Media contact: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, [email protected]

BRYAN – Dr. Clark Neely, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service small grain specialist in College Station, has been announced as the new president of the Texas Plant Protection Association at the annual conference held recently in Bryan.

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(Left) Dr. Kranthi Mandadi, Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientist at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Weslaco, has served as Texas Plant Protection Association president for the past year. Mandadi passed the president’s gavel to Dr. Clark Neely, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service small grains specialist in College Station, who became the new incoming association president at the 30th annual conference in Bryan. (Texas A&M AgriLife Research photo by Blair Fannin)
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Dr. Sandy Pierson, department head for plant pathology and microbiology at Texas A&M University in College Station, received the Academic Award at the Texas Plant Protection Association Conference in Bryan. Pictured is past president Kranthi Mandadi, Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientist at Weslaco, and Ray Smith, association board chairman. (Texas A&M AgriLife Research photo by Blair Fannin)
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Ken Smith, FMC Corp. Texas representative, received the Norman Borlaug Lifetime Achievement Award at the Texas Plant Protection Association Conference in Bryan. Also pictured is Ray Smith, board chairman. (Texas A&M AgriLife Research photo by Blair Fannin)

Neely became the new association president after Dr. Kranthi Mandadi, Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientist at Weslaco, who served in the presiding role this past year.

Awards were also given at the conference in the following categories:

  • Industry Award:
    Jimmy Schulz, SureGrow consultant, Wharton.
  • Consultant Award:
    Peter Bruno, independent consultant, Burr.
  • Academic Award:
    Dr. Sandy Pierson, department head for plant pathology and microbiology, Texas A&M University in College Station.
  • Norman Borlaug Lifetime Achievement Award:
    Ken Smith, FMC Corp., Texas representative.

 

  • Pest Identification Contest:
    Dr. Webb Wallace, Harlingen, first place.
    Travis Janek, second place.
    Dale Mott, College Station, third place.
      
  • Poster Award Winners:
    Ph.D. student category:
    James Griffin, Texas A&M department of soil and crop sciences, first place.
    Gregory Wilson, Texas A&M department of entomology, second place.
    Timothy Wang, Texas A&M department of biological and agricultural engineering, third place.
    Master’s student category:
    Ryan Gilreath, Texas A&M department of entomology, first place.
    Subin Neupane, Texas A&M department of entomology, second place.
    Bojana Pilipovic, Texas A&M department of soil and crop sciences, third place.

For more about the association, visit http://texasplantprotection.com/ .

 

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