Cassie Russell

Nursery and Landscape specialist with OMAFRA. MSc and HQP Scholar from @UofG. Tweets and opinions are my own.

[Cassie Russell @cassielovesbugs]

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! 👏🎓🐛

[Cassie Russell @cassielovesbugs]

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 🍅

[Cassie Russell @cassielovesbugs]

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

[Cassie Russell @cassielovesbugs]

@insectogram I believe this is an “aphid midge” (Aphidoletes aphidimyza). That’s so cool you’ve found them in the greenhouse!

[Cassie Russell @cassielovesbugs]

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

[Cassie Russell @cassielovesbugs]

@SimoneHaerri I took IPM when you taught it back in 2015(?) and it inspired me to pursue that for my masters and now career! ☺️🐛🐞🍏🌶

[Cassie Russell @cassielovesbugs]

@erikadebrouwer @alieward It was a sweet episode! I might be biased, but i think he needs to try some Ontario ciders. We’re definitely spoiled here 🥂 🍎 🍏

[The Grower @growernews]

Cohort Wholesale will provide technical, sales, warehousing and logistical support for UPL products. The agreement is effective September 1, 2021. @UPLLtd @HodginsScott #cropprotection https://t.co/RKAZA6ekR9

[Cassie Russell @cassielovesbugs]

@kegoldenhar So chonky 🐝

[Cassie Russell @cassielovesbugs]

@muzzm23 @NatObserver @Brooklynbugs17 Wow, that’s so cool!!!

[Cassie Russell @cassielovesbugs]

@AppleOfMyIPM Thanks so much Kristy! So excited this day has finally come 😁🎉

[Cassie Russell @cassielovesbugs]

Very excited to share what I’ve been up to for the last few years. Nerves and excitement all around! 🫑 #pepperweevil #ipm #almostthere 🎓

[School of Environmental Sciences @UofG_SES]

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

[Cassie Russell @cassielovesbugs]

@bailey_elan Pretty sure they have to give you sixty days from the 1st of the month (as long as that’s when you pay rent) So if your landlord accept an offer on the house halfway through a month, say April 15th, your 60 days will start on may 1st 🙂.

[Cassie Russell @cassielovesbugs]

@growernews @OMAFRA @OntFruitVeg Congrats @JoshMosiondz !!! 🎉

[Cassie Russell @cassielovesbugs]

@SaraMStricker @UofGuelphOAC @HandlerOfBees @ChristineDerva1 @SarahCDrury @SousaThePlanner @egordonn @envirosci_alex @soil2skyecology @SabRondeau @mindyinthedirt Right back at ya @SaraMStricker👩‍🔬☺️

[Kristy GriggMcGuffin @AppleOfMyIPM]

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

[Cassie Russell @cassielovesbugs]

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

[Cassie Russell @cassielovesbugs]

@CMacQuar Oh almost certainly at a conference or something! Charles is a busy guy (too busy for Twitter too I suppose, or else I would have tagged him 😂).

[Cassie Russell @cassielovesbugs]

@CMacQuar A colleague of mine/ fellow entomologist is a French Canadian author. Not sure the reading level of his books, but might be of interest? Big sci-fi focus with added entomology bits!

https://t.co/7KYgy3N2Jg

[Cassie Russell @cassielovesbugs]

Congrats to fellow @OACGrads alumni @erikadebrouwer on her new role as Ontario’s Apple specialist! 🍎 🍏 #ontag #ontarioapples

[The Grower @growernews]

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
https://t.co/AgSDE49ia1