Many climate change solutions can help nature, water, food systems, and human health at the same time, but only if they are designed and managed in holistic ways. A new study shows that a range of climate actions have positive effects across all these areas, including planting forests to sustainable agricultural practices to changing what […]
New Rutgers Patent for Sweet Basil Showing Increased Downy Mildew Resistance
Sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) downy mildew disease (DM), caused by Peronospora belbahrii, continues to be a worldwide threat to the basil industry despite the recent release of Rutgers DM resistant varieties as the pathogen also continues to evolve. Using a proprietary transient gene editing vector, the Rutgers team successfully applied CRISPR/Cas9 technology to modify […]
Announcement: Ramandeep Kumar Sharma Joins Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Salem County
Announcement from Nicholas Polanin, chair of the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, RCE Please join me in welcoming Ramandeep Kumar Sharma to our ANR Department, Rutgers NJAES Cooperative Extension, SEBS, Rutgers University. Raman is expected to start on Tuesday, April 1, in the Salem County office of RCE after relocating from Mississippi. Raman will […]
Plant of the Month: A Colorful and Cohesive Tan for the Winter Garden
By Bruce Crawford, Manager of Horticulture, Morris County Park Commission Persicaria affinis, commonly called Himalayan Bistort or Lesser Knotweed, is a low maintenance groundcover appreciated for its warm winter foliage. It is a member of the Polygonaceae or Buckwheat family with around 130 species. Native to nearly all regions throughout the world, it is most abundant in […]
Rutgers Holds 15th Annual Pioneers in Endocrinology Workshop
“Early-Life Stress and the Endocrine System” was the theme of the 15th Annual Pioneers in Endocrinology Workshop held at Rutgers on October 3 at the Busch Student Center. The workshop was sponsored by the Rutgers Endocrine Program; the Department of Animal Sciences at the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers – RWJMS Division […]
4-H Teams with Rutgers Scientists and Engineers to Train 54 Teenagers to Serve as STEM Ambassadors
Since 2009, the Rutgers 4-H Youth Development department has trained and supported teenagers from several of New Jersey’s biggest cities to lead STEM programming for youth through camps, libraries, and afterschool programs. This July, the program’s 15th cohort of STEM Ambassadors spent a week at Rutgers-New Brunswick to expand their own understanding of STEM topics […]
New State-of-the-Art Composter on the George H. Cook Campus
The Cook Campus Animal Farm has received has received a new state-of-the-art composting system. Earth Flow™, an in-vessel system manufactured by Green Mountain Technologies, has the capacity to automatically process up to 30,000 pounds of compostable materials each month. This aerated in-vessel composter is part of a research and demonstration project. Instead of being disposed […]
NJAES Office of Research Analytics and the Bloustein Local Government Research Center Develop NJ Property Ownership Database
Lucas Marxen, associate director of the Office of Research Analytics, and Marc Pfeiffer, Bloustein Local Government Research Center, worked together to develop he NJ MOD IV Historical Database an online, searchable database of New Jersey MOD IV parcel information data sets from 1989 to 2022. Providing land parcel and property ownership data, the MOD IV database […]
New Jersey Healthy Kids Initiative Teams with Franklin Police Department to Get Kids ‘FranklinFit’
This summer, the New Jersey Healthy Kids Initiative (NJHKI) collaborated with the Franklin Township Police Recreation Department’s FranklinFit afterschool program to offer 30 township middle school and high school students culinary nutrition lessons. The lessons were developed by Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health (IFNH) student ambassadors and taught by Peggy Policastro, director of Behavioral […]
Plant of the Month: Cyclamens – Dancing in the Woodland Garden
by Bruce Crawford, Manager of Horticulture, Morris County Park Commission It is amazing how some plants become pigeonholed into specific categories and on occasion, it is difficult for even experienced gardeners to break free of this mindset. Cyclamen is a plant that is most befitting of this conundrum. Most people think of Cyclamen as a somewhat finicky winter blooming […]
