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Prostko Receives Weed Science Society of America Fellows Award

Dr. Eric Prostko, CRSS Professor and Extension Weed Specialist, was honored by the Weed Science Society of America and presented with the Fellows Award.

The WSSA Fellows Award honors "... a long line of professionals who have advanced the weed science discipline through innovation, research, teaching, publishing and outreach,” says Anita Dille, Ph.D., president of WSSA. “We are proud to call them our colleagues.”

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Lesser Cornstalk Borer in Peanut
UGA Peanut Entomologist Mark Abney shares scouting techniques for identifying Lesser Cornstalk Borers in peanuts.
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UGA plant pathologist recognized for improving the world, one peanut at a time
When University of Georgia peanut pathologist Bob Kemerait does something, he does it wholeheartedly. A passionate advocate for producers both near his academic home at the University of Georgia Tifton campus and around the world, Kemerait describes himself as “a field guy,” most comfortable among the rows detecting, diagnosing and addressing the myriad diseases and pests that threaten Georgia’s second-largest row crop.
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Student Awards 

Savannah Banner (left), M.S. student with Dr. Scott Monfort, placed 1st in the Master’s Oral Presentation Competition at the recent annual meeting of the Southern Branch American Society of Agronomy.

Macie Wheeler (right), M.S. student with Dr. Scott Monfort, placed 2nd in the Master’s Oral Presentation Competition at the recent annual meeting of the Southern Branch American Society of Agronomy.

Congratulations to these outstanding graduate students!

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