Ag Leadership Foundation resume for board member Robert Osgood

RESUME OF ROBERT V. OSGOOD

VICE PRESIDENT/ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (Retired)
Hawaii Agriculture Research Center

Education	Positions	Professional Affiliations
Publications	Invited Presentations	Consulting Activities

Education:

B.S. 1964, Biology, University of Miami (Florida)
M.S. 1967, Horticulture, University of Hawaii
Ph.D. 1969, Horticulture, University of Hawaii

Positions:

August, 2003-present. Private Agricultural consultant. AgResult

1998- July, 2003 Vice President/Assistant Director, Hawaii Agriculture Research Center. (retired, July, 2003)

1997-1998 Assistant Director, Hawaii Agriculture Research Center (HARC) formerly the Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association (HSPA).

1988-1997 Head, Crop Science Department, Experiment Station, Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. Administration of research and extension activities of the Crop Science Department including: agronomy, horticulture, entomology, field engineering, and weed science.

1968-1988 Assistant Agronomist, Associate Agronomist, Agronomist, Crop Science Department, Experiment Station, Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. Field weed research program including herbicide screening, drift control studies, herbicide phytotoxicity studies, herbicide residue tests, and screening sugarcane varieties for tolerance to herbicides. Sugarcane ripener research; sugarcane seed studies; diversified crops research.

Crop Experience: sugarcane, pineapple, coffee; cacao, alfalfa, sweet corn, field corn, sunflower, taro, guar; sunn hemp, pearl millet; potato, sorghum, biomass energy crops, tree crops, vegetable crops, seed crops

1971 Instructor, Office of Economic Opportunity, Ponape, U.S. Trust Territory Micronesia. Presented seven-week training course on vegetable production in conjunction with the Ponape Agricultural Training School.

1966-1968 Teaching Assistant, University of Hawaii. Assistant in Horticulture for Dr. R. Romanowski (weed scientist).

1964-1966 Research Assistant, University of Hawaii (Lyon Arboretum). Assistant to Dr. George Gillette (plant taxonomist).

1962-1964 Research Assistant, Fairchild Tropical Gardens Assistant to Dr. P. B. Tomlinson (plant anatomist).

Professional Affiliations:

Horticulture Department, University of Hawaii (Affiliate faculty member, 1972-present).

Hawaiian Sugar Technologists (Program Chairman for Agriculture Section, 1982).

International Society for Sugarcane Technologists (Member, Weed Science Committee).

Hawaii Agriculture Research Center (formerly Hawaii Sugar Planters’ Association), Board Member

Hawaii Forest Industry Association, At Large Director 1996- present

Hawaii Crop Improvement Association, Past President

Hawaii Coffee Growers’ Association. Ad hoc member 1995-present

Plant Growth Regulator Society of America (Nominating Committee, 1984; Second Vice President 1989-1990; President 1990-91).

Invited Presentations:

"Sugarcane production and the role of growth regulators for increasing yield and quality," F. Hoffman La Roche Company, November 1979, Basel, Switzerland.

"New crops and products in Hawaii," University of Hawaii Staff Development Conference, January 5, 1990, Honolulu, Hawaii.

"Review of World Bank–sponsored consultancy on sugarcane weed control and ripening," Indonesian Sugarcane Research Institute, March 1990, Pasuruan, Indonesia.

"National Plant Growth Regulation Issues," Western Plant Growth Regulator Society, 1991 Meeting, Santa Barbara, California.

"Review of Herbicide Genotype Interaction," International Society of Sugarcane Technologists, Durban, South Africa.

Consultancies:

World Bank, Review of Indonesian Sugar Industry by ABA International, January-April 1990.

NewAgra Ranch. Review of Leucaena operations near Corpus Christi Texas, July, 1995.

Review of ForBio, Ltd. In Australia for Integrated Coffee Technologies, February 1, 1997.

USAID Farmer to Farmer Program. Worked with an individual coffee farmer in Jamaica. 1999.

USAID Farmer to Farmer program. Sponsored by Specialty Coffee Association, Coffee Corps for project in Zambia, February 2004

USAID Farmer to Farmer Program. Sponsored by WinRock International for project on papaya production in El Salvador, June 2004

Publications:

Osgood, R. V. and R. R. Romanowski. 1966. The phytotoxicity, translocation and fate of DCPA in resistant and susceptible weed species. Proc., XVII Int. Horticulture Congr., Vol. 1, Paper No. 334.

