News from PSM participation in ASA, CSSA, & SSSA Meeting 2023 St Louis MO
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News from PSM participation in ASA, CSSA, & SSSA Meeting 2023 St Louis MO
Good news from many sources for PSM
C5 - Turfgrass Division oral presentation competition winners:
Turfgrass Science Session
- Jackie Guevara Grad student: 1st place oral presentaion "Evaluating Kentucky Bluegrass and prennial seeding ratios for sod grown on plastic production." Jackie also scored the highest total across all turfgrass sessions and is first choice to represent C5 in the Society competition
- Ryan Bearss: 2nd place oral presentation "Growth and rooting characteristics of Kentucky bluegrass sod harvested from various production systems."
Turfgrass Water Conservation Session
- Mike Rabe Grad student and assistant farm manager took 3rd place for his oral presentation: "Hydroponic system rootzones for sustainable putting green management
2023 Chris Stiegler Turf Science Student Travel Award and Fellowship awardees from Michigan State University:
- Payton Perkinson (MS student awardee)
- Jackie Lyn Guevara (PhD student awardee)
In Dr Wessel's lab: Bernard Frantz placed 3rd with his pedology poster "Michigan Marl provides a source of agricultural lime which is almost unlimited"
In Dr Singh's lab,
- Harikat Kaur. 2nd place, 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”. 2023 Annual International Meeting of the ASA, CSSA, & SSSA, St. Louis, MO. https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2023am/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/149531
- Benjamin Agyei. 3rd place, 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”. 2023 Annual International Meeting of the ASA, CSSA, & SSSA, St. Louis, MO. https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2023am/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/149950
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Lane Suplito. 2nd place, Poster and 5-minute rapid competition (M.Sc. students) of SSSA Division: Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition. “Integrating Autumn Starter Fertilizer, Fungicide Timing, and Late-Season Nitrogen Strategies in Winter Wheat"
And this year, representing CSS undergraduates and the Agronomy Club,
MSU Scored second place in the SASES Tri Societies Undergraduate program in the national competition. Kate Voisinet, Trey Ellens and Emma Woller presented the MSU Agronomy Club's "Pre-Career Fair Mixer" poster. NOTE FROM AGRONOMY CLUB: WE WANT TO THANK The event, and the club's travel, would not have been possible without: @canratmsu Alumni Association, @nutrienmichigan, @wilburellisag, Gold Coast Sales, @corteva, Michigan Agricultural Commodities, @caledonia.farmers.elevator, B&M Crop Consulting, Inc, @syngentaus, Jorgensen Farm Elevator, @sotwmilling, @agroliquidresearch, @bayer4cropsus, @kellerfarmssupply, & @beckshybrids
