Agronomy Notes January 2011 Volume 35:1 Features: Forage: Ocoee New White Clover Release........................Page 4 “Agronomy Notes” is prepared by: Maria Gallo, Interim Chair and Y. Newman, Extension Forage Specialist ([email protected]); J. Ferrell, Extension Weed Specialist ([email protected]); Fred Fishel ([email protected]); D. Wright, Extension Agronomist ([email protected]). The use of trade names does not constitute a guarantee or warrant of products named and does not signify approval to the exclusion of similar products. The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) is an Equal Employment Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer authorized to provide research, educational information and other services only to individuals and institutions that function without regard to race, color, sex, age, handicap or national origin. For information on obtaining other extension publications, contact your county Cooperative Extension Office. Florida Cooperative Extension Service/Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences/University of Florida/Millie Ferrer-Chancy, Interim Dean. Crops: Nitrogen Use on Major Cereal Crops ................. Page 3 Soil Tests and Lime Applications ..................... Page 4 Miscellaneous: Weeds and Pesticides: New Soil Fumigant Toolbox Available.............. Page 5 Agronomy New Faculty Hires ............................Page 2 Calendar ............................................................Page 6
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Agronomy Notes
January 2011 Volume 35:1
Features:
Forage:
Ocoee New White Clover Release........................Page 4
“Agronomy Notes” is prepared by: Maria Gallo, Interim Chair and Y. Newman, Extension Forage Specialist ([email protected]); J. Ferrell, Extension Weed Specialist ([email protected]); Fred Fishel ([email protected]); D. Wright, Extension Agronomist ([email protected]). The use of trade names does not constitute a guarantee or warrant of products named and does not signify approval to the exclusion of similar products.
The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) is an Equal Employment Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer authorized to provide
research, educational information and other services only to individuals and institutions that function without regard to race, color, sex, age, handicap
or national origin. For information on obtaining other extension publications, contact your county Cooperative Extension Office. Florida Cooperative
Extension Service/Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences/University of Florida/Millie Ferrer-Chancy, Interim Dean.
Crops:
Nitrogen Use on Major Cereal Crops ................. Page 3 Soil Tests and Lime Applications ..................... Page 4
Miscellaneous:
Weeds and Pesticides:
New Soil Fumigant Toolbox Available.............. Page 5
Agronomy New Faculty Hires ............................Page 2 Calendar ............................................................Page 6
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Agronomy New Faculty Hires
The Agronomy Department is very pleased to announce that four new faculty members have recently joined the
department:
Dr. Ronnie Schnell ([email protected] )– Assistant Professor in Cropping
Systems, West FL REC (Jay/Milton). Dr. Schnell joined the Agronomy Department
in November. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Horticulture and Crop
Science from Sam Houston State University in 2002. He received his MS in
Agronomy in 2007 and a PhD in Agronomy in 2010 from Texas A&M University. His
work has focused on cropping systems and management for enhanced environmental
sustainability.
Dr. Jianping Wang ([email protected] )– Assistant Professor in Translational
Genomics, Gainesville campus. Dr. Wang joined the Agronomy Department in
November, 2010. She earned her PhD in Plant Breeding and Genetics from Michigan
State University in 2005. She received her MS degree also in Plant Breeding and
Genetics, from China Agricultural University, and her undergraduate degree in
Agronomy, also from the Agricultural University in Beijing. Before coming to
Florida, Dr. Wang was a research associate in the Crop Science Department at
University of Illinois, where she led a project on map-based cloning of insect
resistance genes in soybean. She has experience working with different plants like
rice, maize, papaya, sugarcane, and grasses, among others.
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Jan. 8-10 Ag Connect Expo. Atlanta, Georgia. For more information, please check http://www.agconnect.com Jan. 20 UF/IFAS Cattlemen’s Institute and Allied Trade Show, Kissimmee Jan. 29 AGRItunity 2011, Conference and Allied Trade Show (West Central Florida), Bushnell. For more information, please check http://sumter.ifas.ufl.edu/Agritunity/index.shtml Feb. 6-8 American Society of Agronomy (ASA) Southern branch meeting, Corpus Christi, TX.