department of agronomy and horticulture university of nebraska–lincoln annual newsletter 2015

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRONOMY AND HORTICULTURE
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA–LINCOLN
ANNUAL NEWSLETTER 2015
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Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
EDITORS Fran Benne, Kara Danforth, Richard Ferguson,
Roch Gaussoin, Lana Johnson
CONTRIBUTOR Chantel Koerwitz
LAYOUT/DESIGN Fran Benne
ADVERTISING Lana Johnson
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2–3 Letters
STAFF 11
4–5 Staff bios
STUDENTS
6–8 Student club updates
8 Graduate awards
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
9 Doctoral candidate, Pedersen
10 Undergraduate, Lenihan 16
10 Undergraduate awards
11 Weed science team champions
DOCTORAL PROGRAM
12 Doctor of Plant Health
Fast turnaround
EXTENSION
14 International Master Gardeners
Accurate results
RESEARCH
Competitive pricing 15 To be or not to be, at the bench
16 Sustainability of rangelands
Personal service 17 Grazing strategies SUSTAINABILITY OF RANGELANDS
DEPARTMENT
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18–19 Growing our future 2015
FACULTY
20–22 New faculty
23 Promotion and tenure
24 Awards
25 Retirements and remembrance ALUMNI
FACULTY
ALUMNI 26
26–28 Spotlight
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LETTERS DEPARTMENT HEAD AND ASSOCIATE HEAD NEW FACULTY IN 2016
“...the Department DR. RICHARD FERGUSON Nevin Lawrence – Integrated Weed Management
Specialist at the Panhandle Research and Extension
of Agronomy Center, started January 4, 2016
The photograph to the left was taken at the Greenhouse
Innovation Center on the Nebraska Innovation Campus, Rodrigo Werle – Cropping Systems Specialist at
and Horticulture
which is an example of the steady growth in the role the West Central Research and Extension Center,
of technology in what we do in agriculture. This facility starts April 15, 2016
continues to be
enables researchers to automatically manage and Sam Wortman – Environmental Horticulturist,
an ever-evolving, evaluate individual plants for specific traits or under starts May 15, 2016
specific stress conditions. The facility uses a range of
dynamic, multi- and hyperspectral scanners to assess plant response
throughout the duration of the study. Our faculty have STAFF AWARDS 2015
progressive the capacity to take what is learned in this facility to the
Cheryl Bogenrief: Staff Advisory Committee Special
field, where a range of sensor systems are increasingly
and productive used to investigate plant response in field environments. Contributions Award
Conversely, issues that are identified in the field can be Judy Fredrick: SAC Special Contributions Award
academic unit.”
brought into the lab or greenhouse for more detailed Stephen Gamet: University of Nebraska Viticulture
evaluation. Faculty in our department are increasingly Program and Nebraska Wine and Grape Growers
— Roch Gaussoin using a range of innovative technologies in their research, Association C.J. Schwietzer Award
teaching and extension efforts, and some of those are
Ronnie Janssen: SAC Special Contributions Award 2014
highlighted in this newsletter.
Kathryn Schindler: University of Nebraska Office
While the NIC greenhouse complex is an example of
RICHARD FERGUSON (LEFT) AND ROCH GAUSSOIN IN state-of-the art, high-tech research facilities used by our Professionals Association Floyd S. Oldt Outstanding
THE GREENHOUSE INNOVATION CENTER ON NEBRASKA Staff Award
faculty, Nebraska crop producers also continue to employ
INNOVATION CAMPUS, WHICH FEATURES A LEMNATEC
new technologies as they seek to gain efficiencies in crop Susan Thomas: UNOPA Floyd S. Oldt Silver Pen Award
HIGH-THROUGHPUT PLANT PHENOTYPING SYSTEM.
DR. ROCH GAUSSOIN production. Sensors of various types are common today on
farms and farm equipment. Irrigated growers, for example,
UNDERGRADUATE FALL
frequently rely on soil moisture sensors to schedule
Welcome to another edition of our annual newsletter! We offerings as well as department social events (translation: great
irrigation. Multispectral sensors are increasingly used to ENROLLMENT 2015
continue to strive for timely reporting, and this year we are food and company). If you have attended one of our stakeholder
evaluate crop status during the growing season. Effectively
closer to our self-imposed deadline of a January/February events, you have seen firsthand the great work we do and the
advising growers for such complex systems requires an
publication of the previous year’s accomplishments and news. fantastic support Wendy provides.
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interdisciplinary approach, and our faculty collaborate Agronomy
Undergraduate and graduate enrollments continued to Personal safety and regulatory compliance are critical for the
with colleagues in other departments, such as Biological
increase in 2015, especially in our Agronomy undergraduate success of an academic department. We reclassified one of our
Systems Engineering, Agricultural Economics, the School
major and our distance education certificate programs. Long- existing technologists, Mike Livingston, to serve as department
of Natural Resources and others as well as industry in
running and very successful traditional and historical extension safety coordinator. Mike primarily oversees the laboratory safety
conducting relevant research and extension programming. 62
events were complemented with new delivery methods, including in three of our buildings (Keim Hall, Plant Sciences Hall and Horticulture
Our faculty are very active in efforts such as the Nebraska
award-winning, web-based programs and social media. We Kiesselbach), negotiates lab equipment purchases for our new
Agricultural Technologies Association and the Nebraska
continue to grow with outstanding faculty hires, and I refer you faculty and coordinates events related to safety training. In his
On-Farm Research Network—efforts which allow producers
to the body of the newsletter for specifics on our new faculty in youth, Mike reached the level of Eagle Scout, and he brings the
to learn about emerging technologies together, with
2015 as well as the plethora of outstanding accomplishments of Scout motto “be prepared” to work every day to ensure safety in 21
Plant Biology
involvement from researchers and educators.
