University of Nebraska-Lincoln horticulture major, Jaclyn Nelson, is one of three students in the nation to be awarded a 2016 Mosmiller Internship from the American Floral Endowment. Continue reading…
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Waseem Hussain, Samantha McConaughy and Nonoy Bandillo, graduate students in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, have been awarded graduate student fellowships to attend the 5th International Conference on Quantitative Genetics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, June 12-17. Continue reading…
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Potential is brewing in a new hops growing project led by Stacy Adams, associate professor of practice in agronomy and horticulture at UNL. Launching this summer, the Nebraska Hops project will test the viability of growing eight different hop varieties at five locations statewide. Continue reading…
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Agronomy and Horticulture graduate, Gustavo Rodriguez, was honored with the UNL College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Spirit Award at the CASNR Salute to Graduates on May 6. Continue reading…
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David Hyten, associate professor of soybean genetics and genomics in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, was named the Haskins Professor in Plant Genetics. Continue reading…
The Department of Agronomy and Horticulture welcomes back Sam Wortman. A former department Ph.D. student, Wortman started in a new position May 16 as Environmental Horticulturist. Continue reading…
Five Department of Agronomy and Horticulture students have been named recipients of the Milton E. Mohr 2016–2017 Awards Program which recognizes outstanding students in the sciences of biotechnology and engineering based on their academic performance and potential for accomplishments in their field. Continue reading…
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The University of Nebraska-Lincoln granted 74 faculty members a promotion and/or tenure in 2016. Greg Kruger, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, was promoted to associate professor and granted tenure. Kruger is a weed science and application technology specialist. Continue reading…
An innovative UNL-designed drone designed to ignite prescribed fires in grasslands and forests was used successfully April 22 to burn 26 acres of restored tallgrass prairie. Dirac Twidwell, a UNL rangeland expert, said the fire demonstrated how drones could make fires safer and easier to manage. Continue reading…
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