Shelly Pate – Exit Seminar
Shelly Pate (M.S.)- Analyzing Populations of Cotton Seedling Disease and Evaluating Seed Treatment Efficacy (Advisor: Dr. Kelly)
Will be held online only via ZOOM: https://tennessee.zoom.us/j/191649683
Dawson Kerns – Exit Seminar
Dawson Kerns (M.S.)- Scouting Techniques and Bt Resistance Monitoring for Bollworm in Cotton (Advisor: Dr. Stewart)
Please attend via Zoom: https://tennessee.zoom.us/j/263728297
Rufus Akinrinlola & Elias Zuchelli – Proposal Seminar
Join via ZOOM: https://tennessee.zoom.us/j/598372229
Rufus Akinrinlola (Ph.D.)- Tennessee Nematoda Population Dynamics and Soybean Cyst Nematode HG Types, Responses to Cover Crops, and Impact on Soybean Nitrogen-fixation (Advisor: Dr. Kelly)
Elias Zuchelli (M.S.)- Cercospora sojina Risk Assessment Based on Imagery System Diagnosis and Aerial Spore Concentration (Advisor: Dr. Kelly)
Shiwani Sapkota & Gary Edwards – Proposal Seminar
Shiwani Sapkota (M.S.) – Evaluation of Genetic Diversity of Pyrus calleryana (Callery Pear) using Microsatellite Loci (Advisor: Dr. Nowicki)
Gary Edwards (M.S.) – The Odorous House Ant, Tapinoma sessile (Say): A Possible Species Complex (Co-Advisors: Drs. Vail and Moulton)
Amani Khalil & Trinity Hamm – Proposal Seminar
Amani Khalil (M.S.) – Planting Native Perennials to Attract Pollinators across East Tennessee Landscapes (Advisor: Dr. Russo)
Trinity Hamm (M.S.) – Haplotyping Wild-type and Commercial Cultivars of Cercis canadensis L. using Regions of the Chloroplast Genome (Advisor: Dr. Trigiano)
Accomplishments From a Recent Graduate, Dr. Wanwan Liang
Dr. Wanwan Liang (class of 2019 and former EPP graduate student in the laboratory of Dr. Jerome Grant) recently published her fourth manuscript from her doctoral research conducted at the University of Tennessee. Her manuscripts were published in four prestigious journals: Biological Invasions, Ecological Modeling, Environmental Entomology, and Remote Sensing. She is currently a Post-Doctoral Associate in the Center of Geospatial Analytics at North Carolina State University and can be contacted at wliang5@ncsu.edu. Dr. Liang was an amazing student during her time here at UT. She excelled academically and socially; she fit right at home here in our department. She even stopped by to help with last year’s Buggy Buffet! We are very proud of her. If you get
Amani Khalil Awarded “Judged Best Poster” from SSAWG Conference 2020!
Amani Khalil– Mani to her friends– recently won the poster competition at the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (SSAWG) this past week in Little Rock, Arkansas. She competed against 36 other posters from other students, extension agents, and organizations. Mani is a Graduate Research Assistant and working on her MS. She is tackling the interaction between native perennials and pollinators and follows the mentorship of Dr. Laura Russo. We are very proud of your accomplishment, Mani. Please keep up the great work!!
12 Hours of Voliday Celebration!
De-stress before finals by enjoying free movie showings, food, and various activities all day (9 AM to 9 PM) in Morgan Hall to celebrate the holidays! Here’s a list of what’s offered:t Holidays Around the World Experience the holidays around the globe without your passport! Stop by each booth for a tasty holiday treat, traditional holiday game, and some cool facts about each thing being celebrated this month! Cookie Corner Channel your creative side and decorate a cookie with your friends! Stocking Street Are your stockings hung by the chimney with care? If not, never fear! Take this opportunity to design your very own stocking and some personalized flare to your holiday decor! Holiday Card Boulevard Few seasons are as
Shelly Pate: What Being First-Generation Means to Me
National First-Generation College Student Celebration Being First-Generation is beautiful and provides a unique perspective, and our department is teeming with first-generation students and faculty. To showcase this personally, we wanted to feature one of our students’ thoughts. Shelly Pate is a Graduate Research Assistant who is working on her Masters with a concentration in Plant Pathology and is currently stationed at the West TN Research & Education Center. She is also a First-Generation College Student and wanted to share her experience: As an only child, I have always received an abundant amount of love, support, and guidance. However, when the time came to start applying to colleges as an undergraduate, I realized something was starting to become a little different.
EPP at TVA&I Fair in Knoxville
The Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology is represented well at Down on the Farm at the TVA&I Fair in Knoxville. Matthew Longmire, David Bechtel, and Jerome Grant are sharing insects with ca. 1,000 students today!