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Christine wins presentation prize!

February 18, 2018 by gasword

Congratulations to Christine Madamba, an undergraduate researcher in the lab, for winning 2nd place in the recent Mentorship in Entomology Forum held on Feb. 9, 2018. Her award-winning talk was titled, “Fungal seed treatment enhances defensive volatile response to herbivory in cotton.” Christine and her graduate student mentor, Cody Gale, each took home a cash prize for their outstanding efforts.

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Gregory Sword

Professor & Charles R. Parencia Chair in Cotton Entomology

Department of Entomology,
Interdisciplinary Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (EEB) Degree Program, and
Molecular & Environmental Plant Sciences Program
Texas A&M University
TAMU 2475
College Station, TX, 77843, USA

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Entomology Research Lab Rm. 112-120

Email: gasword[at]tamu.edu
Phone: (979) 862-1702
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