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Past and current students share Musser Award of Excellence

March 17, 2022

Travis Russell, a doctoral candidate in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, left, and Devon Carroll, a graduate of the college, are co-honorees of the Musser Award of Excellence.

Maureen Kahiu Successfully Defends MS thesis

January 26, 2022

Maureen Kahiu defended her research on the impact of DMIs on dollar spot.

Presentation - Pythium patch: a new disease of annual bluegrass putting greens

November 22, 2021

Travis Russell, Ph.D. Candidate in Plant Science, discusses his research on the identification of Pythium species causing a new disease of annual bluegrass putting greens.

Presentation - Variation in pathogen suppression and phytotoxicity to turfgrass among the DMIs

October 29, 2021

Master of Science student, Maureen Kahiu, discusses her research on the variation in pathogen suppression in vitro from 9 commercially available DMI fungicides and also the variation in phytotoxicity that exists among fungicides and between turfgrass species.

Former student receives Musser Award of Excellence

February 24, 2021

The Musser International Turfgrass Foundation has selected Cameron M. Stephens as the 2021 Award of Excellence recipient. The award is given to outstanding Ph.D. candidates who, in the final phase of their graduate studies, demonstrated overall excellence throughout their doctoral program in turfgrass research.

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