UGA Crop & Soil Sciences

Professor Timothy Grey was named SWSS Fellow by the Southern W**d Science Society (SWSS). This award is the highest honor the Society presents and recognizes those members who have made significant contributions to the Southern W**d Science Society and advances in the discipline of w**d science in the SWSS region.
Congratulations, Dr. Grey!

Big shoutout to our CRSS students for showing out at the IIPA 2026 Retreat 👏

Congrats to Amrinder Jahkar, Binita Ghimire, Sara Maktabi, and Polycarpe Mizero on their wins in the poster and 3MT competitions. We are proud to see y’all representing Crop & Soil Sciences so well. 🌱

UGA Crop & Soil Sciences at the Southern Cover Crops Conference in Gainesville, Florida. Kamana earned 1st place and Himani earned 2nd place in the M.S. poster session. Great work representing UGA! 🌱👏

Pictured left to right: Dr. Nick Basinger, Kamana Pilania, Himani Ahlawat, and Priscilla Campos.

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Congratulations to Matteo Listuzzi, master’s student in UGA Crop & Soil Sciences (Tifton campus), for earning first place in the Student Poster Competition at the 2026 ASABE Agricultural Equipment
Technology Conference in Louisville, Kentucky.

Under the mentorship of Dr. Wesley Porter, his research focuses on advanced precision planting systems in corn and peanuts. 🌽🌱

Happy National Ag Day. We are thankful today that we are growing tomorrow!

Congratulations to our Crop and Soil Sciences students who represented UGA at the 2026 Beltwide Cotton Conferences and brought home awards for their outstanding research. We’re proud to see their hard work recognized!🌱🐾

March is National Peanut Month, and peanuts are a big focus for the UGA CRSS department! Featured, is Nino Brown, assistant professor of peanut breeding. His work is towards developing improved peanut varieties for growers in Georgia and beyond.🥜🌾

Congratulations to Dr. Wayne Parrott, a Distinguished Research Professor in UGA Crop & Soil Sciences, on being named a University

Professor! With nearly 40 years of teaching in plant breeding and genetics, Dr. Parrott’s dedication has left an impact in the university community. 🌎🌱

Read more about this well-deserved honor: https://news.uga.edu

Congratulations to Racheal Omoboyejo on her first place win in the poster competition at the 2026 Southeast Regional Fruit and Vegetable Conference. Omoboyejo’s poster was titled “The Impacts of Solarization and Biofumigation on Burkholderia Populations in Soil.” We are so proud of you!