MSU symposium on global change
Michigan State University presented a symposium on Global Change and Agroecosystems and a Colloquium on Sustainable Food Systems in Developing Countries, and Karen Garrett was pleased to participate.
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New paper about fire, weather and rust in tallgrass prairie
Fire is common in tallgrass prairie, but in this study at Konza Prairie Biological Station rust infection is still reduced by it. Dendy, S. P., B. Tong, H. A. Alexander, P. A. Fay, L. Murray, Y. Xing, and K. A. Garrett. 2017. A long-term study of burning effects on a plant pathogen in tallgrass prairie. Plant Pathology 66:1308-1317. [link]
Meeting with Gaiser Lab
Robin Choudhury and Karen Garrett met with the Gaiser Lab (Florida International University) at Archbold Biological Station, to discuss diatom ecology and ecological networks.
Society of Young Network Scientists
Congratulations to Ravin Poudel, selected as a participant in the recent Symposium of the Society of Young Network Scientists!
Borlaug Summer Institute
Congrats to James Fulton for being selected to participate in the Borlaug Summer Institute on Global Food Security!