our department. the workplace. I single out these four individuals to describe the
These are exciting times to be in agriculture! Hopefully
In a deviation from previous letters, this year I would like to new positions we’ve created to increase foundational support
that message is shared through this newsletter.
highlight strategic changes in our staffing over the last several for the great work of our department, including existing staff
years. In a unit as robust as Agronomy and Horticulture, the and faculty. 33 Turfgrass & Landscape
Sincerely,
demand for engaged and creative staff has never been greater. Winston Churchill is quoted as saying, “To improve is Management
Marketing and reporting activities, coupled with the need for a to change; to be perfect is to change often.” Although not
strong presence on social media, resulted in the creation of a yet perfect, the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
media team. Our existing media individual plus an opportunity continues to be an ever-evolving, dynamic, progressive and
Richard Ferguson
from the restructuring of IANR Ed Media formed a dynamic productive academic unit. I hope, as you peruse this newsletter, ALUMNI ADVISORY COUNCIL
Professor and Associate Department Head
duo (not sure who is Batman and who is Robin, I’ll leave it up you share the excitement and energy I have the privilege of
MEMBERS 2015–2016
to them to decide!) of Fran Benne and Lana Johnson. Both have witnessing almost every day. Enjoy.
outstanding and complementary media experience, making their Julie Abendroth Chris Petersen
office a one-stop shop for the media needs of faculty and staff. Respectfully submitted, Heather Byers Rob Robinson
We partnered with the Nebraska Turfgrass Association to Matt Giese Bart Ruth
create an executive director for the NTA and an event planner Thomas Hoegemeyer Dave Stock
for the department. Wendy Morrissey provides logistical Joe Keashall David Vetter
support for the majority of extension and outreach events in the Roch Gaussoin Richard McConnell Ray Ward
department, including field days, conferences and other public Professor and Department Head Jason Meyer
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STAFF GET TO KNOW
SARAH JOHNSON
Financial Associate
GREGORY TEICHMEIER I CAME TO LINCOLN WHEN My primary job duties
I WAS ABOUT 10 YEARS OLD include working with state
Research Manager after moving around due to and gift/foundation-funded
my dad and stepdad accounts, deposits, travel
IN JUNE OF 1977 I STARTED MY being in the military. After and NTA accounting. There is
EMPLOYMENT WITH UNL AS A STUDENT graduating from Nebraska a lot to learn, but so far it is
working in the Department of Agronomy Wesleyan University with a going well. I like to work in an
and Horticulture for wheat-breeding bachelor’s degree in business environment where I can ask
pioneers Dr. Virgil Johnson and Dr. John administration, I worked as a lot of questions and where
Schmidt. Because of that experience, my a bank teller and then as an learning is encouraged.
interests shifted. Intending to pursue administrative assistant for In my spare time outside of
a degree in wildlife management, I an investment firm. work, I enjoy running, fishing
switched to soil science. I started at UNL in the and pretty much anything
I continued to work for the department HAPPI Business Center in outdoors as long as it’s warm.
until graduation, when I was fortunate to February of 2015, and I have I also like to spend time with
land a research technologist position in enjoyed getting to know the friends, family and my two dogs
soil fertility. I worked the next nine years faculty and staff. I grew up (a chiweenie and a puggle).
for Professor Robert Olson and Dr. Don in the city, so it’s been fun to My boyfriend recently bought a
Sander. In 1992 I started working as a see all the different aspects house, so I am spending a lot of
research manager under the supervision Mead. T.J. is a quality supervisor, and Born and raised in Lincoln, I have involved in agronomy time painting, decorating and
of Dr. Dan Walters for the Lincoln-based he made the transition an easy one been married to my wife Lori for 35 years. and horticulture. making it a home.
soil fertility/management program until for me. Assisting faculty and staff and We have two married daughters, Nicole
his passing in 2012. helping meet the needs of the various and Tiffany, and two granddaughters,
A short time later I started in my research projects can be a challenge, but Harper and Isabella. Outside of work
current position as the research I thoroughly enjoy it. I enjoy outdoor recreation of all kinds.
and production coordinator for the My employment for the department I’m a member of the United States
department under the direction of T.J. has spanned nearly 40 years, and I feel Powerlifting Association and compete in
KAY MCCLURE-KELLY
McAndrew managing agronomy research a sense of pride for having worked in one three or four powerlifting competitions Office Supervisor
farms at East Campus, Havelock and place for so long. a year.
BORN AND RAISED IN SOUTH-CENTRAL NEBRASKA, I AM
TRULY A SMALL-TOWN GIRL. My dad had a small farm and later
worked for a feed dealer. With that background, it took some time
to acclimate to Lincoln when I married and moved here in 2008.
