The NDSU Horticulture Research Field Day is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 20, at the NDSU Horticulture Research Farm and Dale E. Herman Research Arboretum near Absaraka, N.D. The tour begins at 5 p.m. Beverages and cookies will be provided.

The tour will include NDSU tree and shrub selections, ongoing research, common and exotic species and the dwarf conifer collection. Research trials on Juneberries and grapes will be featured. In addition, information will be presented on hybrid poplar diseases, emerald ash borer and pine and spruce diseases.

Todd West, associate professor of woody plant selection and introduction research; Harlene Hatterman-Valenti, professor of high-value crop research; and Jared LeBoldus, assistant professor of tree pathology research, will give presentations on their research activities.

Joseph Zeleznik, NDSU Extension Service forester, and Aaron Bergdahl, North Dakota Forest Service forest health specialist, will provide updates on issues relating to North Dakota's woody plants.

For more information or to RSVP, contact West at todd.p.west@ndsu.edu.

NDSU is recognized as one of the nation's top 108 public and private universities by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education.