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Source: Anita Dille, 785-532-7240, dieleman@k-state.edu
News release prepared by: Katie Starzec, 785-532-7105, kstarzec@k-state.edu

Friday, Dec. 19, 2008

K-STATE WEED SCIENCE GRADUATE STUDENTS EARNS AWARDS

MANHATTAN -- Weed science graduate students in the department of agronomy at Kansas State University won several awards at the recent North Central Weed Science Society annual meeting in Indianapolis.

In the graduate student paper and poster contests, John Frihauf, doctoral student in agronomy, Manhattan, placed second with his oral presentation "Winter wheat response and weed control efficacy of saflufenacil applied with growth regulator herbicides." The presentation was co-authored by Phillip Stahlman, professor, and Patrick Geier, assistant scientist, at the K-State Agricultural Research Center-Hays.

Justin Petrosino, master's student in agronomy, Sandusky, Ohio, placed first with his poster "Palmer amaranth and downy brome emergence and growth impacted by forage soybean cover crop." The poster was co-authored by agronomy faculty Anita Dille, associate professor; Kraig Roozeboom, assistant professor; and Mark Claassen, professor. Petrosino also was elected chair of the Graduate Student Organization of the North Central Weed Science Society.