Field Research Specialist

Job description

Job Description This position provides support to the Plant Pathology Program at the Virginia Tech Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center; and more broadly provides support to TAREC administration as needed. The Plant Pathology Program is responsible for research, implementation and information delivery of disease management strategies in agronomic crops in the Commonwealth. Current and ongoing research projects include: fungicide efficacy testing, fungicide program testing, nematicide and fumigant testing, evaluation of disease and nematode-resistant varieties, precision placement of fungicides and nematicides, effects of irrigation and fertility on plant diseases, and weather-based disease monitoring systems. Duties include field work with agronomic crop field trials on and off-station, maintenance of field plots and greenhouse experiments, irrigation design and management, application of experimental treatments such as fungicides and nematicides, collection of data and maintenance of accurate records of assigned duties including pesticide application records, handling and application of agricultural chemicals for field plot maintenance, planting and harvesting of r...