Rachel McCarthy's Images
Title: Education and Training Coordinator - NEPDNOrganization: Cornell University
Unit: Cornell University/Department of Plant Pathology and Plant Microbe-Biology
Country: United States
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Rachel has a B.S. in Landscape Architecture and an M.P.S. in Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture from Cornell University. While pursuing her graduate degree, she worked in Integrated Pest Management at Cornell Plantations and later for a large commercial IPM company in Rochester, NY. Rachel served as assistant professor and curriculum coordinator for the landscape development program at SUNY-Alfred State College from 2000-2004, teaching courses in landscape design, woody and herbaceous plant materials, and entomology. During her tenure at Alfred State, she continued working in commercial IPM; training employees in diagnostics and plant identification. Presently, Rachel is the Education and Training Coordinator for the Northeast Regional Center for the National Plant Diagnostic Network (NPDN). She creates various educational materials for First Detector education and is the editor of the NPDN’s national newsletter. Currently she is developing educational materials for the Sentinel Plant Network, a collaborative project with the NPDN and the American Public Gardens Association that aims to train public garden professionals in early pest and pathogen detection. |
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| Image | Subject Name | Scientific Name | Description |
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| 5458107 | diagnostic lab sample | Improper sample submission technique. Samples were crushed after going through the machine at the post office. The result was a bag of dried out leaf dust. | |
| 5458342 | nursery operations | Perennial container production. | |
| 5458689 | diagnostic lab sample | Examples of containers that can be used for submitting arthropod samples. | |
| 5458690 | diagnostic lab sample | Small arthropods such as scale insects, can be submitted on the host plant, double bagged or in a vial. | |
| 5458691 | gardens | ||
| 5458698 | nursery operations | Retention pond at a wholesale nursery. | |
| 5458339 | nursery operations | Container production at a wholesale nursery. | |
| 5458340 | nursery operations | Young trees in production field. | |
| 5458341 | nursery operations | Tree production at a nursery. | |
| 5458343 | nursery operations | Perennial container production. | |
| 5458344 | nursery operations | Yellow sticky cards for monitoring in a commercial greenhouse. | |
| 5458345 | nursery operations | Container production at a wholesale nursery. | |
| 5458346 | nursery operations | Container production in a commercial greenhouse. | |
| 5458347 | nursery operations | Conifer seedlings. Tree production at a wholesale nursery. | |
| 5458348 | nursery operations | Rows of young trees in a wholesale nursery. | |
| 5458063 | plant diagnostics | A technician with pipette. | |
| 5458106 | diagnostic lab sample | Improper sample submission. This sample did not have a submission form and was sent in a folded plastic bag in a letter envelope that was crushed after going through the machine at the post office. | |
| 5458108 | diagnostic lab sample | Improper sample submission technique. Tomato, tomato leaves, sample submission form and paper towels all enclosed in one sealable bag. Even the best intentions do not always work. This person wrote on the package "Do not crush!" | |
| 5458064 | diagnostic lab sample | Proper sampling technique. Suspect significant pathogens should be double bagged in sealable bags, then placed in a crush proof box. Always remember to include a sample submission form; filled out as much as possible and include it in the outermost shipping container. | |
| 5458065 | diagnostic lab sample | A diagnostician from the National Plant Diagnostic Network (NPDN) examining a plant sample in the lab. |