Because of my appreciation for farming and the environment,
I knew getting to work at the Department of Agronomy and
LIZ JESKE
Research Technologist and Lecturer Horticulture would be a great fit. I haven’t been disappointed.
From getting a chance to hear about faculty research to simply
I WAS DESTINED FOR A CAREER IN SOIL SCIENCE FROM being near the greenhouses and gardens, I’m happy to come to
AN EARLY AGE. My mom claims that, as a toddler, I ate the work every day.
potting soil out of the house plants on a regular basis. I didn’t As the office supervisor my duties include working with a
discover this dirty secret until I enrolled in a geography of soils great group known as the office professionals. We provide
class in college. I was hooked and went on to the University of academic support, technology assistance and a wide range of
Wisconsin-Madison to pursue an M.S. in soil science. office services. I also provide backup to the department head’s
One husband, two children and three states later, we moved administrative associate. In this large department there is a
to Omaha in 1995, and I began what has turned into a 20-year wide variety of opportunities, and I enjoy each new challenge.
working relationship and friendship with Rhae Drijber. Over the I love working in an academic environment and have been
years, we have done a lot of fun and interesting research into fortunate to do so for 16 years. My first position at UNL was at
the hidden world of soil microorganisms. I have truly enjoyed the South Central Research and Extension Center on the MARC
working with graduate students and visiting scientists from all near Clay Center in 2000. Working with that terrific group of
over the world. We added two children to our family here in people gave me a real appreciation for agricultural research
Nebraska, and I was able to begin work on my Ph.D. after the and the service extension provides to Nebraska.
youngest started school. It only took me eight years to finish! With four children and five grandchildren, I spend much of
We are happy to live in Nebraska, which has been a wonderful my personal time with family. Every summer I love having my
place for our kids to grow up. With an empty nest looming, I backyard garden to grow my own food as well as cooking and
should be able to put a little more effort into my flower and preserving our harvest. Every year we try to add new flowering
vegetable gardens and try some new recipes. I also look forward plants to the yard. My winter hours are spent reading, quilting
to traveling with my husband. and baking. And of course looking through seed catalogs.
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STUDENTS CLUBS
THE AGRONOMY CLUB HOSTS THE EMERITI BANQUET.
UNL TURF CLUB (BACK ROW) AND KSU TURF CLUB
AGRONOMY CLUB PAYS TRIBUTE TO ITS
HOLD INAUGURAL CORN-CAT CHALLENGE.
RANGE MANAGEMENT CLUB MEMBERS AND ADVISER, PROFESSOR WALT ROOTS WITH EMERITI BANQUET
SCHACHT (RIGHT) ATTEND THE SPRING APPRECIATION BANQUET.
“OUR ROOTS RUN DEEP” WAS THE THEME FOR THE UNL
TURF CLUB PROVIDES NETWORKING,
AGRONOMY CLUB, and it definitely paved the way for a
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
memorable year as the club grew to 70 members. As a way to
STUDENTS TURF CLUB IS A VENUE WHERE NEW TURF STUDENTS CAN say thank you to past professors, especially those who served as
GET GET TO KNOW OTHER STUDENTS WITHIN THE TURFGRASS Agronomy Club advisers, the club hosted an Emeriti Banquet.
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. The students begin to learn, on a After hearing the stories of the Emeriti members, club
INVOLVED small scale, the importance of developing their professional members clearly recognized that all of the hard work of past
network as upperclassmen share experiences of past internships professors and researchers has made a difference for students
and provide pointers for upcoming classes. and club members today. The Emeriti Banquet was a huge
This past year has been one of the club’s busiest years. success and will now become an annual tradition.
In January the club had a booth at the Nebraska Turfgrass Throughout the year, the Agronomy Club invited various
Conference. For students staffing the booth, it was a good employers to give presentations and inform members about the
RANGE MANAGEMENT CLUB
HORTICULTURE CLUB MEMBERS GROW AND SELL POINSETTIAS. opportunity to meet current professional turf managers. In industry and professionalism.
TRAVELS, COMPETES
addition, a poster was developed that showcased students’ One way that the Agronomy Club explored the agriculture
ONCE AGAIN, THE RANGE MANAGEMENT CLUB WAS BUSY diverse internship experiences over the past three years. industry firsthand was by attending the regional Students of
PLANT SALES ENABLE CLUB TO TRAVEL
with fundraising, annual meetings and social activities. The In February, 10 students traveled to Orlando, Florida, to Agronomy, Soils and Environmental Sciences conference in
spring semester started out with the final preparations for THE UNL HORTICULTURE CLUB’S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE participate in the Collegiate Turf Bowl Competition at the Golf Madison, Wisconsin. SASES attendees had a chance to see
the annual Society for Range Management meeting, which INTEREST AND FURTHER EDUCATION IN HORTICULTURE. We Course Superintendents Association Education Conference. how agriculture in Wisconsin differs from that in Nebraska.
was held in early February in Sacramento, California. The club accomplish this mission by providing learning experiences, both Four guest speakers from all aspects of the turf industry visited The conference consisted of speakers from the industry, four
members did eventually arrive at the meeting after several flight through industry tours and growing experience. with the club during the fall semester. We had the pleasure of different tours of Wisconsin agriculture and a banquet.
