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Celebrating National Indoor Plant Week – By Joel Flagler The relationship between people and plants has been many thousands of years in the making. We have been interacting with plants long before the term “horticulture” was conceived. Our earliest ancestors relied on plants to survive. They learned to recognize which vegetation offered the likelihood of finding […]
Plant Biology
Ninth Annual Personal Bioblitz Results Break All Records, Again!
The Personal Bioblitz was launched in 2014 by Lena Struwe, director of the Chrysler Herbarium and professor of botany in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, challenging participants to observe and report as many wild species as possible from everyday life using the global community science website and free app, iNaturalist. Congratulations to the top […]
Discovery Paves Way for More Sustainable Crop Cultivation Methods
Rutgers researchers have discovered that nitrogen-fixing bacteria hidden within leaf cells could lead to more efficient and sustainable methods of crop cultivation. The study, recently published in the journal Biology, investigated how bacteria in non-photosynthetic leaf cells of seed plants can naturally provide nitrogen to plants. Currently, inorganic nitrogen fertilizers, such as ammonia or nitrate, are commonly […]
Graduate Student Megan King Receives Multiple Grants
Megan King, who is pursuing a master’s degree in the School of Graduate Studies in the Ecology and Evolution Graduate Program, has received the 2022 Vicki A. Funk Graduate Research Grant from the American Society of Plant Taxonomists and the Torrey Botanical Club’s research grant. The Vicki A. Funk Graduate Research Grant is part of an international competition and […]
Xenia Morin Selected as “Dr. Barbara Munson Goff Teacher of the Year” by Alpha Zeta
Xenia Morin, associate teaching professor in the Department of Plant Biology and undergraduate program director of Agriculture and Food Systems, was named the 2022 Teacher of the Year by the Rutgers Chapter of the Fraternity of Alpha Zeta, the national honor and service fraternity for agriculture and environmental studies. Her teaching style embraces active learning […]
Senior Story: Stephanie Welsh (SEBS ‘22), RU Crew Coxswain Achieves Excellence in Plant Science
Stephanie Welsh discovered and fostered her love for plants from a young age in her family’s garden and as a 4-H member in her home state of Maryland. She maintained that passion as a plant biology major at Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS), following the horticulture and turfgrass industry track, completing a […]
Doctoral Student Lara Brindisi Featured in ASHS Graduate Student Spotlight
The American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) promotes national and international interest in scientific research and education in all branches of horticulture. Comprised of thousands of members worldwide, ASHS represents a broad cross-section of the horticultural community – scientists, educators, students, landscape and turf managers, government, extension agents and industry professionals. Its members focus on […]
The Legacy of Campbell Soup’s Tomato Breeding Program
How the canned food company helped the Garden State become synonymous with luscious red tomatoes. Reprinted with permission from Modern Farmer. By Jeff Quattrone What comes to mind when you think of Campbell Soup? You might picture cans of tomato soup or perhaps an iconic Andy Warhol print of them. You probably don’t think much […]
The Annual Personal Bioblitz Connects People with Nature – Will it Break Records Again this Year?
What is that spider on that rock? That yellow spring flower is strange; what is it? Is that a weed in my backyard? Should I remove it? What kinds of birds will I see this spring? Wow, that’s a weird-looking red, black and white bug; what is it? Is there more than one kind of […]
Booker T. Whatley, GSNB’57 (PhD, Horticulture): Black Innovator Who Reshaped Farming
The innovative ideas that Booker T. Whatley (1915-2005) developed to keep small farms competitive are vast and those concepts continue to be highly regarded today. Whatley earned his undergraduate degree from Alabama A&M University. While serving in the Korean War and operating a hydroponic farm in Japan to provide food for the troops, he was […]
