Greenhouse Tomato Production Web-Cast
Outreach
Activities for the Tucson Community, State of Arizona, and the World
Web cast of
Greenhouse High-Wire Tomato Production Practices for Cal-Poly SLO Class
Dr. Pat Rorabaugh, PLS, Dr. Gene Giacomelli, ABE, Jennifer Nelkin,
PLS, and Kimberly Craft, KUAT
A live 1 ½
hour greenhouse laboratory was web cast to CalPoly at San Luis Obispo from
the CEAC Teaching Laboratory Greenhouse at the Campus Agricultural Center,
University of Arizona. Jenn Nelkin, masters graduate student,
'hosted' the event, and introduced the two teachers, Dr. Pat Rorabaugh
and Dr. Gene Giacomelli. Dr. Rorabaugh presented a lecture on
tomato crop management of mature plants in harvest as a lab for the
CalPoly students. Dr. Giacomelli presented a short introduction to
the greenhouse environmental control and fertigation system.
An
interactive discussion and question/answer session with the students
followed. Glen Gigstad recorded the event and operated the 2-camera
system.
Dave Bogner and Ed Carpenter made the live web
connection. Kimberly Craft, UA/KUAT provided her expertise as
producer.
A 'stage' was assembled adjacent to the tomato
plants located within the middle of the greenhouse and consisted of a
table of hardware items in the foreground, and boxes of harvested fruit
stacked in the background.
Cooperators: Glenn Gigstad, ECAT,
Ed Carpenter, ECAT, and Dave Bogner, ECAT
Completed
2005 |
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