Promotions, Announcements (Continued from Pago 8) Apple Breeder Susan K. Brown Promoted To Full Professor At Cornell Susan K. Brown, associate professor of horticulture al Cornell University in the hor ticultural sciences depart ment at die New York State Agricultural Experiment Sto don in Geneva, N.Y., for 16 years, has been promoted to professor. “It is great to see Dr. Brown’s accomplishments recognized by her academic peers. She has continued the Station tradition of develop ing new varieties of apples based on sound science. This work is more important than ever as the apple industry faces global competition,’’ said Station Director James E. Hunter. “Dr. Brown maintains her focus on developing high quality apple varieties that will, first and foremost, en hance the profitability of the New York apple industry,” said horticultural sciences department chair Hugh Price. “Her understanding of apple genetics has facilitated the incorporation of many high quality traits into her advanced selections.” Brown develops superior apple varieties in a breeding program that, utilizes both traditional - breeding' tech niques and biotechnology. The program emphasizes fruit quality such as firmness, crispness and flavor, genetic resistance to diseases, mid genetic control of plant forms. Among diseases, she stresses resistance to apple scab, powdery mildew and fire blight. Using molecular markers she is learning how to genetically control plant architecture. Brown is also researching antioxidants and ascorbic acid in breeding lines to improve the health benefits of apples, working with Cy Lee in the depart ment of food science and technology at Geneva. Seeing the genetic im provements in attributes de velop from crosses that she has made is very rewarding to Brown. “There is so much genetic variation in apple, for many different traits, that you really can use that genetic variation effectively to make improvements that might not have been thought possible,” she said. Brown said collaboration with other departments, visit ing scientists, graduate stu dents, and technicians, is one of the strengths of her pro gram. At Geneva, she has worked on genome mapping and gene tagging with Norman Weeden and Minou Hemmat in horticulture; co- operated with Herb Aldwin kle and Jay Norelli, in plant pathology, on transgenics and the development of disease-resistant advanced selections; and collaborated with Harvey Reissig, in ento mology, on resistance to apple maggot. Still Named First Louise Roselle Fellow In Public Horticulture Shannon Still, a Longwood Graduate Fellow at the Uni versity of Delaware, was named the first recipient of the Louise Roselle Fellowship in Public Horticulture Established by trustees of the Unidel Foundation to honor Louise Roselle, wife of the university president David Roselle, the fellowship will be granted each spring, if eligible candidates exist, to a rising second-year fellow with high academic standing, an. excellent research pro gram, and demonstrated leadership potential. The latter quality involves being both a strong team member as well as promoting team building within the group. “The new fellowship came as a complete and pleasant surprise,” said Dr. James E. Available with 300 or 400 Gallon Tanks With the high cost of chemicals, the right sprayer is needed Order Early - Supply Limited PENNS CREEK WELDING & MFG. (570) 837-1197 (888) 837-1197 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 8,2001, Grower and Marketer- Swasey, director of the Long wood Fellows Program. “It is a prestigious addition to an already outstanding pro gram, a recognition that really enhances our program, coming as it does with it a sti pend for the individual as well as for the individual’s re search.” According to Swasey, the named fellowship is to honor Louise Roselle’s active inter est in landscape design and renovation on campus and her personal interest in gar dening and horticulture. “Shannon is an outstand ing example of the kind of fellows we seek for our pro gram in public garden leader ship. Many candidates apply; only five or six are chosen each year. So, Shannon’s competition for this award among our fine student pool was stiff,” Swasey said. Still earned a bachelor’s degree in agriculture with a major in horticulture in 1997 from The Ohio State Univer sity (OSU), where he special ized in floriculture and minored in agriculture busi ness. His father, a professor of horticulture at OSU, estab lished and still runs a non profit organization dedicated to perennials the Perennial Plant Association. “Although I’ve been around horticulture my whole life, my father never pressured me into the field. I gladly chose the same route,” said Still. “I am, however, blazing my own trail to the side of his. I have met so many wonderful people in horticulture. That’s when I decided I would like to be one of those friendly people who has fun, works hard, and gets paid for doing what they love.” Still first became interested in the Longwood Graduate Program when, as a green house production intern at Longwood in 1998, he was encouraged to apply by the Longwood staff. From De cember 1998 until June 2000, Still worked as the herb de partment manager at Millcreek Gardens, LLC, a wholesale perennial and herb nursery in central Ohio. He often gave talks at Ohio garden centers on new and underused perennials, herb culture and care, and herb usage. Still’s thesis research for his master’s degree involves the growth and flowering of the blue poppy Mecocnopsis at different temperatures. “I wanted a physical sci ence research project, one that would ideally benefit Longwood, which wants to grow this plant for their con servatory display,” Still said. “The blue poppy cannot withstand the hot summers of this region, so that is a need to determine a production cycle in which to grow the plants inside for display.” After he is graduated from the Longwood Fellows Pro gram, Still plans to earn a doctorate, and then teach horticulture at the university level. 201 ll ,i
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