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IMAGE: In Tennessee, garden centers were designated essential businesses at the beginning of the COVID-19 response, and UT Department of Plant Sciences faculty worked to provide direction for their operators. view more
Credit: Photo courtesy of David Bates, owner of Bates Nursery and Garden Center in Nashville.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Two University of Tennessee Department of Plant Sciences faculty earned the Blue Ribbon Extension Communication Award from the Southern Region of the American Society for Horticultural Science for their publication
Operation of a Garden Center During the COVID-19 Pandemic. The project was led by Amy Fulcher, an associate professor and Extension specialist, and supported by several colleagues across the UT Institute of Agriculture, including Annette Wszelaki, plant sciences professor and Extension specialist; Megan Leffew, Center for Profitable Agriculture Extension specialist; and Margarita Velandia, professor and Extension speciali
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IMAGE: Scott Senseman, head of the University of Tennessee Department of Plant Sciences, has been named a Fellow of the Weed Science Society of America. Senseman has served the UT Institute. view more
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Scott Senseman, professor and head of the University of Tennessee Department of Plant Sciences, has been named a Fellow of the Weed Science Society of America. The WSSA provides science-based information to the public and policymakers and fosters awareness of weeds and their tremendous impacts on managed and natural ecosystems.
Senseman equates the highest honor given by the society as being a member of its hall of fame, and he emphasizes the importance of the work performed by WSSA members. There are forces working against cropping systems, such as pathogens, insects and weeds. Weeds, of the three, pose the highest competitive disadvantage to crops. It is difficult to have a profitable yield with a weed infestati