Sept. 4, 2012
DCNR: Next South Mountain Lecture to Focus on the Challenges of Keeping Fruit Healthy
Harrisburg
–
Efforts
to keep fruit healthy in the orchards around the southcentral region will be the
topic of the next lecture in the South Mountain Speakers Series on Saturday,
Sept. 8, at the Penn State University Fruit Research and Extension Center at 290
University Drive, Biglerville, Adams County.
At 1 p.m., David Biddinger,
biocontrol specialist and researcher at the PSU Fruit Research and Extension
Center, will discuss some of these challenges, followed by a tour of the FREC
outdoor research facility.
“Fruit growers are constantly encountering new invasive
species and diseases that threaten the health of the numerous orchards that dot
the South Mountain area,” said Allen Dieterich-Ward, an associate professor of
history at Shippensburg University and the chair of the South Mountain
Partnership committee on the speaker series. “Participants will find out how
scientists and growers combat these threats to the South Mountain fruit belt,
and learn more about research programs during a tour of the center’s
grounds.”
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