A Rutgers study finds that symbiotic bacteria that colonize root cells may be managed to produce hardier crops that need less fertilizer. The study appears in the journal Microorganisms. Bacteria stimulate root hair growth in all plants that form root hairs, so the researchers examined the chemical interactions between bacteria inside root cells and the root cell. […]
Beneficial Bacteria Can Be Restored to C-Section Babies at Birth
Babies born by cesarean section don’t have the same healthy bacteria as those born vaginally, but a Rutgers-led study for the first time finds that these natural bacteria can be restored. The study appears in the journal Med. Professor Maria Gloria Dominguez Bello is the senior author of the new study. The human microbiota consists of trillions […]
FCHS Launches New Website Promoting Safe Food Preservation
Farm market customers can find free information on safe home food preservation of farm fresh produce thanks to a new website designed to preserve the harvest and launched by the Rutgers Cooperative Extension’s Department of Family and Community Health Sciences (FCHS). The website provides free access to a bounty of preservation resources, including techniques such […]
Bruce Crawford Receives National Garden Club Award
It All Began Picking Asparagus. Bruce Crawford’s fascination with plants began by picking asparagus in his grandparent’s vegetable garden, which led to a career in Landscape Architecture and Horticulture at Rutgers University. National Garden Clubs, Inc.’s highest honor, the Award of Excellence, was awarded to Bruce Crawford for his innovation in education and landscape design. […]
Ready, set, grow with 4-H!
“Ready, set, grow with 4-H!” is the theme for this year’s Morris County 4-H summer celebration. For the whole month of July, 4-H clubs, members, and volunteers will host a variety of activities covering a wide range of interests. There is something for everyone with both in-person and virtual options available. Check out the full […]
In Memoriam: Thomas Matro, Professor and Chair Cook Department of Humanities and Communication
Thomas Matro, 81, of Warren, NJ, died peacefully at home on June 6, 2021. He was born and raised in Hammonton, NJ. and graduated from St. Joseph’s High School and Rutgers University (BS ’62, MA ’66, PhD ’75). He received his doctorate in English Literature from Rutgers University. Tom began teaching at Rutgers-New Brunswick in […]
Nutritional Sciences Graduate Student Telema Briggs Selected for the Louis Bevier Fellowship
Telema Briggs, School of Graduate Studies (SGS)-Nutritional Sciences program, has been chosen as a University and SGS Louis Bevier Fellowship for the 2021-2022 academic year for his dissertation, “Is There Really an App for That?—Determining the Capacity for Utilizing Diet & Nutrition Smartphone Applications as Extensions of Professional Dietetic Practice.” He is the first Nutritional […]
Update on the Leadership at Rutgers Gardens
Announcement by Laura J. Lawson, Interim Executive Dean of the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and Interim Executive Director of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. Dear Friends, After a very thoughtful and effective search, I am pleased to announce that we have successfully recruited the new Rutgers Gardens and Campus Sustainability Director. Ariana Arancibia […]
State 4-H Hippology & Horse Judging Contest Winners Announced
Nearly fifty (50) 4-H horse club members from 10 counties (Atlantic, Burlington, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Salem, and Warren) competed in the New Jersey State 4-H Hippology & Horse Judging Contests held virtually on April 10 and April 11. The New Jersey 4-H Hippology Project is a unique and challenging aspect of […]
Mountain Mint—Truly, a Gardeners Mint
by Bruce Crawford, Program Leader in Home and Public Horticulture Mint is a plant that conjures up a multitude of thoughts and emotions among gardeners. Typically, our first thought is of a plant with wonderfully fragrant foliage that happens to combine well with Ice Tea and Mint Juleps! Unfortunately, this is matched with an equally […]
