Clemson Scientists honored for Nationwide Research Project

Two Clemson University scientists are part of a research team that has garnered a national excellence award for its work helping commercial greenhouses and nurseries better manage water use for ornamental crop production. The Clemson University Media Relations Department reports that Clemson University research assistant professor John Majsztrik and associate professor of horticulture and nursery Extension specialist Sarah White are part of the scientific team from 21 land-grant universities that was honored with this year’s Experiment Station Section Excellence in Multistate Research Award during the annual meeting of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities in Washington, D.C. The Experiment Station Section Excellence in Multistate Research Award is awarded annually by the Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy to recognize scientists conducting exemplary multistate activities. Dubbed “Water Management and Quality for Ornamental Crop Production and Health,” the project focuses on five components: source water management and quality, irrigation management, runoff water management and quality, substrate and nutrition management and pathogens, and crop health management. Read more online at www.clemson.edu.