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Sachin Rustgi and Guatam Saripalli use facilities at the Clemson Pee Dee REC in Florence, South Carolina, to compare gluten-free products to the gluten-containing counterparts.

‘Gluten-free’ foods may not be all that healthy

Cotton

Clemson announces 2025 South Carolina Cotton Growers Meeting

Rain from Hurricane Helene is expected to soak the soil and make the delicate round cotton bolls droop and dangle from the plant such as is seen in this picture.

Hurricane Helene’s effects on South Carolina crops

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

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

Cotton grown in Clemson University greenhouses leads scientists to discover root traits in Upland cotton that can significantly enhance water use efficiency.

Uncovering the roots of climate-resilient cotton

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

Dever brings passion for land-grant mission to lead role at Pee Dee REC

Economic considerations, sustainability issues, technology and connectivity, and fruit and vegetable opportunities are on the agenda for the 2024 South Carolina Agriculture Technology and Business Forum, March 20 in West Columbia, South Carolina.

South Carolina Agriculture Technology and Business Forum coming to West Columbia

Clemson researcher Trevor Rife trains Nepal Farmers on how to use the PhenoApp to record field observations needed for phenotypic data.

Clemson scientists work with global partners to develop climate-resilient cereal crops

A man in an orange hat stands on the edge of a large cotton field.

Clemson, Cotton Incorporated work to develop designer cottonseed

An aerial view of Clemson's football field with full stands during the daytime.

Land-grant university scientists make turfgrass safer, more environmentally-friendly

Clemson Extension offers Basics of Beekeeping Hybrid Course

Clemson researchers provide information to help keep corn top commodity in South Carolina

Watermelon slices arrayed on a table.

Best and brightest in plant breeding meet to fight volatile crop growing conditions

Clemson Pee Dee REC announces Field Day

Clemson graduate student Zachary Jones and Clemson molecular breeder Sachin Rustgi are studying to develop less-immunogenic wheat varieties.

Clemson researchers work to develop less-immunogenic wheat varieties for gluten-sensitive consumers

Clemson researchers are looking at how regulating certain genes can transform cotton from a perennial plant to an annual plant.

Clemson researchers tweak cotton genes to improve productivity

Joseph Roberts, turfgrass pathologist and Clemson Extension nematology specialist, talks about turfgrass research conducted at the Pee Dee REC.

Clemson Turfgrass Field Day highlights diseases, insects, weeds and other pests

Field of cotton

State reduces boll weevil eradication acreage assessment to save farmers money

A group of people pose for a photo at the Researcher of the Year award ceremony.

Srikanth Pilla, Richard Boyles named Researchers of the Year

Participants in the Clemson University Small Grains Field Day at the Pee Dee REC learned how to control scab on wheat.

Farmers learn about cereal grains during Clemson Small Grains Field Day

Wheat growing in greenhouse at Clemson Pee Dee REC.

Clemson Turfgrass and Small Grains Field Days at Pee Dee REC

Musser Fruit Research Center peach trees in bloom.

Clemson researchers help provide easier access to specialty crop big data

Cool season forages

Clemson Extension announces cool-season forages field days

Individual sorghum panicles were harvested in August 2022 for compositional and metabolomic analyses to determine changes in nutrients and metabolites that affect grain quality.

Clemson receives FFAR grant to promote sorghum health benefits

Peanuts

Clemson unites with FFAR to tackle peanut allergies

A group of three female high school scholars from Germany studying in the Clemson research Sachin Rustgi's lab.

Clemson and S.C. Governor’s School collaborate to help save the future of agriculture

A team of Clemson researchers, led by Rongzhong Ye and Sruthi Narayanan discuss the field design for growing cover crops to improve soil-plant interactions, reduce resource inputs, improve cropping system productivity and more.

Clemson University researchers look to the past for answers to the present

During the 2022 Clemson Field Day, South Carolina peanut growers saw how new varieties grew and stacked up compared to current standards.

Clemson Extension provides peanut particulars to help growers profit

Clemson Extension Cotton Specialist Mike Jones says farmers should prioritize yield potential and stability when choosing what cotton variety to plant.

Pee Dee REC Field Day teaches about cotton, cover crops, pollinators and more

2022 CAFLS Student Symposium

Clemson College of Agriculture inaugural graduate student research symposium teaches effective communication skills

Snapshots from Clemson College of Agriculture inaugural graduate student research symposium

John Mueller demonstrates nematode infection on corn plant roots.

Nematode discussion highlights 2022 Clemson Corn Field Day

Gilbert Miller, Clemson Extension vegetable specialist and field day coordinator, talks about how the Clemson Extension statewide weather monitoring network will benefit South Carolina growers.

Clemson experts predict watermelon production about to get more expensive