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Meet Chrissy Marshall
Job:
Research Associate - Pipfruit Breeding Team.
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Job description:
Provide technical support for the pipfruit breeding team, especially the apple and pear programmes.
Work background:
Science teacher and health career promoter – Kia ora Hauora Programme.
Favourite part of job:
Pollination, when we cross pollen from selected varieties onto flowers of desired mother trees.
Least favourite part of job:
Being stuck inside for too long during winter, like the variety of having different tasks, both inside and outside.
What I am working on now:
Fruit tasting assessments, eating apples that have been in storage for 10 weeks to see if they taste any good for further study.
A quick story about a job well done:
With the help from our casual workers just completed seed sowing of 75,000 apple seeds.
A (humorous) story about a job that went badly and what you learned:
I forgot to turn off the watering system in the glasshouse on a day when assessments were being done. Everyone had to wear gumboots and sludge around in a slippery room while measuring plants. I learnt to make sure the watering is OFF before doing any glasshouse work, otherwise it can be very messy and slow work.
Qualifications:
Masters of Science (Genetics).
Interests outside work:
Kapa haka and indoor netball.
Chrissy Marshall is a Research Associate for the Pipfruit Breeding Team at Plant and Food Research. Image: Supplied.