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YOU'RE INVITED!...to the first of NPARL's 2004-2005 Brown Bagger
seminars at noon on Friday, Oct. 15. Bring your lunch and join us
in the Tech Transfer Room for the first in this season's series of
informal presentations by local researchers and others.
Dr. Kerstin Jung, a visiting scientist from the German Federal
Biological Center for Agriculture and Forestry, Darmstadt, will kick off
the new seminar series at noon Friday with a discussion of her recent
research at Darmstadt’s Institute for Biological Control. There she has
been working on the biocontrol of thrips, especially the onion thrips,
T. tabaci, by combining insect pathogenic fungi and nematodes.
Click here to read more about Dr. Kerstin
Jung
The Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory (NPARL) in Sidney, MT is one of more than 120 Agricultural
Research Service (ARS) facilities. ARS is the in-house research agency
for the United States Dept. of Agriculture (USDA), and conducts research
to solve agricultural problems of a high national priority. (Click
here to read about some national agricultural issues being studied at
NPARL,for some examples, or for more information, check out our
"Science" section at left.)
Located near the confluence
of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers, NPARL is in the heart of the "Mon-Dak"
region. Eastern Montana and western North Dakota are rich in history and
agricultural potential. The "Corps of Discovery," the official name of
Lewis and Clark’s expedition, camped in the area in both their outward
and return journeys. The NPARL, and its partners, are a new ‘corps of
discovery,’ contributing to the region’s on-going agricultural expansion
and diversification.
The NPARL mission is to develop
ecologically based strategies, technologies, and products for the
sustainable management of crops and rangeland, and natural resource
systems. Current research is focused on three main areas: biological
control of selected noxious weeds, insect pests and fungal pathogens;
the ecology and management of grasshoppers; and development of
sustainable irrigated and dryland agricultural production systems. In
addition to providing new knowledge, this research is catalyzing the
development of improved management practices for sustainable
agricultural and rangeland production systems in the Northern Great
Plains.
1. Agricultural Research Science
Technician (Closes: November 2)
2. Post-Doctoral Position: GS-11. Ag Engineer/Plant
Physiologist (Closes: Nov. 15)
The Agricultural Research Service’s
TEAM Leafy Spurge program was named a recipient of one of the most
prestigious awards given by the USDA known as the 2004 Secretary’s Honor
Award for exemplary service and achievement.
Click here to read more about the TEAM Leafy Spurge program and the
outstanding award that they received on June 25.
Northern
Plains Agricultural Research Lab Deemed Outstanding By Federal
Laboratory Consortium
Click
here to read about why NPARL was chosen for this award
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