Category: Pee Dee Research & Education Center

A diverse group of speakers is scheduled to present during the 2026 Clemson University ENT/PES Spring Seminar Series.

The South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics (GSSM) presented the 2025 Randall M. LaCross Distinguished Research Leadership Award to Sachin Rustgi, associate professor of molecular breeding at the Clemson University Pee Dee Research and Education Center during GSSM’s 37th Annual Research Colloquium on Nov. 21. Rutsgi also serves as a faculty scholar at […]

Everyone is welcome to come learn about insects during the Fall 2025 Entomology 8090 lecture series. The seminars will be given on campus in Room G100 of the Biosystems Research Complex. Zoom links will be available for all in-person presentations. The Sept. 12 presentation will just be available via Microsoft Teams. Series speakers and meeting […]

Each spring, students in Christopher Saski’s Introduction to Plant Breeding classes, Plant and Environmental Sciences (PES) 4050 and PES 6050, are treated to guest lecturers who showcase their programs to connect the fundamentals with applications. As the final guest lecturer for this spring, Dil Thavarajah invited the students to visit her organic pulse breeding trial […]

Sachin Rustgi directs the molecular breeding program at Clemson University’s Pee Dee Research and Education Center in Florence, South Carolina, where his work in the Advanced Plant Technology Program seeks to improve the nutritional profile of small grains and legumes. Rustgi’s small grains and legumes research targets antinutritional elements. His team is developing peanut and […]

Jeremy Greene from the Edisto Research & Education Center received the Distinguished Achievement Award in Extension from the Southeastern Branch of the Entomological Society of America. Additionally, Francis Reay-Jones from the Pee Dee Research & Education Center received the Southeastern Branch Award for Excellence in Integrated Pest Management. Congratulations to Jeremy and Francis! Distinguished Achievement […]