{"id":8220,"date":"2026-01-07T08:30:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T16:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tfrec.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/admin\/?p=8220"},"modified":"2026-01-07T08:30:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T16:30:34","slug":"welcome-lexie-mcdaniel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tfrec.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/admin\/welcome-lexie-mcdaniel\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Lexie McDaniel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As an Eastern WA native, I am thrilled to return to WA to join the TFREC team and Wenatchee community! Most recently, I was a Viticulture Extension Specialist at North Carolina State University. In this role I worked with NC grape growers and NC Cooperative Extension agents to provide extension education materials for best viticulture practices and conducted grower driven field-applied research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to this position, I earned my PhD in Horticulture at WSU where my research focused on alternative pest and disease management for wine grapes. Specifically, I used nighttime applications of UV-C light to manage grapevine powdery mildew and grape mealybug. As I was located at WSU IAREC, I was actively involved in Extension events. I am looking forward to bringing my experience to my new role as Tree Fruit Extension Educator!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/Lexie-medium-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Lexie McDaniel\" class=\"wp-image-8219\" width=\"342\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/Lexie-medium-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/Lexie-medium-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/Lexie-medium-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/Lexie-medium-1025x1536.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/01\/Lexie-medium.jpg 1338w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lexie McDaniel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n        <div id=\"cahnrs-back-to-top\" class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top\" hidden aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <a id=\"cahnrs-back-to-top-btn\" class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top__btn\" href=\"#product-top\" aria-label=\"Back to top\">\n                <span class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2191<\/span>\n                <span class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top__label\">Back to top<\/span>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As an Eastern WA native, I am thrilled to return to WA to join the TFREC team and Wenatchee community! Most recently, I was a Viticulture Extension Specialist at North Carolina State University. In this role I worked with NC grape growers and NC Cooperative Extension agents to provide extension education materials for best viticulture [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8323,"featured_media":8219,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_external_link":"","_expiration_date":""},"categories":[5,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tfrec.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8220"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tfrec.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tfrec.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tfrec.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8323"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tfrec.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8220"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tfrec.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8221,"href":"https:\/\/tfrec.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8220\/revisions\/8221"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tfrec.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tfrec.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tfrec.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tfrec.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}