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PLANT SCIENCE DAY IN THE SPRING pROGRAM--LISTING (28.73kb, 1 page, PDF format) 

PLANT SCIENCE DAY IN THE SPRING PROGRAM--MAP (191.24kb, 1 pages, pdf format)
PLANT SCIENCE DAY IN THE SPRING PROGRAM--FLYER (49.99kb, 1 page, PDF Format)

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Presentations

• Agricultural Experiment Station Welcome and Updates, Dr. Louis A. Magnarelli, Director
• Biological Control of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid and Mile-a-Minute Weed, Dr. Carole A. Cheah, Entomologist, Department of Entomology (2.37mb, 48 pages, PDF Format)
• Plants for the Landscape: Native or Exotic, Ms. Rose T. Hiskes, Horticulturist, Department of Entomology (6.03mb, 38 pages, PDF Format)
• Connecticut’s Invasive Aquatic Plants Searching for Solutions, Mr. Gregory J. Bugbee, Scientist, Department of Environmental Sciences (3.48mb, 24 pages, PDF Format)

Guided Tours

• Role of Marsh Crabs and Plant Pathogens in Sudden Vegetation Dieback of Connecticut’s Salt Marshes, Dr. Wade H. Elmer, Department of Plant Pathology and Ecology
• Controlling Barberry and Ticks, Drs. Jeffrey S. Ward and Scott C. Williams, Department of Forestry and Horticulture
• Invasive Aquatic Plant Greenhouse, Mr. Gregory J. Bugbee and Ms. Martha E. Balfour, Department of Environmental Sciences

Questions Answered in Jones Auditorium

• Plant Identification and Disease Diagnosis
• Soil Testing
• Insect Identification
• Weed Identification
  

Bring soil samples for testing and plant, insect, and weed problems for identification.

Connecticut Pesticide Credits 2.5 credit hours for all categories, Private Applicators, and Supervisors.

refreshments will be served

for more information call new haven (203) 974-8500, toll free statewide (877) 855-2237

www.ct.gov/caes

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Directions to the Experiment Station

• From I-95 North or South:  Exit onto I-91 North in New Haven. Take Exit 6 (left exit) to Willow Street. Follow detailed instructions below.
• From I-91 South:  Take Exit 6 in New Haven to Willow Street. Follow detailed instructions below.
• From I-84:  Take I-691 to I-91 South to Exit 6 in New Haven. Follow detailed instructions below.
• Detailed instructions:  Turn right onto Willow Street and proceed to the end.  Turn right onto Whitney Avenue.  Take the third left off Whitney Avenue (Huntington Street) and proceed up the hill.  The Experiment Station is on the right just past the first cross street on Huntington Street.

SAVE THE DATE!  100th Anniversary!

Plant Science Day, Lockwood Farm, Hamden

Wednesday, August 4^th, 2010, 10:00 a.m