Congratulations to the 2020 winners of awards from the American Peanut Research and Education Society. APRES held its 52nd annual meeting online earlier this month.
Tim Grey, University of Georgia, was named a Fellow of the Society.
Kelly Chamberlin, USDA-ARS, won the Coyt T. Wilson Distinguished Service Award.
Ye Chu, University of Georgia, took the Corteva™Agriscience Award for Excellence in Research.
Corley Holbrook, USDA-ARS, was chosen for the Corteva™Agriscience Award for Excellence in Education.
The Bailey Award for the best paper went to Scott Tubbs of the University of Georgia for “Timing of Termination for Supplemental Replanted Peanut to Maximize Yield and Grade” which he authored with Scott Monfort.
University of Georgia students swept the Joe Sugg Award Graduate Student Competition, sponsored by North Carolina Peanut Growers Association with:
- Chandler Levinson, University of Georgia, First Place
- Kayla Eason, University of Georgia, Second Place
- Nick Hurdle, University of Georgia, Third Place
National Peanut Board Graduate Student Poster Contest was won by:
- Pin-Chu Lai, University of Georgia, First Place
- Ben Aiger, University of Georgia, Second Place
- Y-C Tsai, University of Georgia, Honorable Mention