Courses:
NRM
F107 - Leaves in Our Lives: Food
NRM
F211 - Introduction to Applied Plant Science
Research
Interests: Cool-season vegetables can be
produced in abundance during Alaska’s summer.
My research includes cultivar trials of vegetables:
crisphead lettuce, green storage cabbage, and some
greens (Brassica species). Other research interests
are control and biology of the disease, white mold
of vegetables, caused by the fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum,
and antioxidant content of vegetables and small fruits.
Current
Research Programs:
1) Cultivation and cultivar trials of vegetables:
crisphead lettuce, green storage cabbage, and potatoes
2) Fertility trials and antioxidant content of baby
greens for salad mixes
3) Control of white mold, the plant disease caused
by the fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
Examples
of Research Support:
“Cultivar Selection, Production Methods, and
Market Quality of Vegetables in Alaska”, USDA
Hatch project, 2001-present
“Antioxidants in Baby Brassica Greens in Relation
to Fertility Levels”, USDA Special Grant for
New Crop Opportunities, 2002-present
Examples
of Publications:
Leiner R. 2003. Cultivation of Baby Greens and Baby
Lettuce in Alaska. HortScience 38:704 (Abstract).
Leiner RH. 2003. Head Lettuce Variety Performance
Matanuska Valley, Alaska, 2000 and 2001. Agricultural
and Forestry Experiment Station, School of Natural
Resources and Agricultural Sciences, University of
Alaska Fairbanks. 8 p. AFES
Circular 123
Ford M, RF Gorman, R Leiner, RA Wheeler, and MP Shipka.
2003. Living on your small piece of Alaska. MP Shipka
(ed.) A Knight (graphic design). Cooperative Extension
Service, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USDA Rural
Development. 26 p.
Jahns TR, R Leiner, and J Chumley. 2002. Alaska Mixed
Vegetable Profile Cabbage, Carrots and Lettuce. Cooperative
Extension Service, University of Alaska Fairbanks.
8 p.
