Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences Cropping Systems Agronomy

Under the prolific mentorship of faculty and lab technicians, our students have been presenting and bringing back laurels from various science conferences.

Congratulations to Harkirat Kaur and Benjamin Agyei for winning the second and third place in Poster and 5-minute rapid competition (Ph.D. students) of C-3 division (Crop Ecology, Management, and Quality) of CSSA at the 2023 ASA, CSSA, and SSSA International Annual Meetings, St. Louis, Missouri. Click on the pictures or the links below to see their winning posters.

 Graduate Students (clockwise from top left): Benjamin Agyei, Harkirat Kaur, and Paulo Arias 
presenting their research posters at the trisociety meeting

2023

ASA, CSSA, & SSSA International Annual Meetings, St. Louis, Missouri

• Kaur H. scored Second place in Poster and 5-minute rapid competition (Ph.D. students) of C-3 division (Crop Ecology, Management, and Quality) of CSSA. “Unravelling the mycotoxins issue in silage corn and contributing environmental and agronomic factors”. 
• B. Agyei bagged Third place in Poster and 5-minute rapid competition (Ph.D. students) of C-3 division (Crop Ecology, Management, and Quality) of CSSA. “Planting date and hybrid selection decisions for optimizing corn yield and kernel drydown”.

2022

ASA, CSSA, & SSSA International Annual Meetings, Baltimore, Maryland

• Copeland P. won the Second place in Oral competition (M.S. students) of Applied Soybean Research Community of ASA for "Integrating soybean management strategies with early planting for maximizing yield and profits". 

Plant Science Graduate Student Research Symposium, Michigan State University, East Lansing

• Kaur H. bagged First place in Applied Oral competition
• Copeland P. got Second place, Applied Oral competition

2021

ASA, CSSA, & SSSA International Annual Meetings, Salt Lake City, UT

• Copeland P. bagged First place in Oral competition (M.S. students) of Precision Agriculture Systems Community of ASA for “Comparing Planting Technologies for Their Impact on Seed Placement and Yield in Small Grains”
• Kaur H. secured Second place, Oral competition (Ph.D. students) of C-6 division (Forage and Grazing lands) of CSSA for “Planting Date and Seeding Rate Impacts Ear Rots, Mycotoxins, and Forage Quality in Corn Silage”

 2019

ASA, CSSA, & SSSA International Annual Meetings, San Antonio, TX

• Siler T. was awarded First Place in Oral competition (M.S. students) of Applied Soybean Community of ASA for the talk “Maturity group and planting population adjustments to manage soybean planting window”

2018

ASA, CSSA, & SSSA International Annual Meetings, Baltimore MD

• Fusilier K. bagged  the Second Place in Poster competition (M.S. students) of C-3 division (Crop Ecology, Quality, and Management) of CSSA for her poster “Integrated mycotoxin management in maize grain through control of ear rot and western bean cutworm”