections-based Undergraduate Research Adapted to the Covid-19 Pandemic’. This 15 minute presentation was delivered at the national Botany 2020 conference, held virtually between July 27 and July 31, 2020. The presentation goes over the size and contents of the herbarium collection, its […]
NJ Senate Confirms Dan Van Abs Nomination to the NJ Highlands Council
Yesterday the NJ State Senate confirmed Dan Van Abs nomination to the Highlands Council (aka New Jersey’s Water Protection and Planning Council). This agency is responsible for guiding capacity based development in the Highlands region that is consistent with the natural and cultural resource protection goals of the Highlands Act and the Highlands Regional Master […]
July was the hottest month on record in New Jersey — but you figured that already, right?
Dave Robinson, NJAES
NJHKI Food Literacy Camp goes virtual
New Jersey Healthy Kids Initiative, IFNH
As bad as Tropical Storm Isaias was, here’s why experts say N.J. dodged a bullet
Dave Robinson, NJAES
NJ State Climatologist Says Active Hurricane Season May Mean More Hits For Garden State
Dave Robinson, NJAES
Why it’s ‘far too early to relax’ after Isaias caused so much damage in New Jersey
Dave Robinson, NJAES
Steve Decker, Department of Environmental Sciences
