David Moore

David Moore, NRESS Ph.D. student

Syrup Production

David’s research on syrup production has both applied- and basic-science components. One of his projects focuses on developing best management practices for harvesting sap and producing syrup from a wide range of deciduous, woody angiosperms other than maples, birches, and walnuts. Another focuses on making sap harvesting more efficient by developing tapping methods that maximize sap yields while minimizing tap hole size. To address these practical research objectives, an in-depth knowledge of tree anatomy and physiology is required. Consequently, these same projects are also used to determine the environmental drivers of sap flow and sap pressurization in different species, how wood anatomy and physiology responds to these environmental factors to cause sap flow and sap pressurization, and how different species compartmentalize tap hole wounds.

Prior to graduate school, David ran The Crooked Chimney in Lee, New Hampshire, for several years, where he produced birch and sycamore syrup commercially. His experiences in the syrup industry have been instrumental in informing his research. David’s work as a producer and as a scientist has been featured in The Sugarmaker’s Companion: An Integrated Approach to Producing Syrup From Maple, Birch, and Walnut Trees by Michael Farrell, Northern Woodlands, the Associated Press, the New Hampshire Union Leader, Living on Earth, New Hampshire Public Radio, From the Forest, and Science Friday.

Selected Presentations

Syrup production:

  • New York State Maple Conference (Verona, NY, January 6, 2012)
  • Durham Great Bay Rotary Club (Durham, NH, May 21, 2014)
  • Greater Seacoast Permaculture Group (Madbury, NH, February 16, 2014)
  • New Hampshire Maple School (Tilton, NH, October 18, 2014)
  • League of New Hampshire Craftsmen (Laconia, NH, August 8, 2015)
  • The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University Tree Mob (Boston, MA, May 30, 2017)
  • University of New Hampshire Department of Natural Resources and the Environment Seminar Series (Durham, NH, February 5, 2019)
  • Durham Garden Club (Durham, NH, October 19, 2019)
  • XI International Workshop on Sap Flow (Hyytiälä, Finland, October 9, 2019)

Turfgrass performance and Solvita® soil test kits:

  • University of Connecticut College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources Graduate Student Research Forum (Storrs, CT, March 5, 2016)
  • University of Connecticut College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources Graduate Student Research Forum (Storrs, CT, March 25, 2017)

Selected Publications

  • Moore, D.B., K. Guillard, X. Geng, T.F. Morris, and W.B. Brinton. 2019. Predicting cool-season turfgrass response with Solvita soil tests, Part 1: Labile amino-nitrogen concentrations. Crop Sci. 59:1779–1788. doi:10.2135/cropsci2018.11.0706

  • Moore, D.B., K. Guillard, X. Geng, T.F. Morris, and W.F. Brinton. 2019. Correlations between two alkali extractable amino-nitrogen tests and response to organic fertilizer in turfgrass soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 83:791–799. doi:10.2136/sssaj2018.10.0371

  • Moore, D.B., K. Guillard, T.F. Morris, and W.F. Brinton (in press). 2019. Predicting cool-season turfgrass response with Solvita soil tests, part 2: CO2–Burst concentrations. Crop Sci. 59:2237-2248. doi:10.2135/cropsci2018.11.0706

  • Moore, D.B., K. Guillard, T.F. Morris, and W.F. Brinton. 2019. Correlation between Solvita Labile Amino-Nitrogen and CO2-Burst soil health tests and response to organic fertilizer in a turfgrass soil. Commun. Soil Sci. Plan. 50:2948-2959. doi:10.1080/00103624.2019.1689258

Related Links

The Crooked Chimney

Education

  • B.S., University of New Hampshire, 2010
  • M.S., University of Connecticut, 2018

Professional Positions

  • Short Cuts Tree Service (Manchester, CT, July 2015 to July 2017)
  • Bradford Equestrian Center (Haverhill, MA, January 2015 to February 2015)
  • Shady Hill Greenhouses and Nursery (Londonderry, NH, May 2014 to December 2014)
  • Sanborn Mills Farm (Loudon, NH, June 2009 to August 2013)
  • The Crooked Chimney (Lee, NH, July 2009 to May 2015)
  • Charmingfare Farm (Candia, NH, November 2012 to January 2014)
  • University of New Hampshire Fairchild Dairy Teaching and Research Center (Durham, NH, May 2008 to September 2008)
  • University of New Hampshire Organic Dairy Research Farm (Lee, NH, January 2008 to March 2011)
  • Pawtuckaway Nursery Corporation (Lee, NH, September 2007 to December 2008)
  • River Berry Farm (Fairfax, VT, September 2006 to November 2006)
  • Willow Pond Nursery (Merrimack, NH, April 2006 to August 2007)