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Faculty, staff and students honored with 2025 University Spring Awards

Dean Holt congratulates Erika Hwang

College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences honors students, faculty and staff during annual awards

Cotton field at the Clemson University Pee Dee Research and Education Center in Florence, South Carolina.

Adaptable roots, better cotton: How root traits improve yields

Aerial view of the turfgrass fields at the Clemson University Pee Dee Research and Education Center in Florence, South Carolina.

Pee Dee REC announces Turfgrass Field Day

Field of green alfalfa at Clemson University's Edisto Research and Education Center in Blackville, South Carolina.

Climate-Smart practices for forage-livestock systems

Erick Bousman and Ryan Oliver of Greenville, South Carolina.

Clemson student ignites collaboration using art to teach about water science

Dil Thavarajah

Researcher aims to develop chickpeas as winter cash crop in Southeast

Barbara Smith, Clemson Extension senior horticulture agent, is shown with a phalaenopsis orchid and a florist cyclamen, two plants that can bring holiday cheer to a home.

Decorate for the holidays with flowers and greenery

David Robb, farm manager, talks with TOPP participants about research conducted at Clemson's Organic Research Center.

Clemson aims to ease organic transition for South Carolina farmers through USDA agreement

Learn about insects and other common pests of citrus trees grown in South Carolina during the 2024 Southeastern Citrus Expo, Nov. 22-23, in Charleston, South Carolina.

2024 Southeastern Citrus Expo comes to Charleston

The 2022 Clemson Cooperative Extension Service Turf School will be held from 1-2 p.m. EST, Jan. 31-Feb. 4, via Zoom.

Multi-state study offers recommendations for keeping bermudagrass greener all season

The South Carolina Botanical Garden fall plant sale is online this year with scheduled curbside contactless pick up.

South Carolina Botanical Garden to host 2024 Fall Plant Sale on Oct. 4-5

Clemson Extension TEACH Center opens at Citadel Mall

Wonkeun “John” Park, senior scientist at the Pee Dee REC, is leading research to determine if sesame can be a profitable alternative summer crop in South Carolina.

Clemson Pee Dee REC Field Day highlights challenges and innovations in South Carolina agriculture

College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences adds 30 new faculty

A team of researchers led by Clemson professor Dil Thavarajah is studying to develop organic pulse cultivars suitable for the Southern climate, especially South Carolina and North Carolina organic production systems.

Clemson announces 2024-25 Going Organic webinar series

Stem it Up² participants work in Michelle Wheeler's fields at River Bend Blooms in Allen County, Kentucky as part of the STEM-it Up program for teachers. (Photo taken by Kyleigh C. Hilburn, doctoral student at the University of Florida.)

Transforming plant science education

College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences recognizes tenured, promoted faculty

Grain sorghum is shown in a field at Clemson's Pee Dee research station.

Agronomic research on display at 2024 Clemson Pee Dee REC Field Day

Sruthi Narayanan

Uncovering the roots of climate-resilient cotton

Cups of soil in a machine about to be tested.

Clemson Ag Service Lab announces fee increase

Corn and soybeans planted at Clemson's Edisto REC.

Clemson 2024 Corn and Soybean Field Day set for July 25

Stormwater ponds are designed to receive water and mitigate flooding.

Clemson Extension offers stormwater pond preparation tips

Alex Coleman, Clemson Extension Small Grains and Sorghum specialist, is studying to determine how Double Team technology controls stubborn grass weeds like Texas panicum in grain sorghum.

Clemson small grains specialist studies new sorghum technology for weed control

The 2024 Clemson University Watermelon Field Day is slated for July 11 at the Edisto REC in Blackville, South Carolina.

Clemson Extension Watermelon Field Day features research, technology and trade show

Sonia Salaria prepares dishes featuring lentils.

Clemson students write cookbook to help fight ‘hidden hunger’

Salman Naveed is one of two Clemson doctoral students participating in a cotton research project at the Pee Dee REC.

Clemson, USDA scientists research to help boost cotton production

FLORENCE, S.C. – Poa-annua control, controlling spring dead spot in ultradwarf bermudagrass putting green turf and information about new fungicide combinations are just a few of the topics that will be covered during the Clemson University Pee Dee Research and Education Center (REC) Field Day on April 30. Registration begins at 8 a.m. at the Pee Dee REC Pavilion, 2200 Pocket Road, Darlington, South Carolina 29532. The field day begins with participants taking a walking tour of turfgrass experiments at 8:30 a.m. Please wear comfortable walking shoes. Trial areas will be grouped according to station number, with smaller sub-stations covered within each grouping. Presenters include Joseph Roberts, assistant professor of turfgrass pathology and nematology, and Clemson Cooperative Extension Service specialist. Adam Gore, Clemson Extension horticulture agent, will also present. Field day topics covered at each station include: 1. Understanding Post-Emergence Applications for Poa annua Control 2. Fungicide Efficacy Trials for Controlling Spring Dead Spot Disease in Ultradwarf Bermudagrass Putting Green Turf 3. Understanding Spring Herbicide and Fertilizer Applications for Zoysiagrass Landscape Turf 4. New Fungicide Combinations for Foliar Diseases on Ultradwarf Putting Green Turf 5. Evaluation of New Fungicide Combinations for Large Patch in St. Augustinegrass Landscape Turf 6. Year-Round Fungicide and Nematicide Programming for Ultradwarf Bermudagrass Putting Green Performance This event is expected to end at 11:30 a.m. Pesticide credits, including three Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for Category 3 – Turf for South Carolina and three CEUs Category L, N, D and X for North Carolina, will be offered. Contact Joseph Roberts, jar7@clemson.edu, for information. The Pee Dee REC is located in both Darlington and Florence counties.

Pee Dee REC announces Turfgrass Field Day

Floating wetlands bring beauty, benefits to South Carolina ponds

The 2024 South Carolina Botanical Garden plant sales feature a large selection of plants, including hard-to-find native species, seasonal annuals and vegetable transplants. Other features include culinary herbs, bog plants, herbaceous perennials, native ferns, flowering shrubs, ornamental grasses, and flowering, fruit and shade trees.

South Carolina Botanical Garden 2024 Spring Plant Sales are April 5, 6 and 20

South Carolina farmers with grazing livestock are needed for a Clemson University forages study..

South Carolina fescue farmers needed for climate-smart agriculture study

Soil tests are conducted on McWhorter Stadium to get the turf ready for softball season.

Clemson Ag Service Lab promotes game-winning turf for athletic programs

Patricia Wooden, Niko Artley, Michael Ferro and other members of the Clemson University Entomology Club put together miniature museums of insects native to South Carolina to teach public school students the importance of protect ing insects.

Miniature museums show how bugs are ‘cool’

A team of researchers led by Clemson professor Dil Thavarajah is studying to develop organic pulse cultivars suitable for the Southern climate, especially South Carolina and North Carolina organic production systems.

Clemson announces dates/topics for 2024 ‘Going Organic’ webinar series

Doctoral graduate is greeted by college leadership on stage

‘A great place for lifelong learning’

Clemson scientists Michael Caterino, Ernesto Recuero and Patricia Wooden search for arthropods in soil collected in the Appalachian Mountains.

Uncovering arthropods living on Appalachian Mountain sky islands