Lettuce transplant production
Lettuce seedlings produced in greenhouse with supplemental LED lighting
High tunnel tomato experiment
High tunnel fresh-market tomato plants flowering
Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation experiment
Evaluating alternative carbon sources
Zak Nur - First Summer intern - preparing some nutrient solutions in a brand new and almost empty lab
Soil redox potential sensors used to measure soil anaerobicity during anaerobic soil disinfestation studies
Detail of an over-wintering cover crop mix with a focus on snow peas beautiful flowers
Spectrophotometer being used for the analysis of total sugar content in cover crop plant tissue samples
Summer research intern preparing dilutions of concentrated nutrient solutions used to test the accuracy of portable ion selective electrodes
Series of soil samples being extracted with deionized water with the 1:2 v:v soil-water extract method
Low tunnels used for crop protection early in the season for a sweet potato study
Potted basil growing on alternative soilless media including peat and perlite mixes with recycled spent mushroom compost
Soil amended with alternative sources of C and sorghum sudan-grass residues for an anaerobic soil disinfestation study
Installing soil ORP sensors and data loggers in experimental plots mulched with totally impermeable film at the start of an anerobic soil disinfestation study
2021 CBD Hemp Field Day at Rock Springs - Growers and stakeholders were invited to evaluate photoperiod sensitive CBD hemp selection being tested before disclosing their names and the breeding company
View of red and green multileaf lettuce close to harvest in experimental plots treated with anaerobic soil disinfestation
Detail of beautiful tomato clusters produced from plants grown in a commercial organic soilless (bioponic) production system
Downloading and checking soil ORP sensors readings from a CR1000X Campbell Scientific data logger during an anaerobic soil disinfestation experiment
Detail of an All-in-one integrated weather station installed at the edge of a tomato experimental field and used to estimate site-specific and in real-time the crop evapotranspiration requirement for the rational management of irrigation
Amaranth growing in soilless growing systems. NFT channels in focus
Microgreens in growth chamber under varying LED light spectra
Tomato plants biometric assessment for a rootstock-scion interaction study conducted in a high tunnel at the Penn State Southeast Agricultural Research and Extension Center