The NDSU Department of Plant Sciences is scheduled to host a fruit, hemp and vegetable field day on Sept. 15 at the NDSU Horticulture Research Farm and Arboretum near Absaraka, North Dakota. The field day is set to begin at 4 p.m.

“The event will showcase some of the exciting research being conducted in our plant sciences department at NDSU and give field day participants a chance to see how some of the projects we are working on might be suitable for their gardens, orchards or farms,” said Harlene Hatterman-Valenti, professor of plant sciences and field day organizer.

The field day will include presentations on caterpillar tunnel research; high-tunnel automated watering; renovation of unproductive apple trees; hydro-mulching for weed control; evaluating new brassica cultivars for yield and stress tolerance; evaluating black currant, cantaloupe, and haskap cultivars and their health attributes; evaluating allium species and their cultivars for health attributes; floral hemp research; grape breeding research; juneberry research; and raspberry research.

Registration is needed for the boxed dinner available at 6 p.m.

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