issues and winter weather troubles. The Undergraduate Range The club kept busy during the school year with plant sales hearing from Dan Parr of Midwest Turf and Irrigation, Larry
Management Exam team had several major successes. The each semester. Members worked together in the spring to raise Ryan of Ryan Lawn and Tree, Dr. Zac Reicher of Bayer and our
URME team took first place as a team, Jake Drozda placed third vegetables and bedding plants for our annual Spring Sale. The very own Dr. Roch Gaussoin of UNL.
overall, and a majority of the rest of the team placed in the top sale was a tremendous success, as we sold out of many plants The club had two fundraisers in the fall, including selling
25 percent. The UNL Range Management Club also participated halfway through the first day of the sale! The fall semester was mulligans at the Nebraska Turfgrass Association Golf
in the plant identification contest, undergraduate presentations, devoted to growing poinsettias that were sold at our Winter Tournament and card night at Wellington Greens. The card night
graduate presentations and extemporaneous speaking. Poinsettia Sale during Dead Week. A portion of the proceeds was also a networking social event as participants included a
Club members attended the Nebraska Section of the SRM raised from the pink poinsettias was donated to a Breast Cancer variety of turf industry professionals. The fundraisers, which help
meeting in North Platte during the early fall. The club had a Research Fund. support travel and social activities, are an important aspect of
successful fundraising auction, thanks to both the generous With the funds raised from our sales, we are able to travel the club.
AGRONOMY CLUB MEMBERS ATTEND
donors and the auction bidders. out of state every year over spring or fall break to tour different In October we challenged Kansas State University’s Turf Club THE SPRING APPRECIATION BANQUET.
The rest of the fall semester included preparing for the horticultural industries across the country. Last year over spring to a golf match at Hillcrest Country Club. We came up short this
Annual International Meeting for the SRM, a tour of the rare break we traveled to Denver, Colorado, where we toured an time, but we hope to bring the Corn-Cat Challenge trophy back The Crops Judging team attended three contests: Iowa State,
plant research at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and a few social aquaponics operation, Echter’s nursery, Tagawa nursery and to Lincoln this spring. Kansas State and the national competition in Moline, Illinois.
activities, such as the club’s annual Christmas party. the Denver Botanical Garden. We also spent some time looking To get to know each other outside of turf activities, we have Crops Judging captains are Neal Fulton, Cody McClellan and
The club finished out the semester with a tour of Bluestem at native flora along a foothills path and touring Hammond’s an intramural basketball team. It is nice to have a bond outside Charlie Blowers.
Valley Farms and an end-of-the-year potluck dinner. Candy Factory. of the things we do within the club. Our goal as a club is to Officers of the Agronomy Club are Amanda Vodvarka,
The Range Management Club would like to thank everyone Like UNL Horticulture Club on Facebook to keep up with utilize our resources to gain knowledge, expand our professional President; Travis Wallinger, Vice President; Allison Leising,
who helped and supported us in making this year such a important information about our sales. Mark your calendars networks and develop friendships. To learn more about us, Secretary; Brad Meusch, Treasurer; Cody Kuester, Assistant
success. We are looking forward to another great year! for our annual Spring Sale during the last week of April! follow @unlturfclub on Twitter. —Gustavo Rodriguez, Treasurer; and Kristin Albrecht, Social Media/Historian.
—Kyra Baldwin, UNL Range Management Club President —Kara Sousek, UNL Horticulture Club President UNL Turf Club President —Amanda Vodvarka, UNL Agronomy Club President
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STUDENTS GRADUATE
STUDENTS CLUBS & AWARDS
CLUB PROVIDES FUN, SUPPORT FOR
GRADUATE STUDENTS
THE AGRONOMY AND HORTICULTURE GRADUATE STUDENT
ASSOCIATION SERVES THE GRADUATE STUDENTS OF THE
DEPARTMENT by promoting student and faculty relations and AHGSA CLUB MEMBERS HOST
by offering activities and career development opportunities that THE SPRING APPRECIATION BANQUET.
are not otherwise available. Our organization meets monthly
for business meetings, student research presentations and for the top winners, and we organized a spring banquet for the
networking that is enjoyed with food. department. We finished the spring semester with a grill-out and
AHGSA strives to help students transition into graduate games on East Campus with grilled food items, sand volleyball
school. We offer a mentor program for all incoming students as and roasting marshmallows for s’mores!
well as an orientation and welcome event with the department During the summer we toured facilities and fields of multiple
in the fall and spring. companies in York. We also took a trip to a local apple orchard
We engage in many social and fundraising activities and pecan co-op. New this year, AHGSA volunteered to help pick
throughout the year. Many of the activities are themed Dr. Oscar Rodriguez’s sweet corn for the department to enjoy.
according to the season or holiday, such as a fall barbecue with Thank you for all of your support of the graduate students
a dessert contest, a Thanksgiving dinner get-together and a throughout the year, and we look forward to continued fun
winter white elephant gift exchange. Our association also held activities! —Leah Ruff, President; Sunil Kumar, Vice President;
a chili cook-off competition during a regular meeting with prizes James Han, Treasurer; and Kelsie Musil, Secretary
“
I have been able to
GRADUATE STUDENT AWARDS approach agronomic
problems from a
Jack Arterburn: David H. & Anne E. Ben Loseke: American Society for Enology Crops, WSSA Graduate Student Travel
Larrick Memorial Travel Fund, Irvin A. & & Viticulture Scholarship, Eastern Section Award, Second-place NCWSS National
”
Agnes E. Nelson Memorial Fellowship, Margarita Marroquin-Guzman: Hardin Weed Contest Overall Graduate Team, variety of perspectives.