Osgood, R. V. and R. R. Romanowski, Jr. 1969. The phytotoxicity site of uptake and translocation of DCPA in resistant and susceptible cotyledon-stage weed species. Proc., First Asian-Pacific Weed Control Interchange. pp. 123126.

Osgood, R. V., R. R. Romanowski, and H. W. Hilton. 1969. Differential tolerance of Hawaiian sugarcane varieties to diuron and ametryn. Weed Sci. Soc. America Abstract No. 31.

Osgood, R. V., R. R. Romanowski, and H. W. Hilton. 1969. Varietal tolerance of sugarcane to herbicides. Hawaiian Sugar Technol. 1968 Reports. pp. 73-76.

Romanowski, R. R., Jr., W. R. Furtick, and R. V. Osgood. 1969. Industrial herbicide use survey for the Asian-Pacific area. Proc., First Asian-Pacific Weed Control Interchange. pp. 128-130.

Osgood, R. V. and R. Urata. 1971. Production of a diuron-tolerant sub-clone by gamma irradiation of a susceptible sugarcane clone. Weed Sci. Soc. America. Abstract No. 41.

Osgood, R. V., R. R. Romanowski, and H. W. Hilton. 1972. Differential tolerance of Hawaiian sugarcane cultivars to diuron. Weed Sci. 20(6): 537-539.

Hilton, H. W. and R. V. Osgood. 1972. Research in chemical weed control for the Hawaiian plantations. Int. Soc. Sugar Cane Technol. Proc. pp. 1175- 1184.

Hilton, H. W. and R. V. Osgood. 1972. Weed control manual for the Hawaiian sugar industry. Revised 1981.

Osgood, R. V. 1972. Protective coatings for sugarcane seedpieces. Hawaiian Sugar Technol. 1971 Reports. pp. 95-99.

Osgood, R. V. 1972. Sencor - A new herbicide for Hawaiian sugarcane. Hawaiian Sugar Technol. 1971 Reports. pp. 101 - 110.

Osgood, R. V. 1975. New herbicides for Hawaiian sugarcane. Proc., 5th Asian Pacific Weed Sci. Soc., Tokyo. Abstracts. p. 85.

Hilton, H. W., R. V. Osgood, A. Maretzki, and P. H. Moore. 1977. Polaris in Hawaii and the case for MON 8000. Sugarcane Ripening Proc., Monsanto Chemical Co., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. pp. 165-192.

Osgood, R. V. 1977. Aerial application of herbicides in Hawaiian sugarcane. Hawaiian Sugar Technol. 1976 Reports. pp. 262-265.

Osgood, R. V. 1978. The effect of glyphosate salts on sugarcane quality and ratoon regrowth. Hawaiian Sugar Technol. 1977 Reports. pp. 60-62.

Osgood, R. V. 1978. Glyphosate salts for enhancement of sugarcane ripening. Proc., Plant Growth Regulator Working Group, Blacksburg, Virginia. pp. 152157.

Osgood, R. V. and A. Teshima. 1979. Sucrose accumulation in sugarcane treated with glyphosate and glyphosine. Proc., Plant Growth Regulator Working Group, Las Vegas, Nevada. pp. 29-34.

Hilton, H. W., R. V. Osgood, and A. Maretzki. 1980. Some aspects of MON 8000 as a sugarcane ripener to replace Polaris. Proc., Int. Soc. Sugar Cane Technol., Manila.

Moore, P. H., R. V. Osgood, and H. S. Ginoza. 1980. Small paired plots to evaluate the effect of GA3 on tons cane per acre and tons sugar per acre. Proc., Plant Growth Regulator Working Group, 7th Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas. pp. 14&147.

Osgood, R. V. 1980. Results of an experimental use permit program in Hawaii utilizing glyphosate (Polado) as a sugarcane ripener. Proc., Plant Growth Regulator Working Group, 7th Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas. p. 149.

Osgood, R. V. and A. Teshima. 1980. The effect of several growth regulators on dry matter production and partitioning in sugarcane CV. H59-3775. Proc., Plant Growth Regulator Working Group, 7th Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas. pp. 150-153.

Osgood, R. V. 1981. Differential dry matter partitioning in sugarcane treated with glyphosate. Proc., Plant Growth Regulator Working Group 8: 87-98. Abstract.

Osgood, R. V. 1982. The effect of Polaris on the 1980 crop at Waialua Sugar Company. Hawaiian Sugar Technol. 1981 Reports. pp. 39-4 1 .

