Qualifications:
Bachelor's or Associate's degree in Horticulture, Biology or related field OR 6 months of greenhouse, or field experience.
Description:
Performing day to day greenhouse/growth chamber activities including planting, pollinating, tissue sampling, pest/disease scouting, harvesting, threshing, discarding, chamber sanitation, general plant care, data collection, data entry, facility cleanliness and maintaining safety standards
Must want to work within a greenhouse facility- there is no lab work.
Working in the new soybean growth chambers
Collecting tissue samples off of soybean plants for DNA analysis
Watering, potting soil, and caring for all plants in the growth chamber
Replanting samples after data review
Assisting in operating the soybean threshing machine
Plating samples to be tested by the Molecular Marker group
Cleaning of the facility and other basic duties as assigned
Plant maintenance including trimming, training, and node cleaning
Cross pollinating
Plant discard
Working with soybean, wheat, pollen and dust
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