Wildwood Trust Scholarship Graduate Distinguished Graduate Fellowship, Milton Third-place WSSA National Weed Contest MATT PEDERSEN SETS UP FLOATING
Travel Grant, Hutchinson Travel Grant E. Mohr Fellowship – Biotechnology Degree Overall Graduate Team LEAF ASSAYS TO EXAMINE FUNGICIDAL
EFFECT ON LEAF SENESCENCE.
Ethann Barnes: First-place North Central Program Recipient, UNL Spring Graduate Bradley Schick: Daniel T. Walters
Weed Science Society Graduate Student Research Fair Graduate Student Poster Graduate Student Travel Fund Award,
Poster – Agronomic Crops, Third-place Winner, 28th Fungal Genetics Conference Third-place ASA-CSSA-SSSA Robert F. DOCTORAL PROGRAM OFFERS
Weed Science Society of America Weed Eukaryotic Cell Outstanding Young Barnes Graduate Student Poster Contest –
Olympics Graduate Student Team Investigator, Agronomy and Agriculture Grazinglands Division multidisciplinary approach
Madhav Bhatta: Monsanto Beachell- Graduate Student Travel Grant Zachary Stewart: ASA-CSSA-SSSA Future
Borlaug International Scholarship Program Darrell Michael: Henry M. Beachell Leaders in Science Award, International
Christine Bielski: W.R. Chapline Fellowship Plant Nutrition Institute Scholar Award
Fellowship Joshua Miller: J. Artie & Arra Browning Kayla Tarr: Arthur W. Sampson Fellowship I’M A NATIVE NEBRASKAN, SO ATTENDING UNL AS AN research could improve turfgrass aesthetics as well as increase
Thomas Butts: First-place NCWSS Plant Medicine and Health Travel Award, Grace Troupe: Valuable Contributions to UNDERGRADUATE SEEMED NATURAL, but the opportunity yield of agronomic crops.
Graduate Student Poster – Equipment and North Central Extension-Industry Soil UNL Agronomy and Horticulture Graduate to work with world-class scientists kept me here for graduate Another research interest is examining nutraceuticals
Application Methods, Second-place NCWSS Fertility Conference Outstanding Student Association Award school too. The opportunity for multidisciplinary studies that and pharmaceuticals that can be obtained from plants and
National Weed Contest Overall Graduate Graduate Student Award, Farmers Rodrigo Werle: Milton E. Mohr Award – are meaningful at both local and global scales is one of the converted to industrial products to lower incidences of chronic
Team, Third-place WSSA National Weed Company National Fellowship Biotechnology Degree Program Recipient, reasons I am thrilled to work in the Department of Agronomy inflammation related to human disease. We have been
and Horticulture with Dr. Roch Gaussoin, who has served as a evaluating plant extracts in both animal and human cell
Contest Overall Graduate Team Matt Pedersen: North American Colleges Third-place WSSA Poster Contest, First-
co-adviser for my Ph.D. program along with Dr. Vicki Schlegel cultures and hope to move on to animal models soon.
Cody Creech: NCWSS Outstanding and Teachers of Agriculture Graduate place NCWSS Graduate Student Paper –
of the Food Science Department. With a bachelor’s degree An opportunity that has been very rewarding is teaching
Graduate Student 2015 Student Teaching Award of Merit, ARD- Weed Biology, Ecology and Management,
in biochemistry as a strong foundation, I have been able to the Life Sciences Fundamentals of Biology lab. While this
Kenneth Evans: Second-place ASA- IANR John & Louise Skala Fellowship First-place NCWSS Outstanding Paper
approach agronomic problems from a variety of perspectives. course is outside of Agronomy and Horticulture, it has helped
CSSA-SSSA Graduate Student Poster – Spencer Samuelson: Second-place Presentation, Second-place NCWSS
An exciting project I have been working on examines the me improve my teaching skills and given me the chance to
Environmental Quality NCWSS National Weed Contest Overall National Weed Contest Overall Individual,
ability of artificial respiration inhibitors to alleviate abiotic apply my research and training from this department in a
Graduate Team, Third-place WSSA National Second-place NCWSS National Weed
Katherine Frels: Henry M. Beachell stress in turfgrass. To do this we have evaluated respiration classroom setting.
