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Administration
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| Roger Adams, Assistant Director of the Connecticut Cooperative
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Mary Musgrave, Plant Science (Acting) Department Head
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Agronomy
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| Tom
Morris, Soil Fertility Specialist |
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Commercial Christmas Trees
Educational support is provided to commercial Christmas tree producers.
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| Mark
Brand, Nursery Crops Specialist |
| Edward
Corbett |
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Commercial Floriculture
Expertise is provided in greenhouse crop production.
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| Richard
McAvoy, Greenhouse Crops Specialist |
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Commercial Nursery and Landscape
Assistance is given in all areas related to the commercial production
of nursery crops, both in containers and the field. Specific information
in the areas of landscape plant materials, tissue culture, herbaceous
perennials, rhododendrons and sustainable nursery crop production
is available.
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| Mark
Brand, Nursery Crops Specialist |
| Edward
Corbett |
| Donna Ellis |
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Commercial Orchards
Commercial orchardists may obtain help in areas such as orchard
planning, cultural and pest management techniques, and harvest and
post-harvest handling.
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| Lorraine Los |
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Commercial Vegetables
Expertise is offered in the commercial production of vegetables,
IPM and direct marketing of all horticultural commodities.
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Rob Durgy, Consumer Horticulturist, 860-486-6271
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Home Horticulture
Plant problems are solved for the home gardener through the dissemination
of pest control and cultural information from the Consumer Horticulture
Center. Backup is provided to the eight regional Extension offices.
Extension bulletins covering plant subjects are revised and written.
Extension Master Gardener courses are taught.
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| Home & Garden Center, 860-486-6271 |
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Home & Garden Center Newsletter
This monthly newsletter aims to help home gardeners who plant annuals
and perennials, tend vegetable gardens, nurture houseplants, and
cultivate lawns and landscapes.
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Integrated Pest Management
Integrated Pest Management
(IPM) is the use of a variety of pest control methods designed to
protect public health and the environment, and to produce high quality
crops and other commodities with the safest and least amount of
pesticides.
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| Ana Legrand, Coordinator |
| Donna
Ellis, USDA APHIS Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS)
Program State Survey Coordinator |
| Lorraine Los, Program Leader, Fruit Crops |
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| Landscape Architecture |
| John
Alexopolous |
| Kristin Schwab |
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Soil Testing Laboratory
The primary purpose of the Laboratory
is to provide lime and fertilizer recommendations for homeowners
and commercial agriculturists by analyzing the soil samples
they submit.
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| Tom
Morris, Director |
| Dawn Pettinelli, Manager |
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