{"id":12317,"date":"2022-03-22T09:53:38","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T13:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/?p=12317"},"modified":"2022-03-22T17:43:51","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T21:43:51","slug":"early-career-scientist-spotlight-stuart-michel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/2022\/03\/22\/early-career-scientist-spotlight-stuart-michel\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Career Scientist Spotlight | Stuart Michel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stuart Michel joined the CucCAP Team in 2021. He will work in the Schultheis Lab with the Integrated Disease Management Team<\/a><\/strong>. He co-authored the 2021 Triploid Standard and Mini Watermelon Cultigen Evaluation Studies<\/a><\/strong> with Jonathan Schultheis and Keith Stark.<\/p>\n

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Stuart Michel collecting data in a melon field.<\/p><\/div>\n

What is the focus of your work? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Integrated crop and disease management<\/p>\n

What is your hometown?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jamestown, North Carolina<\/p>\n

What is your favorite crop? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Watermelon<\/p>\n

What is the name of your institution and academic department?<\/strong><\/p>\n

North Carolina State University, Department of Horticultural Science<\/p>\n

What is your position? What type of degree program are you enrolled in?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Research Technician & Graduate Student – Masters candidate<\/p>\n

Who is your major professor and who are members of your committee?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Jonathan R. Schultheis is my major professor. Dr. Anthony Keinath, Dr. Lina Quesada Ocampo, and Dr. Daniel Tregeagle are the other members of my committee.<\/p>\n

Introduce yourself\u2014your background, where you are now, and your current research focus.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m Stu Michel. I graduated from North Carolina State University in December of 2020 with a B.S. Agricultural Business Management with a Biological Sciences Concentration. I am currently working as a Research Technician in Dr. Schultheis’ program in the Horticulture Department and I am pursuing a graduate degree in Horticultural Science. My current research focus is Fusarium wilt (Fusarium <\/em>oxysporum<\/em>) of watermelon.<\/p>\n

Why did you choose to work with cucurbits, plant pathology,\u00a0 horticulture, and crop production?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I became interested in working with Cucurbits and plant pathology after my experience working with Dr. Schulthies’ team as a field technician in 2021. I really enjoyed our watermelon variety trials but what really intrigued me was the fusarium wilt of watermelon study. The more I learned about the disease and in particular the effect it can have on growers, the more I knew I wanted to study it and make a difference.<\/p>\n

What do you hope to accomplish during your time working on the CucCAP grant, and what do you most look forward to in this position?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I hope to provide useful results that growers can use to have greater success growing cucurbits. In a more general sense, I want to improve my knowledge of cucurbits and cucurbit diseases so I can be a source of knowledge for growers and colleagues. I am looking forward to presenting and publishing the results of the study and learning more about the disease.<\/p>\n

Please provide a brief description of your research.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am studying the impact of Fusarium oxysporum<\/em> f sp niveum<\/em> on different watermelon varieties to determine levels of resistance. I am evaluating existing cultivars as well as new lines from various companies and will be rating the effects of the disease throughout the growing season. There will also be a fungicide component to the study, with the aim a finding a combination of resistant varieties and a fungicide program that will allow growers affected by the disease to maximize their yields.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stuart Michel is a research technician in Dr. Schultheis\u2019 program at NC State University and he is pursuing a masters degree in Horticultural Science. Stuart’s research will focus on Fusarium wilt of watermelon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[269],"tags":[589,196],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12317"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12317"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12359,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12317\/revisions\/12359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}