Weed Contest Overall Graduate Team Contest Overall Graduate Team, Third-
Fellowship, Gerald O. Mott Award in isolated wheat mitochondria and explored new methods Working in Agronomy and Horticulture has been an incredible
Debalin Sarangi: WSSA Best Graduate place WSSA National Weed Contest
Feyera Liben: Widaman Distinguished of plant metabolomics. Now we are examining how reducing experience. As I approach the end of my degree program, I am
Student Poster, Second-place NCWSS Overall Graduate Team, UNL Dean’s
Graduate Fellowship Award mitochondrial respiration affects plant metabolism, hormones grateful for everything that I have been able to learn and do
Graduate Student Poster – Agronomic Fellowship, Third-place WSSA Outstanding
and gene expression in creeping bentgrass. The results of this here. —Matt Pedersen, doctoral student
Poster Presentation
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STUDENTS UNDERGRADUATE
WE ARE THE
Internships take
CHAMPIONS
GRADUATE NATIONAL THIRD-PLACE TEAM
(LEFT TO RIGHT) SPENCER SAMUELSON,
undergrad on fields
RODRIGO WERLE, COACH GREG KRUGER,
NEBRASKA WEED SCIENCE TEAM IS CROWNED TOMMY BUTTS AND DEBALIN SARANGI
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS AT WEEDOLYMPICS
UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS
across the Atlantic
1. National Level First-place Team: Brad
THE UNL UNDERGRADUATE WEED between the Northeastern, North Central,
Meusch, Jacob Nikodym, Bret Rausch
SCIENCE TEAM TOOK FIRST PLACE IN Southern and Western Weed Science
and Don Treptow
THE NATION at the 2015 National Societies. The purpose of this national
2. National Level Second-place
Weed Contest July 21. Hosted by the contest is to provide an educational
Individual: Meusch
Weed Science Society of America, the experience for students from universities
JEFF LENIHAN
3. WSWS First-place Team: Meusch,
national contest was held at The Ohio across the country to broaden their
Nikodym, Rausch and Treptow
State University at the Western applied skills in weed science as
Agricultural Research Station near they interact with one another, other 4. WSWS First-place Individual: Meusch
MY NAME IS JEFF LENIHAN, AND I AM A JUNIOR TURFGRASS based manufacturer, and GT Air Inject, a Jacksonville-based South Charleston, Ohio. researchers and industry professionals. 5. WSWS Third-place Individual: Treptow
& LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT STUDENT. UNL has provided aeration company, to deliver innovative turf care machinery UNL Weed Science, represented by 26 Nearly 250 graduate and 6. WSWS Third-place Team: Cale Pallas,
me numerous opportunities to grow on both an individual to greenkeepers and groundsmen around the world. graduate and undergraduate students, undergraduate students from 25 Colton Craig, Frederico Guimaraes and
and professional level. I have been able to work and travel As an intern with Campey Turf Care, I traveled all over had a successful showing, bringing home universities in the United States and Luis Andre Tobias
in 10 different European countries, meet hundreds of Europe, including Finland, Denmark, Germany, Holland, 13 total awards—the most ever by Canada participated. Awards were given
professionals in my industry and become a Turf Club officer, Hungary, Scotland and Ireland. At each stop, we showed a university. at the national level and at each regional GRADUATE AWARDS
all while pursuing a degree and career that I enjoy. turf industry professionals a wide range of products and Members of the national championship weed science society level. The contest 7. National Level Third-place Team:
explained the benefits they provide. These products include undergraduate team were agronomy included five events: Weed Identification, Spencer Samuelson, Rodrigo Werle,
“UNL has provided me numerous the Imants Shockwave, Koro Field Top Maker and the Air2G2. majors Brad Meusch and Jacob Nikodym Unknown Herbicide Symptoms Tommy Butts and Debalin Sarangi
TurfNet.com also allowed me to write a blog about my and former agronomy undergraduates Identification, Written Calibration, 8. NCWSS Second-place Team:
opportunities to grow on both an summer—Jeff Lenihan: Pitch Prep in the UK 2015. Bret Rausch, who now works for Green Farmers Problem Solving and Team Samuelson, Werle, Butts and Sarangi
On these trips, we took time to look at many famous Cover Seed, and Don Treptow, an Spray Calibration. 9. NCWSS Second-place Individual: Werle
individual and professional level.” venues. I talked with the groundsmen at Manchester United, agronomy graduate student. The team Coaches for the team were Greg
10. NCWSS First Individual Weed
Arsenal, the Old Course at St. Andrews and Wimbledon. I was recognized Feb. 8 at the WSSA Kruger, cropping systems specialist, and
Identification: Sarangi
met many great people in the turf grass industry, and I got annual meetings in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Lowell Sandell, former weed management
11. WSWS Second-place Team: Bruno
In the summer of 2014, I had the opportunity to intern to see the big differences between what they do in Europe Meusch was the runner-up individual extension educator. Josh Miller, Doctor
Vieira, Josh Miller, Parminder Chahal
at Columbus Crew SC, the Major League Soccer team in and what is done here in the United States. Because of the champion. The team and Meusch also of Plant Health and Ph.D. candidate, and
and Zahoor Ganie
Columbus, Ohio. From the connections I made at that job, people I met during that internship, I will be heading back took first at the regional society level. Werle, agronomy doctoral student, also
12. WSWS Third-place Team: Ethann
I was able to secure an internship abroad last summer overseas to intern at Arsenal FC’s training ground in London The UNL graduate team of Spencer taught a weed science contest prep course
Barnes, Guilherme Alves, Matt Nelson
with Campey Turf Care, an England-based turf machinery next summer. Samuelson, Rodrigo Werle, Tommy Butts for students interested in competing.
and Maxwell Oliveira
company. They have partnered with Imants, a Netherlands- —Jeff Lenihan, turfgrass & landscape management major and Debalin Sarangi took third place at Miller and graduate student Butts are
the national level and second place at the teaching the one-credit course again this 13. WSWS Third-place Individual: Oliveira
regional society level. spring semester.
