The University of Georgia Chapter (Tau) of the horticultural honor society Pi Alpha Xi awarded honorary membership to Dr. Marc van Iersel at their 2016 banquet for new members. The horticulture undergraduate members of Tau chapter awarded this honor to Marc, because of his long involvement in horticultural science and…
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A group of people from PodPonics visited the Horticultural Physiology Lab on November 19. PodPonics has developed an innovative approach to growing crops inside used shipping containers, using LED lights. As part of developing this farming approach, PodPonics has developed a lot of new technology. Paul Thomas and Marc van…
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Marc van Iersel traveled to Iowa to visit Pioneer in Des Moines and Iowa State in Ames, IA. While at Pioneer, he was hosted by Jonathan Frantz and Brian Krug. He gave two seminars, discussing the importance of proper methodology to induce drought stress resposnes in plants and the use…
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Marc van Iersel visited Cornell University to give a seminar on his work on biofeedback control of photosynthetic lighting. His seminar was well attended and generated much subsequent discussion. Hopefully this visit will result in future collaboration with Cornell’s Controlled Environment Agriculture group, as well as Tessa Pocock at Rensselaer…
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Dr. Marc van Iersel, Kaylee South and Dr. Paul Thomas visited Green Circle Growers, Inc., in Oberlin, Ohio on Friday, October 30 as part of a meeting with Green Circle Growers management. Green Circle is the largest producers of orchids in the US. We were there to discuss research opportunities to help…
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Dr. Michael Martin, who earned his PhD from our department in 2012 under the guidance of Dr. Matthew Chappell, has joined the Horticultural Physiology Lab. Michael was hired to work on one of the lab’s newer projects: Biofeedback of LED lighting for controlled environment agriculture. His position is funded through…
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During the recent ASHS meeting in New Orleans, Shuyang Zhen and David Gianino participated in the Growth Chamber and Controlled Environment Graduate student competition. Both gave oral presentation as part of the competition. David placed 3rd in this competition for his presentation titled ‘Water Use Efficiency of Four Types of…
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