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Season 1, Episode 8: Honoring the Past, Building the Future

Learn more about viticulture and precision agriculture research to understand plant nutrition monitoring and management from table grape trials conducted in California's San Joaquin Valley.

Patricia A. Skinkis | Mar 2023 | Podcast episode Peer reviewed (Gray level)

85 Lynda Boyer – Producing Native Plants For Bees

Lynda Boyer was hired in 2001 by Heritage Seedlings to facilitate restoration of native habitats on nursery properties and manage a native seed production program. Heritage Seedlings now grows over 120 species of native Willamette...

Andony Melathopoulos | Feb 2019 | Podcast episode

72 Garth Mulkey – Specialty seeds and bees

This episode explores the fascinating relationship between bees and specialty seed crops. Oregon vegetable and flower seed industries are deeply invested in the health of pollinators. Moreover, the great conditions for growing seeds ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Nov 2018 | Podcast episode

Season 2, Episode 11 | Virginia Nitrogen Trials - A Tale of Two Cultivars

Learn how nitrogen application and time of day for tissue sampling impacted nitrogen status.

Patricia A. Skinkis | May 2024 | Podcast episode Peer reviewed (Gray level)

Season 1, Episode 11: Vineyard to Winery - Looking Beyond YAN

Listen to this podcast episode to learn more about how nitrogen in the berries are important for winemaking and sensory quality.

Patricia A. Skinkis | Jun 2023 | Podcast episode Peer reviewed (Gray level)

129 – Ron Bitner – Vineyards for Pollinators

Idaho and Oregon’s Treasure Valley have a deep connection to bee management for alfalfa seed, but in this episode we hear about how that tradition is being transferred to pollinator management in vineyards. 

Andony Melathopoulos | Feb 2020 | Podcast episode

77 David Cantlin – More Clover In Your Turf? Lessons from the City of Fife

David Cantlin is the Facility and Operations Manager for the City of Fife in Washington State, where he is implementing his Bee Clover project. His goal is to educate the people of Fife of the wonderful benefits that clover...

Andony Melathopoulos | Dec 2018 | Podcast episode

114 – John Jacob – Solar panels and pollinator habitat

There is a lot of ground under solar panels that could be planted to pollinator habitat. In this episode guest host Maggie Graham (MSc candidate, Water Resources Science, OSU) talks with John Jacob, a Southern Oregon beekeeper,...

Andony Melathopoulos | Oct 2019 | Podcast episode

Season 1, Episode 4: What to Expect from Plant Nutrient Sensors

Learn how sensors are being developed and tested in grape vineyards throughout the US from Dr. Jan Van Aardt, professor at Rochester Institute Technology (RIT).

Patricia A. Skinkis | Dec 2022 | Podcast episode Peer reviewed (Gray level)

Season 1, Episode 5: It's All About Integration

Learn how viticulture research is helping growers integrate precision agriculture tools in US vineyards.

Patricia A. Skinkis | Jan 2023 | Podcast episode Peer reviewed (Gray level)