PhD Agronomy Graduate Assistantship on Cover Crop Management is available starting 2014/2015 at The Pennsylvania State University to study cover crop termination in no-till cropping systems for pest management, improved soil health and subsequent crop establishment. The assistantship funds an interdisciplinary research project that will examine how cover crop termination practices influence slug and insect pests; soil conditions for corn and soybean seed placement and establishment; and weed competition. The project is linked to a larger NESARE Sustainable Dairy Cropping Systems project and the student will have the opportunity to interact with a diverse group of researchers and graduate students. For more information about the NESARE Sustainable Dairy Cropping Systems project see: http://plantscience.psu.edu/research/areas/crop-ecology-and-management/cropping- systems
For more information about the assistantship contact Dr. Heather Karsten, Department of Plant Science (h...@psu.edu; 814-863-3179) or Dr. John Tooker, Department of Entomology (too...@psu.edu; 814-865-7082) or Dr. William Curran,Dept. of Plant Science (w...@psu.edu; 814- 863-1014). For more information about the Penn State Agronomy graduate program and to apply see: http://plantscience.psu.edu/graduateprograms/agronomy
