Cassie Russell
@cassielovesbugs
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Nursery and Landscape specialist with OMAFRA. MSc and HQP Scholar from @UofG. Tweets and opinions are my own.
Ontario, Canada
Joined February 2018
Congrats to @EntoAbbie for a fantastic MSc. Defense today at @uofg . Your work on #BoxtreeMoth in Ontario has reached so many folks in the ornamental industry and has been so impactful. Well done! 👏🎓🐛
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Setting up a trial in #tomatoes today with a product that helps with water stress and reducing blossom end rot. These Romas are already showing some BER so I think we picked a good spot to put this product to the test! Looking forward to sharing some results in a few weeks 🍅
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Huge thanks to all the host growers and organizers of the young apple growers tour today! Lots of great info on crop load, spray technology, breeding and much more! @ontarioapples
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In January I made a goal to post more on Twitter… well it’s June and here’s my first post for the year. 🤷♀️ Anyways, here’s a #beneficial midge larvae going to work on some aphids in an 🍎 orchard. #naturalenemies #ipm
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Join us on Tuesday for a free, live webinar, #sponsored by @CohortWholesale! @NichinoAmerica's Dr. James Adams will share insights on powdery mildew, how to combat it, and a new fungicide option. Register today at https://t.co/RVCDAluqSc
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Cohort Wholesale will provide technical, sales, warehousing and logistical support for UPL products. The agreement is effective September 1, 2021. @UPLLtd @HodginsScott #cropprotection
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Very excited to share what I’ve been up to for the last few years. Nerves and excitement all around! 🫑 #pepperweevil #ipm #almostthere 🎓
Cassandra Russell @cassielovesbugs will defend her MSc thesis April 30, 9am. Cassandra studied integrated #pest management strategies to control pepper weevils. Cassandra was supervised by our own Dr. Rebecca Hallett @RHHallett. ➡️ https://t.co/lq1BRPhcqd
#IPM #UofG
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Meet two of the new faces to OMAFRA, Tree Fruit Specialist @erikadebrouwer and Maple, Tree Nut & Agroforestry Specialist @jennyliu00 in the latest episode of #WhatsGrowingON. Listen to it on https://t.co/ByXzANSGe0 or wherever you get your podcasts. #OntAg #onfruit
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Such an amazing array of vegetables grown, processed and packaged right here in Ontario. Thanks to all the hardworking farmers and folks in agriculture that continue to put food on the table for families across the country. #ontag #fieldstoforks
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Congrats to fellow @OACGrads alumni @erikadebrouwer on her new role as Ontario’s Apple specialist! 🍎 🍏 #ontag #ontarioapples
Congrats to Erika DeBrouwer, new Ontario tree fruit specialist, based in Simcoe. Her family’s farm grows peaches and pears. @omafra #newsmaker @OntFruitVeg @ontarioapples @OntTenderFruit
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It is well known that the apple farmers in Ontario provide us with nutritious and wholesome food for our bellies, but did you know they also contribute a substantial economic benefit to the province? #ONappleAday
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Compare 2020 precipitation and growing degree days to past years with the NEW weather dashboard! https://t.co/GRX31YlQqH Select your county, select your year and modify the date range if required! #powerbi #ontag #harvest20
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Episode 8 of #WhatsGrowingON podcast focuses on resistance management. Hear from @WeedProfesh on status of herbicide resistance in ON horticulture & @Dennis_VanDyk on the infamous Colorado potato beetle: https://t.co/xCgh0cp9eK
#OntAg #IPM2020 #onfruit @cassielovesbugs
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What does barn ventilation, pepper weevil and niagara soil maps have in common? All some of the many cool projects OMAFRA summer students are working on this year. Great presentations students! Thanks for sharing!
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Looking for something to listen to this weekend? Check out the What's Growing ON? #podcast hosted by yours truly and @AppleOfMyIPM. A full list of episodes covering a range of #Horticulture topics can be found here: https://t.co/OKmBIYhZEt Also on spotify, apple podcasts, etc
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What’s Growing ON? Digging up the latest dirt on Ontario horticulture production. What’s Growing ON? is hosted by Cassandra Russell and Kristy Grigg-McGuffin. This podcast features conversati…
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@kegoldenhar talks early activity of cucurbit downy mildew and Jennifer Llewellyn explains why we're seeing such high populations of gypsy moth in this week's What's Growing ON? podcast https://t.co/jkNNuZIRjE
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Student Positions Available at the Simcoe Research Station for August through the fall! What a great opportunity to learn about diseases, insects, and agronomy of field and specialty horticulture crops grown in the province. Applications due July 27th!
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A few reports of bacterial spot in #ontag processing🍅. Efficacy of chem & biopesticie mngt tools inconsistent & certainly not curative https://t.co/kAmjJiaYXr. Most fungicides for mngt of fungal (early blight, anthracnose), Oomycete (late blight) diseases = no effect on spot
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With such a hot and dry season so far, this episode was a great refresher on getting the most out of your irrigation system from Water Quantity Engineer, Rebecca Shortt. "More Crop Per Drop" What's Growing ON? - Episode 5
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