Plant pathologist Juliet Carroll has been hired as the fruit coordinator for the New York State Integrated Pest Management Program (IPM) based at Cornell's Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, N.Y.
Carroll will begin in her position March 1. Her first priority, she said, will be "to get in touch with fruit growers, consultant and scouts. It's a big task to make sure I know the challenges they face -- and meet those. I really want to build team spirit," she said.
Carroll holds a Ph.D. in plant pathology from Cornell and an M.S. in plant pathology from the University of Massachusetts. She worked for seven years as a diagnostician for the Insect and Plant Disease Diagnostic Laboratory at Cornell, where she offered recommendations daily that affected growers. She is particularly excited about working with world-class Cornell faculty and extension educators in the IPM Program.
Currently a post doctoral associate at Cornell, Carroll helps vegetable pathologist George Abawi determine IPM practices for carrots. She has worked with fruit pathologist Wayne Wilcox on powdery mildew of grapes, focusing on the environmental factors promoting fruit cluster infection, the effect of relative humidity on the development of disease and the physical modes of action of reduced-risk fungicides.
Mike Hoffmann, director of the IPM Program, said of Carroll, "I'm very glad to have her on board, and so is the fruit industry in New York state."
Carroll and her family live in Romulus and her office will be at the IPM headquarters in Geneva.
The IPM Program helps develop and deliver cost-effective ways to manage pests that pose minimal risks to human health and the environment. For more information: www.nysipm.cornell.edu.
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