The National Weed Contest
(WeedOlympics) is a joint activity
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT AWARDS
Sam Foltz: Named to UNL Franco’s List Weed Science Contest Team Champion, North Central Weed Science Society
Erin Kinley: Longwood Graduate Second-place WSSA Collegiate Weed Undergraduate Student Poster
Program in Public Horticulture Science Contest Overall Individual, First- Cale Pallas: Western Seed Association
Scholars Award place Western Society of Weed Science National Scholarship
Undergraduate Team, First-place WSWS
Melinda Knuth: College of Agricultural Alex Peyton: First-place 3-2-1 Quick Pitch
Sciences and Natural Resources Undergraduate Overall Individual – UNL Center for Entrepreneurship
Spirit Award Jaclyn Nelson: National Floral Bret Rausch: WSSA National Collegiate
Dylan Mangel: Western Seed Endowment Scholarship Weed Science Contest Team Champion
Association National Scholarship Jacob Nikodym: WSSA National Don Treptow: WSSA National Collegiate
Brad Meusch: Martin Massengale Collegiate Weed Science Contest Weed Science Contest Team Champion
Outstanding Senior Award, Weed Science Team Champion Milos Zaric: First-place NCWSS
Society of America National Collegiate Andjela Obradovic: Second-place Undergraduate Student Poster
UNDERGRADUATE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM (LEFT TO RIGHT)
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DOCTORAL PROGRAM PLANT HEALTH
IT STARTS WITH TECHNOLOGY.
BUT, TO MAKE THE RIGHT ON-THE-GROUND DECISIONS,
YOU NEED A WHOLE OTHER LEVEL OF EXPERTISE
ABOVE: DPH STUDENTS, SALVADOR RAMIREZ (FROM LEFT),
JUSTIN MCMECHAN AND DEREK PRUITT, INSPECT SOIL
STRUCTURE IN CORN. TOP RIGHT AND DOWN: RAMIREZ
IMPROVES HIS PHOTOGRAPHY SKILLS. STUDENTS TAKE A TOUR TO BRING IT ALL TOGETHER.
OF THE SYNGENTA SEED PLANT IN WATERLOO, IOWA. DPH
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opportunities with our DPH
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Coors), and the remaining two have found excellent opportunities.
AGRICULTURE HAS BEEN CHANGING DRAMATICALLY One formerly worked at the Borlaug Institute of International
IN RECENT YEARS, AND THIS RATE OF CHANGE IS LIKELY Ag and now works as Deputy Chief of Party for the International
TO ESCALATE. While the full range of these changes is Fertilizer Development Center in Ghana, and the other is an
unpredictable, it is clear that the future of agricultural production arborist with New York City Parks. Some of these positions were
will increasingly be centered on the application of advanced created specifically for the graduates after their employers
FROM THE GROUND UP.
knowledge in the field to improve production efficiency and experienced their capabilities during an internship.
yields and enhance sustainability. The Doctor of Plant Health With the success of our graduates, we are looking to attract
program is a professional doctoral-level program that focuses more students to expand our program. We are very interested
on providing interdisciplinary training across all aspects of in creating partnerships with agribusiness throughout Nebraska
plant health. The Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, and the country to develop educational opportunities to build
along with the Entomology and Plant Pathology Departments and their applied science capacity for the future of agriculture.
the School of Natural Resources, is an integral part of the DPH The DPH program provides a dramatically different model for
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UNL EXTENSION MASTER GARDENERS TO BE
OR
HELP HOST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
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(from 39 states, two Canadian provinces
and South Korea) partook in more than
70 learning sessions, including both
traditional classroom style and hands-
on workshops, three keynote sessions AT THE BENCH
(presented by J. Schwanke, Mark Hirsch
and Gary Oppenheimer) and 10 fantastic
tours (two of which highlighted the states
THE BIENNIAL INTERNATIONAL of Nebraska and Iowa).
MASTER GARDENER CONFERENCE Nebraska and Iowa were fortunate to recognize outstanding EMG projects in
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University and University of Nebraska- committees—food, tours, silent auction, Audiences, (5) Research, (6) Workshop or iller, U
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an opportunity for Extension Master Nebraska and Preston Stuart from Iowa their projects on the national EMG blog
Gardeners, faculty and staff to come kept all the committees organized and at blogs.extension.org/mastergardener.
together to participate in learning the conference running smoothly. —Terri James, UNL Extension Master LIKE MANY SCIENTISTS AT A SIMILAR CAREER STAGE, University of Arizona, where he worked on maize seed functional
sessions, tours, keynote presentations and One other feature of the IMGC is the Gardeners Coordinator, Nebraska ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DAVID HOLDING HAS UNDERGONE genomics. Along with characterizing new genes controlling
a lot of collaboration. Just over 800 EMGs Search for Excellence Awards, which Extension Assistant SIGNIFICANT CHANGES in the short years of his assistant the development of the seed endosperm, he identified genes
professorship. Perhaps one of the most significant, according to controlling the high lysine trait in Quality Protein Maize.
