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The horticultural physiology lab has collaborated with Phytosynthetix, an Athens, GA-based lighting company, for several years. Part of our joint work was supported by the Georgia Centers of Innovations. They just posted a blog about our joint work on LED lighting. You can read about it here: https://www.georgia.org/2016/12/07/phytosynthetix-takes-guess-work-greenhouse/
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David Gianino is set to receive his MS degree from the department of Horticulture at University of Georgia. He has successfully completed and defended his thesis titled ‘ENDOREDUPLICATION AND ITS EFFECT ON FRUIT SIZE IN TOMATO AS AFFECTED BY DROUGHT STRESS ‘ David was co-advised by Drs. Anish Malladi and Marc van Iersel. His work focused on…
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The 61st Annual Southern Nursery Association Research Conference was held in Athens, GA on August 30 and 31. The highlight of the first day was the annual student competition, with separate competitions for BS, MS, and PhD students. The Horticultural Physiology Lab was well represented in the competition, with David Gianino in the MS division,…
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Rhuanito Ferrarezi, a former post-doc in the lab, Sue Dove, and Marc van Iersel recently received the Alex Laurie award from AmericanHort. AmericanHort is a national trade organization representing the ornamental horticulture industry. The Alex Laurie Award is presented to the author(s) of the most significant applied floriculture research paper published in any of the three…
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David Gianino and Shuyang Zhen, graduate students in the horticultural physiology lab, participated in the student competition organized by the Controlled Environment working group. The competition was held as part of the 2016 Conference of the American Society for Horticultural Science in Atlanta, GA. David and Shuyang placed first and second in the competition. We are…
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Dr. Yao-Chien ‘Alex’ Chang from National Taiwan University visited the horticultural physiology lab on Friday, August 12. Dr. Chang is a professor of horticulture and a world-renown orchid physiologist. He attended the ASHS conference in Atlanta and subsequently came to Athens to visit our lab. We showed him our research on LED lighting and discussed various sensor…
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The American Society for Horticultural Science announced that Dr. Marc van Iersel was named the 2016 graduate educator of the year. He will receive the award at the 2016 ASHS conference in Atlanta. Here is the ASHS announcement: Dr. Marc van Iersel started as an assistant professor at Griffin Campus of the University of Georgia…
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