September 2 2024: Welcome back Erin, who is assessing whether infrared imaging is a good early detection method for apple maggot.

September 1 2024: The Willick lab thanks our summer undergraduate research students for all their hard work!

August 23 2024: Ian will present at the 13th International Plant Cold Hardiness Seminar in France.

May 1 2024: Mr. Michael Jordan has joined the Willick Lab as a technician. We are grateful to have Mike's expertise in fruit quality and volatile analysis as part of our group. Welcome Mike!

April 20 2024: Welcome back Erin Frankland and Grace Hennebery-McNeil for the 2024 field season!

April 15 2024: Undergraduate student Rachel Turner has joined the lab. Welcome Rachel!

May 5 2023: Our post Feb 2023 freeze report regarding potential injury to apple trees in the Annapolis Valley is available here.

May 1 2023: Two new undergraduate summer students, Erin Frankland and Grace Hennebery-McNeil joined the lab. Welcome Erin and Grace!

April 14 2023: Our special issue on advances in cold hardiness is now available in Physiologia Plantarum.

April 12 2023: New editorial in collaboration with Drs. Daisuke Takahashi and Guillaume Charrier discussing cross-disciplinary insights into the mechanisms of plant cold hardiness in Physiologia Plantarum.

March 1 2023: Ms. Emma Rand has joined the lab as a technician. Emma will support remote sensing research projects. Welcome Emma!

November 3 2022: New paper in collaboration with Dr. David Lowry at Michigan State University assessing how photoperiod influences the threshold temperatures required to induce cold acclimation in lowland, coastal and upland switchgrass ecotypes in Physiologia Plantarum.