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Meet the P.I. – Dr. Insu Jo

Meet the P.I. – Dr. Insu Jo

Dr. Insu Jo grew up on Jeju Island, the largest island in South Korea. His parents were farmers, operating a mandarin orange orchard. Insu played around the farm and had a “quite close connection to nature,” which eventually led him to study plant ecology at Seoul...

Meet the P.I. – Dr. Morgan Furze

Meet the P.I. – Dr. Morgan Furze

Dr. Morgan Furze, assistant professor of botany and plant pathology and forestry and natural resources, considers herself an eco-physiologist. Her work considers how plants function in response to their environment. Although Morgan’s favorite activity as a child was...

HTIRC Mid-Season Breeding Update

by Caleb Kell, HTIRC Operational Tree Breeder 2025 Harvest Outlook An unusually wet and rainy June and July have transitioned into an extend period of cool, dry weather which has stimulated many nut trees to begin dropping seeds two weeks earlier than usual. Combined...

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