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  • Mark Coyne and Maythem AL-Amery
    2016-17 Doyle E. Peaslee Award - Maythem AL-Amery, Ph.D. Candidate

    Periodically, since 1991, the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences has given the Doyle E. Peaslee Award to an outstanding graduate student in Plant and Soil Sciences. Doyle Peaslee was a long-time member of our faculty and this award was established by his family in his memory. The basis for the award is: high GRE scores, excellent grades, research strength, and potential for “contributions to US agriculture”.

    April 24, 2017
  • PSS and NRES Alumni own successful Town Branch Tree Experts

    UK graduates, Sara Hesley (Plant and Soil Sciences) and husband Jesse Hesley (Natural Rescource Management) have developed a very successful tree maintenance business in Lexington, KY.  They were recently featured in a local magazine.  Read the entire article HERE.

    April 3, 2017
  • Jimmy Henning
    Henning returns to department in forage extension

    Jimmy Henning returned to the Plant and Soil Sciences Department faculty as an extension forage specialist after leading the UK College of Agriculture extension service for the past 10 years.

    “I have wanted to return to the field for some time,” Henning said. “With the renewed emphasis on forage programs as part of the Grain and Forage Center of Excellence and the continued need for the same in Eastern Kentucky, the timing just seems right.”

    March 3, 2017
  • Lucas Araujo
    Weed science graduate student places second in national competition

    Lucas Pinheiro de Araújo won second place in the Ph.D. graduate student poster contest at the Weed Science Society of America 2017 conference in Tucson, AZ. His poster was titled “Field Performance of a Novel 2,4-D tolerant Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)."

    March 1, 2017
  • Chris Teutsch
    Welcome Chris Teutsch, PSS Forage Extension Specialist Princeton

    Welcome Dr. Chris Teutsch! Plant and Soil Sciences new Forage Extension Specialist at Princeton.

    On January 3, 2017 Dr. Chris Teutsch officially started as the UK Forage Extension Specialist in Princeton, KY. Dr. Teutsch earned his BS in 1994 and MS in 1996 in Crop Science from The Ohio State University before completing a PhD in Agronomy in 2000 at the University of Kentucky. He was an associate professor at the Southern Piedmont Agricultural Research and Extension Center at Virginia Tech for 16 years.

    March 1, 2017
  • Mike Wilson
    UK helps producer renovate hayfield
    When Anderson County livestock producer Mike Wilson bought a 60-acre hayfield in Franklin County, he knew he had a lot of work in front of him. The previous owners had let people cut hay for nearly 30 years without putting any nutrients back into the ground, which meant the existing grass stand was a mixture of Kentucky 31 tall fescue and weeds.
    February 28, 2017
  • Michael Barrett
    Barrett Recognized at 2017 Weed Science Society of America (WSSA)
    Dr. Michael Barrett was awarded the Public Service Award at the annual meeting of the WSSA in February.
    February 14, 2017
  • Fall 2016 Dean's List
    Congratulations to the following Horticulture,Plant and Soil Sciences students who made the Dean's List last semester:
    February 14, 2017
  • Undergraduate Research Experience In Environmental Health Sciences (SURES) Program
    A research-training program for undergraduates after their sophomore year. This program is specifically for students who are interested in a careers in environmental health sciences.
    January 27, 2017
  • North Central Weed Science Society
    Legleiter and Cole recognized at 2016 North Central Weed Science Society Meeting

    The North Central Weed Science Society recognized two of its members with University of Kentucky ties at their December 2016 meeting.  Rick Cole, a 1985 Ph.D. graduate in Weed Science under Dr.

    December 19, 2016
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