Dr. Don Batten at the Orchard Melbourne Central City Church
May 11, 2022PLEASE BRING YOUR LUNCH: Dr. Don Batten at The Orchard Melbourne Central City Church
Dr. Don Batten at the Orchard Melbourne Central City Church. You are welcome to join us on Sabbath May 21, 11:15 am for a faith building day of science as it relates to Genesis as presented by Dr. Don Batten. Lunch will be between 12:30 and 2pm, please bring picnic lunch, you can eat indoors or the lovely park opposite the Orchard. The afternoon session will commence at 2pm and finish at 3:30pm.. We are at 474 Flinders Street opposite the Melbourne Aquarium. The Sabbath School lesson time commences at 10 am, the Orchard Church service starts at 11:20 am. Come and join the friendliest church in Melbourne’s CBD, you are always welcome. For more information on public transport or parking-on-site go to our website theorchardmelbourne.org.au. Don received both his B.Sc.Agr.(First Class Honours) and his Ph.D. from the University of Sydney. He worked for 20 years as a research horticulturalist with the NSW Department of Agriculture. His research included environmental adaptation of tropical/subtropical fruits such as mango, lychee and custard apple (Annona), floral biology, floral induction, breeding, environmental physiology (especially water requirements, effects of water deficits), plant taxonomy, and mineral nutrition. His research on floral induction of lychee and mango overturned long-held ideas which had been an impediment to the scientific understanding of these plants, as well as causing economic loss due to inappropriate management of these crops. He conducted a number of research projects that were externally funded, publishing his results in science journals.
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