Category: Plant and Environmental Sciences

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

The Carolinas Golf Course Superintendents Conference once again brought together turfgrass managers, industry professionals and students for a week of education, networking and competition. Held in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, the annual event focused on modern challenges facing the turfgrass industry, offering strategies and insights from leading experts. A team of four Clemson University turfgrass […]

After three years of groundbreaking research that reveals how South Carolina farmers can significantly reduce fertilizer costs through conservation practices, Clemson University Extension Soil Fertility Specialist Bhupinder Farmaha is turning to the state’s agricultural community to help set research priorities for the coming years. Farmaha is planning soil fertility research and Extension programming across South […]

Clemson University students are carrying forward the mission of the Tiger Gardens: Pulse Cookbook, adding new recipes and fresh perspectives to help combat the global issue of “hidden hunger.” Hidden hunger—nutrient deficiencies that can affect people even when food is plentiful—remains a challenge worldwide. To address this, students in Clemson’s Pulse Quality and Nutritional Breeding […]

Students in Clemson University’s HORT 1010, Introduction to Horticulture class, are learning from various professors and staff how they can apply their horticulture knowledge in the real world.

Clemson College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences (CAFLS) master’s and doctoral students learned valuable communication skills by participating in the 2025 CAFLS Graduate Research Symposium. This event was held at the Edisto Research and Education Center (REC) near Blackville, South Carolina, and consisted of 3-minute thesis and poster competitions related to each participating student’s […]

Join us for a seminar hosted by the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences featuring Paul De Barro, senior principal research scientist, CSIRO – Australia’s National Science Agency. In the world of science and innovation, few individuals embody the journey from idea to impact as profoundly as De Barro. With nearly 30 years of experience […]

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 […]

Sruthi Narayanan, associate professor of crop ecophysiology in the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, was named Junior Researcher of the Year during the 2025 Clemson University Research Symposium on May 7. Narayanan’s research aims to unravel the resilience mechanisms agronomic crops use to manage abiotic stress from heat, drought and other climate conditions. This […]

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 […]