Moore, P. H., R. V. Osgood, J. B. Carr, and H. Ginoza. 1982. Sugarcane studies with gibberellin. V. Plot harvests vs. stalk harvests to assess the effect of applied GA3 on sucrose yield. J. Plant Growth Regulation 1: 205-2 10.

Roecklein, J. C., C. T. K. Ching, H. W. Hilton, R. Nishimoto, and R. V. Osgood. 1982. A Method for Evaluation of Alternative Crops for Hawaiian Agriculture. GACC Project. 171 pp.

Osgood, R. V. and P. H. Moore. 1983. Growth regulators in Hawaiian sugarcane. Poster presentation at BARC Symposium on Agricultural Chemicals Beltsville, Maryland.

Osgood, R. V., P. H. Moore, and J. B. Carr. 1983. Comparison of Diquat and ethephon for prevention of flower initiation in sugarcane (Saccharum spp. hybrids) Proc., 10th Plant Growth Regulator Soc. Meetings. Michigan State

Osgood, R. V. 1984. Evaluation of fenoxapropethyl (Hoe 33171) for ripening Hawaiian sugarcane. Proc., 11th Plant Growth Regular Soc. Meeting. pp. 167

Moore, P. H. and R. V. Osgood. 1985. Assessment of sugarcane crop damage and yield loss caused by high winds of hurricanes. Agric. and Forest Meteorology 35: 267-279.

Hill, G. M., W. W. Hanna, P. R. Utley, W. G. Monson, and R. Osgood. 1986. Yearling steer performance on napier-millet hybrid and Tifleaf I pearl millet forages. Univ. Georgia Beef Cattle Report Special Publ. No. 86. pp. 86-91.

Moore, P. H. and R. V. Osgood. 1986. Use of ethephon to prevent flowering of sugarcane in Hawaii. Proc., Int. Soc. Sugar Cane Technol., Jakarta, 19th Congr. pp. 298-304.

Osgood, R. V. and N. S. Dudley. Comparative yield trials with tree and grass energy crops in Hawaii. A preliminary report on current research. 2nd Pacific Biofuels Conf., April 1987, Vol. 1, Chapter 11, pp. 11-1-9, Kapaa, Kauai.

Moore, P. H. and R. V. Osgood. 1987. Evaluation of a model for predicting sucrose yields following hurricane damage to sugarcane in Hawaii . Agric. and Forest Meteorology 40: 191-197.

Osgood, R. V. and N. S. Dudley. 1988. Tree and grass biomass comparisons– Progress report. Proc., Hawaiian Sugar Technol. 1987 Reports. pp. A52-A55.

Osgood, R. V. and N. S. Dudley. 1988. Tree and grass biomass comparisons– Progress report for second year. 3rd Pacific Basin Biofuels Workshop, Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, Makaha, Hawaii.

DeFrank, J. R. V. Osgood, and S. A. Whalen. 1988. Risk to nontarget tomatoes from ethephon aerial spray drift. Research Series 053, University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources.

Osgood, R. V. and N. S. Dudley. 1989. Tree and grass biomass comparisons-Progress report. Hawaiian Sugar Technol. 1988 Reports. pp. 52-55.

Sasongko, D., R. V. Osgood, S. Hadisaputro, T. Kuntohartono, and H. W. Hilton. 1989. Gulma rayutan (Mikania cordara) di PG Bungamayang Indonesian Sugar Industry Research Report. 24 pp.

Sasongko, D., R. V. Osgood, and S. Hadisaputro. 1989. Upaya pengendalian gulma rayutan (Mikania cordata) di PG Bungamayan Indonesian Sugar Industry Research Report. 10 pp.

Moore, P. H. and R. V. Osgood. 1989. Ethephon prevention of sugarcane flowering and increase in cane fresh weight and sugar yields. J. of Plant Growth Regulation. 8: 205-210.

Osgood, R. V. and N. S. Dudley. 1989. Tree and grass biomass comparisons-Progress report for third year. 3rd Pacific Basin Biofuels Workshop, Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, Makaha, Hawaii.

Osgood, R. V. 1990. A survey of weed control practices in the Hawaiian sugar industry. Hawaiian Sugar Technol. 1989 Reports. pp. 54-55.

Osgood, R. V 1990. Potential nonwood sources of papermaking fiber for Hawaii. Hawaiian Sugar Technol. Reports. pp. 4-8.

Dudley, N. S. and R. V. Osgood. 1990. K636 growth performance and seed availability in Hawaii. Leucaena Research Reports. 11: 140.

