Plant Science Day in the Spring
1:00 p.m., Monday, April 19, 2004
THE CONNECTICUT AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
DONALD F. JONES AUDITORIUM
123 HUNTINGTON STREET ¨ NEW HAVEN, CT 06511
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Presentations on Research
First Steps for a Healthy Garden: Dr. Sharon Douglas ¨ New Vegetable Crops: Dr. Abigail Maynard ¨ Tomatoes for the Garden and Greenhouse: Dr. Martin Gent
Greenhouse Visits
Growing Transplants for the Home Garden ¨ Seed Dispersal by White-tailed Deer ¨ Chestnut Trees Bred for Resistance to Chestnut Blight ¨ Diseases of Flowers and Vegetables ¨Aerial Dispersal of Corn Pollen
Laboratory Visits
Arsenic in Pressure Treated Lumber ¨ Pesticides in Food and the Environment ¨ Genetic Engineering in Plants ¨ Detecting Antibodies to Agents of Lyme Disease, Ehrlichiosis, and Babesiosis ¨ Lyme Disease and Tick Control ¨ Looking in on the Biosafety Level 3 Laboratory ¨ Mosquito Laboratory ¨ Insect Information Office ¨ Plant Diagnostic Laboratory ¨ Soil Testing Laboratory
Questions Answered
Plant Diagnosis ¨ Soil Testing ¨ Insect Identification ¨ Weed Questions
Bring soil samples for testing and plant, insect, and weed problems to be identified
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REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED
For more information call New Haven 974-8500 ¨ Toll Free Statewide (877) 855-2237
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 Route 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.
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