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1993 Research Highlights Personnel Changes in 1995
November, 1993, Dr. Dan Svedarsky, presented a pa­ Dr. C. Eugene Allen is named provost for Professional
per entitled "Gravel Pits as Habitat for Wetland Wildlife in Studies, and director of the Minnesota Agricultural Experi­
North America and Europe" at the International wildlife Con­ ment Station for the University of Minnesota in 1995.
gress in San Jose, Costa Rica. The Station's Natural His­
March, 1995, Dr. Jochum J. Wiersma, small grains spetory
Area, approximately 80 acres set aside for wildlife study
cialist, joined the Station staff. Weirsma is from the Nethand
student observations in the late 60's, continues to be
erlands. He completed his Ph.D. in plant breeding at the
an asset for the University programs. Schools throughout
University of Minnesota. He has experience in wheat breedthe
area schedule days at the natural history area to obing
and screening crop lines for disease resistance.
serve the area's inhabitants.
June, 1995, Dr. Albert Sims accepted the Station soil
Dr. Harvey Windels reported on Vomitoxin Trials with
scientist position, replacing Dr. John Lamb. Sims received
bred ewes. The 1993 and 1994 harvest of barley and wheat
his Ph.D. in soil science at North Carolina State University
in northwest Minnesota and eastern North Dakota was
at Raleigh, North Carolina. He has been hired as an astroubled
with head blight, commonly known as scab. This
sistant professor in residue management and soil science.
fungus can produce deoxynivalenol (DON), a mycotoxin
commonly called vomitoxin which has been reported to June, 1995, Dr. Harvey Windels retires after 31 years at
cause reduced feed intake and performance in livestock, the Northwest Experiment Station.
particularly swine. Vomitoxin was present at various lev­
els in much of the barley and wheat in the Valley, mostly in
the 1-10 ppm range, but some as high as 25-30 ppm.
RESEARCH IN THE FUTURE
Perhaps a "history" should end with the last happening, but
even today is already a part of the past. Looking toward the
future we might ask if the soggy soils which Superintendent
Hoverstad plodded in when he arrived in 1895 were easier to
deal with than planning research today in a time of great
national debt and downsizing. Perhaps the genetics, the
fertilization, and the culture of our resources in northwestern
Minnesota is the easy part. We can surely give credit to those
briefly credited in this publication for their contributions of the
past, and, encourage the leadership of the future.
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