Holding, is the transition from spending most of his time doing Understanding and utilizing Quality Protein Maize continues
experiments at the bench—as one does as a graduate student, to be a main focus for Holding at UNL, and his group is
postdoc and new independent investigator—to spending the currently breeding this trait into commercial popcorn varieties.
majority of his time directing the research while advancing as a Maize seed functional genomics is also a central theme, and his
teacher and valued citizen of the department, IANR, CASNR and group is advancing mutant populations generated in maize and
the wider community. Now, his own postdocs, graduate students sorghum, both for creating new varieties with improved protein
and undergraduates with their diverse skills, creativity and
enthusiasm are his “research hands.” As a team, they push
forward in their quest for advancement of basic and applied
“SEEING ONE’S STUDENTS DEVELOP
scientific knowledge. This shift in roles is not without its
challenges, Holding said, but seeing one’s students develop
AND BEGIN TO SHARE THE PASSION
and begin to share the passion for scientific creativity is
truly satisfying.
FOR SCIENTIFIC CREATIVITY IS
From the first days as an undergraduate researcher, as the
first one to isolate and observe the protein products encoded by
TRULY SATISFYING.”
the small, extra nuclear mitochondrial genome of Arabidopsis
thaliana, Holding has been hooked on learning new things
about what builds a plant. During his Ph.D. at King’s College
Contact one of our
London, Holding characterized several Arabidopsis mutants
landscape professionals that increased the understanding of the development of roots, quality (and digestibility in the case of sorghum) and as a more
now to get a jump start leaves and chloroplasts. During a postdoc at UC Riverside, he general seed functional genomics resource for themselves and
continued focusing on Arabidopsis mutants that shed light on the wider field. Holding and his group are pioneering new ways
on Mother Nature!
how plants form their vascular system and how the endosperm to rapidly map and identify the causative gene in these mutants.
of the seed forms. During this time, he became interested in Even though Holding still has a very hands-on approach in the
functional genomics—casting the net wider to try to understand field and greenhouse to advance these populations and “think
5625 Pine Lake Rd how genes from the whole genome function together. like a geneticist,” he is happy to leave most of the wet bench
402.423.4556 When Holding felt a need to steer his skills and interests and bioinformatics work to his team. —David Holding, Plant
to a more applied system, he took a second postdoc at the Molecular Genetics
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RESEARCH RANGELAND ECOLOGY RESEARCH NUTRIENT CYCLING
RESEARCHERS SEEK TO UNDERSTAND
How Grazing Strategies Affect Nutrient Cycling
NEW SOLUTIONS
RANGELANDS ARE LOW-INPUT beetles, which are important drivers of
SYSTEMS (E.G., NO FERTILIZERS, NO dung decomposition rates and carbon
THE RESEARCH, FUNDED BY THE
IRRIGATION) WHERE MANAGEMENT and nitrogen cycling, are common in the
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD
OF GRAZING AND FIRE DISTURBANCE Sandhills, but their distribution appears AND AGRICULTURE’S AGRICULTURE
sustainability BECOMES CRITICAL to system to be sensitive to livestock and rangeland AND FOOD RESEARCH INITIATIVE,
for the productivity, sustainability and resilience. management practices. ADDRESSES THE FOLLOWING
Grazing strategies are designed to target The overall goal of the project is to SPECIFIC QUESTIONS:
the spatial and temporal utilization of contribute to the understanding of how
• What are the effects of
of rangelands rangelands by regulating defoliation grazing strategies influence the nature grazing strategies on the
frequency and intensity. In addition to and fate of the nutrient pulse at both
amount and composition
plant defoliation, grazing induces pulses the micro and macro (pasture) scales in
of nutrients returned to
of energy and nutrients through trampling rangelands. Research results will advance the system?
of vegetation and litter, deposition of dung knowledge of how spatial and temporal
• How do grazing strategies
and urine, and root exudation. patterns of nutrient return associated with
impact the temporal and
INTERACTIONS AMONG CLIMATE, VEGETATION, FIRE, A multidisciplinary team of scientists different grazing strategies can influence
spatial distribution of the
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that simplification has led to “slow” changes that threaten omm ranchers in the Nebraska Sandhills. Dung Walter Schacht, Rangeland Ecology
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are directly associated with the simplification of fire.
Dirac Twidwell, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
SEBASTIAN ELBAUM (FROM LEFT), DIRAC TWIDWELL AND
assistant professor and rangeland ecologist, is part of a CARRICK DETWEILER HAVE DEVELOPED A NEW PATENT FOR COPRIS FRICATOR
group of scientists working around the globe to understand SETTING RANGE FIRES WITH SMALL DRONES. (DUNG BEETLE)
the consequences of woody plant conversions of grasslands
and to provide new solutions to this challenge. To bridge science and practice, Twidwell’s lab has
Illustration by Lana Koepke Johnson
In Nebraska, Eastern redcedar, a fire sensitive tree that developed the mechanistic basis for how fire limits Eastern
was rare historically because of frequent occurrences redcedar spread. They are also incorporating models from
of fire, was listed in 2014 by the Nebraska Conservation fire science to propose new ways of designing landscapes,
Roundtable as the biggest threat to conservation in controlling fires and reducing risks to people and property.
the state. UNL’s research, and the research of others, This has led to interesting collaborations with faculty in
demonstrates that Eastern redcedar is responsible for Computer Science and the School of Natural Resources.
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