2023 Virtual Field Day Presentations
- Biochar application effects on soil properties and lettuce yield (Charlene Kelly, Mica Keck, and Samuel Brumback)
- Spotted Lanternfly and Tree of Heaven: Monitoring Using Drones (Kushal Naharki and Yong-Lak Park)
- Growing Taro in West Virginia (Domingo Mata Padrino, Eugenia Pena-Yewtukhiw, Mirjana Bulatovic-Danilovich and Sven Verlinden )
- “Let’s Grow Mountaineers! Growing the Next Generation of Food System Leadership with Campus-Centered Urban Agriculture” (Nikki Byrne-Hoffman1, Katrina Stewart2, Zachary Morton3)
- Japanese Knotweed Detection and Management Using Drones (Roghaiyeh Karimzadeh and Yong-Lak Park)
- An Evaluation of Wool as an Alternative Mulch in Brassica Crops (Maxwell Turnwald)
- The dung ecosystem. (Sarah Austin, Sneha Haridas and Elizabeth Rowen)
- Effectiveness of Indian Mustard (Brassica juncea) as a trap crop for the striped flea beetle (Phyllotreta Striolata) on Poc Choi (Brassica rapa var. chinensis) (Andrew W. Quick )
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Variety Trial of Bush Beans in Organic Cropping Systems (Harley Cech)
- Effectiveness of Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) as a Living Mulch for Weed Suppression when Compared to Hay and Bare Soil (Rachel Larson)
- Manures as fertilizers in organic crops (Mellisa Musekwa*, Elizabeth Rowen , James Kotcon, Rakesh S. Chandran, Ember Morrissey, Eugenia M. Pena-Yewtukhiw, Ana Claudia Sant’Anna)
2022 Virtual Field Day Presentations
- Managing and Making Healthy Pasture (Nathan Blake)
- Monitoring and Managing Barberpole Worm in Organic Sheep (Jim Kotcon, Ph.D.)
- WVU Organic Farm as Seen From the Sky (Yong-Lak Park, Ph.D.)
- Detecting Tree of Heaven Using Drones for the Management of Spotted Lanternflies (Kushal Naharki and Yong-Lak Park)
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Compost Comparison Using Early Season Green Cabbage (Laiken Cook)
- Short-term Effect of Cover Crop on Vegetable Yield (Anais Breeden)
- Citizen Science Project Bees, Veterans and STEM Education in WV (Yong-Lak Park)
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Companion Planting Pepper Plants (Thomas Ramsay)
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Exploring the Link Between Soil and Human Health: Protein, Protein Quality and the Nutraceutical Amino Acid Ergothioneine in Wheat (Jim Kotcon, Ph.D.)
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Long-term Field Crop Systems: 20 Years of Change (Jim Kotcon, Ph.D.)
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How to Garden on a Small Scale (Michelle DuVall, Connor Freed, Rebecca Stearns)
- Nematode-trapping Fungi: Fungal Friends to Fight Nematode Enemies (Edgar)
- Diversifying Appalachia's Pastures to Improve Soil Health: Does Plant Diversity Affect Soil Microbes and Soil Quality? (Kinsey Reed)
- Organic Sheep Performance on Birdsfoot Trefoil Versus Clover Pastures (Jim Kotcon, Ph.D.)
2021 Virtual Field Day Presentations
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- Managing and Making Healthy Pasture (Nathan Blake)
- Microbial Communities in Miscanthus (Jenni Kane)
- Monitoring and Managing Barberpole Worm in Organic Sheep (Jim Kotcon, Ph.D.)
- WVU Organic Farm as Seen From the Sky (Yong-Lak Park, Ph.D.)
- Management of Septoria Leaf Spot on Tomato (Mafuz Rahman, Ph.D.)
- Preserving Ancient Wheat Varieties (Joe Malone)
- Some soil microorganisms in a conventional versus organic plot (Peighton Foster)
- Exploring the link between soil and human health: Protein, protein quality, and the nutraceutical amino acid ergothioneine in wheat (Jim Kotcon, Ph.D.)
- Long-Term Field Crop Systems: 20 Years of Change (Jim Kotcon, Ph.D.)
- Planting Marigolds to Manage Insects in Basil (Saralyn Smith)
- Forage Grass Allelopathy in Birdsfoot Trefoil Pasture Establishment (Nathan Blake)
- Population differences of the Striped Cucumber Beetle, Acalymma vittatum,between Conventional and Organic plots (Sydney Friend)
- Soil Health Variances Between Conventional, Organic and Transitional Plots (Brandon Markey)
- Production of Organic Industrial Hemp, Cannabis sativa, in West Virginia (Tiffany Fess)