Young Minds Award Winners
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Over the past decade, South Africa has seen an increase in the plantings of Protea cynaroides as an export cut flower. Producers rely on superior cultivars, such as P. cynaroides (L.) ‘Arctic Ice’, to secure the desired returns. The production volumes of ‘Arctic Ice’ have more than tripled over the past three years. Current cropping distribution for ‘Arctic Ice’ […]10 June 2022 -
I am Salit Supakitthanakorn, a Ph.D. candidate from the Division of Plant Pathology, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Thailand, under the supervision of Asst. Prof. Dr. On-Uma Ruangwong. My current research is working on the diagnosis and development of molecular techniques for detection of virus and viroid diseases […]30 March 2022 -
Nichapat Keawmanee is a Ph.D. student in the Science of Biological Production, United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Shizuoka University, Japan, under the supervision of Prof. Masaya Kato. Her recent research focused on the changes of pigment profiles in citrus during the fruit regreening process. Citrus fruit ripen from green to orange during the winter […]30 March 2022 -
Sitthisak Intarasit is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Biology at Chiang Mai University, Thailand. He completed his BSc in Biology in 2017, and his MSc in Plant Biology in 2019. These degrees were obtained from Chiang Mai University. His Ph.D. focused on browning disorder in longan (Dimocarpus longan Lour.), with emphasis on reactive […]30 March 2022 -
Han Palmers is a PhD student in the laboratory for Plant Genetics and Crop Improvement (PGCI) at the Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium. His research concerns the occurrence and genetic control of meiotic plasticity in apple, and its application to apple breeding. Meiosis, the reductional division, is a key process in plant reproduction […]30 March 2022 -
I am Michelle Stanton. A short time ago, I completed the requirements to receive an MSc (Agric) in Horticultural Sciences in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, under the supervision of Professor Elsa S. du Toit. My dissertation explored pollination as it related to the low-yielding nature […]30 March 2022 -
Dr. Timea Buru (Hitter) is a landscape engineer with a Ph.D. in Horticulture. She is an assistant professor at the Department of Horticulture and Landscaping, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Her major professors were Prof. Dr. Maria Cantor, Prof. Dr. Ionel Papuc and Prof. Dr. Erzsébet Buta. The objective of her […]30 March 2022 -
Exposure to nature has been proven not only to restore our attention and increase positive emotion but also to lower stress and anxiety levels, bringing multiple health effects. Neurological research has found that a 90-minute walk in nature lowers the activation of emotion regulation areas in the brain, which is associated with a lower risk […]30 March 2022 -
Dr. Youssef Brouziyne has an agronomic engineering degree from the Hassan II Agronomic and Veterinary Medicine Institute in Morocco, and a Master of science degree in integrated crop management from the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari, Italy. He completed his PhD in the Department of Water and Environment at the Faculty of Sciences and Technologies […]30 September 2021