Friday, September 24, 2010

Favorite photo of the summer

Class started on Wednesday in Columbus, and the Gardiner lab has hurdled the week with ease and grace. I put together a powerpoint presentation for the Pollinator Partnership in San Francisco, CA to explain all the goings on in Ohio over the summer. Looking back on the summer was fun, and I surprised myself by how much was accomplished. Next year will be much busier, and while I'm here in Columbus I will be synthesizing that experience with future goals in a research proposal. Here is my favorite photo of the summer: pumpkin stigmas soaking in soapy water for processing pollen counts.
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3 comments:

  1. KenshoStudioSeptember 27, 2010 at 8:58 PM

    Just had to post this tangent:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/27/us/27stinkbug.html?ref=homepage&src=me&pagewanted=all

    How bad are stinkbugs and are they a problem everywhere?

    Thanks,
    Andy

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  2. BenSeptember 28, 2010 at 4:57 PM

    Andy,

    I am not sure about the stinkbugs in that article, but other species of stinkbugs can be problems in crops. For instance, the squash bug is a "stinkbug" as well, and they are a nuisance on pumpkins, zucchini and other squash relatives.

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  3. BenOctober 7, 2010 at 2:49 PM

    Andy, are a few interesting links about the brown marmorated stink bug

    This one's a Q&A
    http://live.washingtonpost.com/stinkbugs.html

    This one is an article about them
    http://raupplab.umd.edu/raupplab_java/bow-reader.jsp?/wt/raupplab/bugweek/archive/BugOfWeek_40D.html##

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