Bui, W. and R. Osgood. 1990. Subsurface irrigation trial for alfalfa in Hawaii. Third National Irrigation Symposium: Visions of the Future. pp. 658-660.

Crisosto, C. H., D. A. Grantz, R. V. Osgood, and J. G. Luza. 1990. Effect of ethephon application on the fruit removal force and abscission zone formation of Coffea arabica L. varieties Proc. 17th Plant Growth Regulator Soc. of America Annual Meeting. pp. 27-35.

Hadisaputro, S. A., A. Sodarijanto, and R. V. Osgood. 1990. Comparison of glyphosate and fluazifop as sugarcane ripeners at Kebon Agung Sugar Factory. Proc. Plant Growth Regulator Soc. of America. p. 84.

Moore, P. H., D. J Heinz and R. V. Osgood. 1990. The Yield Decline Conundrum: Variety Yield Decline, Fact or Fiction. Proceedings Hawaiian Sugar Technologists. pp. A4-A9.

Evensen, C. I. and R. V. Osgood. 1991. Oat cover cropping in sugarcane for weed control and erosion control in Hawaii. Cover Crops for Clean Water. W. L. Hargove (ed.) pp. 30-31.

Evensen, C. I. and R. V. Osgood. 1991. Cover crops for erosion control. Hawaiian Sugar Technol. 1990 Reports. pp. 5-10.

Osgood, R. V. and T. B. Crabb. Alternate off-season biomass fuels for sugarcane factories. International Conference on Energy from Sugarcane. Hilo, Hawaii.

Crisosto, C., R. V. Osgood, and L. Ingamells. 1991. Gibberellin (GA) used to control anthesis in coffee. Proc. 18th Plant Growth Regulator Soc. of America Meeting. pp. 42-44.

Osgood, R. V. 1991. National Plant Growth Regulation Issues. Address to Western Plant Growth Regulator Soc. Santa Barbara. Published in PGRSA Quarterly, (19)2, pp. 119-123.

Osgood, R. V. and R. D. Wiemer. 1992. Plant introduction needs of the Hawaiian sugar industry in Alien Plant Invasions in Native Ecosystems of Hawaii Management and Research. Ed. by Charles P. Stone, Clifford W. Smith, and J. Timothy Tunison. University of Hawaii Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit, Honolulu, Hawaii. pp. 726-731.

Crisosto, C. H., D. A. Grantz, R. V. Osgood, and L. R. Cid. 1992. Synchronization of fruit ripening in coffee with low concentrations of ethephon. Postharvest Biology and Technology 1: 371-378.

Osgood, R. V. and J. L. Ingamells. 1992. Opportunities for plant growth regulation in coffee. Proc. l9th Plant Growth Regulator Soc. of America Meeting. San Francisco, California. pp. 393-395.

Heinz, D. J, P. H. Moore and R. V. Osgood. 1994. Sugarcane. Encyclopedia of Agriculture. Academic Press. pp. 225-237.

Osgood, R. V. 1996. Growing coffee for mechanical harvest. Proceedings of 1^st Hawaii Coffee Association. P 35-39

Evensen, Carl I., Russell. C. Muchow, Samir . A. El-Swaify and Robert V. Osgood. 1997. Yield Accumulation in Irrigated Sugarcane: I Effect of Crop Age and Cultivar Agronomy Journal. 89:638-646.

Russell C. Muchow, Carl I. Evensen, Robert V. Osgood and Michael J. Robertson 1997. Yield Accumulation in Sugarcane:II Utilization of Intercepted Radiation. Agronomy Journal. 89:646-652.

R. V. Osgood, W. W. Hanna and T. L. Tew.1997. Hybrid Seed Production of Pearl Millet x Napiergrass Triploid hybrids. Crop Science. 37:998-999.

Osgood, Robert V. 1997. Does Hawaii need a coffee breeding and selection program? Proceedings Hawaii Coffee Association 2nd^st Annual conference p. 36-40.

Nagai, C. W. G. Sun R. V. Osgood F. C. Meinzer, and H. C.
Bittenbender. 1998 Selection of potentially elite individual coffee trees on coffee farms on five Hawaiian Islands. 1998 Proceeding of Hawaii Coffee Association 3^rd Conference p.105-109

Sun, W., C. Nagai and R. V. Osgood. 1998. Vegetative propagation of Coffea arabica using softwood cuttings. 1998 Proceedings Hawaii Coffee Association 3^rd Conference p. 99-103