Recent/Ongoing Research
- Evaluation of grapevine varieties for Wyoming climatological conditions
- Precision breeding for desirable grapevine characteristics
- Gene-editing for grapevines and other horticultural crops
- Impacts of water quality on vegetable production in NE Wyoming
- Ecology and management of bulbous bluegrass
- Evaluation of incorporating cover crop mixes for renovating deteriorating hay fields
- Comparing establishment, harvest, and processing methods for native forb and shrub
seed production
- Efficacy of new herbicides for cheatgrass control
- Restoration of species-diversity in annual-grass dominated great plains rangelands
- Initial evaluations of prairie junegrass germplasm for use in reclamation
- Vector-pathway analysis to identify high-risk sites for new medusahead populations
- Evaluating importance of priority effects on invasive annual grasses and small-statured
cool-season native grasses
- Screening of herbicide tolerance in newly-seeded desirable species for augmenting
production and diversity following annual grass control
- Quantifying impacts of new invasive annual grasses on ecosystem goods and services
- Does ventenata reduce drought resiliency in northern Great Plains grassland systems?
- Evaluation of application timing for indaziflam control of ventenata
- Evaluation of multiple herbicides for ventenata control and associated impacts on
desirable perennial species
- Assessing habitat preferences for medusahead and ventenata in the northern Great Plains
- Interactions among disturbance patterns and management actions for enhancing diversity
in annual grass-dominated sites
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Engagement
- NEW Native Plants: Cooperative collection, evaluation, and development of plant materials
for reclamation, wildlife habitat, and rangeland improvements in Northeast Wyoming
- Northeast Wyoming Invasive Grasses Working Group
- Woodland Park School Garden
- Land Management Practicum
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Courses taught in Sheridan
- Plant Biotechnology
- Grape Production
- Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants
- Topics: Collaborative Rangeland Planning (Land Management Practicum)
- Plant Sciences Graduate Seminar
- Research in Crops (independent/guided study)
- Problems in Plant Sciences (independent/guided study)
- Many other courses taught remotely that are available in Sheridan online or hybrid
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