Activity from the roseslug sawfly is being seen in our county. The symptoms are white or tan areas on rose leaves, also called windowpaning, as a result of insect larvae eating away the surface area of the leaf between the veins. The rose will grow new…
Professor Kenneth H. McKeever Elected President of the Equine Science Society
Kenneth McKeever, professor in the Department of Animal Sciences and associate director of research at the Rutgers Equine Science Center (ESC), was elected president of the Equine Science Society (ESS) at its biannual meeting on June 2. The society is the preeminent international body of equine researchers, teachers, extension specialists and industry representatives whose focus […]
Rutgers’ McKeever elected president of the Equine Science Society
Kenneth H. McKeever – Department of Animal Sciences
Gardener State: Growing a better garden
Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Joan A. DeBoer Receives Highest Honor from the Rutgers Alumni Association
The Rutgers Alumni Association (RAA) hosts a gala evening, every year in the spring, to honor those individuals who have made a significant contribution of service to their alma mater. Among the awards made to alumni volunteers by the RAA, the Loyal Son / Loyal Daughter award is the highest acknowledgement of service from this […]
Take hold of managing liability on agritourism farms
Brian J. Schilling – Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics
NSF’s Ocean Observatories Initiative Uses Big Data in Teaching Undergraduates
These days, there are a growing number of research programs that collect high volumes of scientific data using advanced technologies, especially in oceanography. One such program is the National Science Foundation’s Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI), which has constructed observational and computer infrastructure that provides continuous scientific measurement of the ocean. For the coming decades, the […]
And now, a two-minute video from Rutgers about growing exotic hot peppers in New Jersey: BTN LiveBIG
Albert Ayeni – Department of Plant Biology; Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Are You Washing Your Hands The Right Way?
Donald Schaffner – Department of Food Science
When you’re washing your hands, water temperature doesn’t matter as much as scrubbing time
Donald Schaffner – Department of Food Science
