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Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SU Students to Participate in Agricultural Research Symposium
BATON ROUGE, LA, 2/10/2011 – Southern University Ag Center professor, Daniel Collins, accompanies students to participate in the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Beltsville Area Graduate Student Agricultural Research Symposium Feb. 10-11, 2011 in Beltsville, MD. Graduate students from the Urban Forestry program at Southern University will participate in this Symposium sponsored by the Beltsville Area Diversity Task Force. The goal of the symposium is to expose students to career opportunities at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center and throughout the United States Department of Agriculture.
The symposium will bring together the talents of 1890 Land Grant Institution students and future scientists with the ARS scientific staff to strengthen collaborations and jointly enhance the scientific advancement of our nation's agriculture. The Urban Forestry program has a couple of ongoing research projects with ARS including screening the gulf coast forest species for reaction to Phytophthora ramorum, and the use of remote sensing and multispectral analysis for detecting citrus trees in urban environments to enhance surveys for pests of citrus.
The Symposium will feature oral and poster presentations by graduate students from six 1890 Land Grant Institutions including Southern University. Nine graduate students from the SU Urban Forestry Program will be making oral and poster presentations. Presenting in the oral category are doctoral students Ryan Nicholas, Yongsheng Li, Vanessa Ferchaud, and Mary Beals; and Master’s degree student Michaela Danzy. The poster presentation category includes doctoral students Chris Chappell, Jason Preuett, and Tanganika Johnson; and Master’s degree students Amy Gilliam and Brian Mims.
The Symposium website is available at: http://www.ars.usda.gov/Aboutus/docs.htm?docid=17502
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