DATE:     2/19/01
CONTACT:  Dr. Jason Norsworthy, (803) 284-3343
WRITER:   Tom Lollis, (803) 284-3343; tlollis@clemson.edu

Norsworthy named 
top grad student

     BLACKVILLE - Jason Norsworthy, Clemson Extension Service 
soybean specialist, has been named the outstanding graduate student 
for 2001 by the Weed Science Society of America.
     Norsworthy has a joint appointment with Agriculture and Forestry
Research at Clemson.
     Stationed at Edisto Research and Education Center, he received 
his award Feb. 14 at the WSSA awards banquet in Greensboro, N.C. The
award included a plaque and a check for $1,250.
     "This is fantastic news!" said Margaret Owens, executive secretary
for the S.C. Soybean Association. "We are so proud of Jason and pleased
with the work that he is doing for South Carolina soybean farmers."
     The native of Arkansas received his B.S. degree in agronomy 
from Louisiana Tech University, where he was named the outstanding
agronomy student and outstanding plant science senior in 1995.
     While a graduate student at the University of Arkansas he 
was named the outstanding M.S. agronomy student for research to 
develop a laboratory screening procedure for detection of
propanil-resistant barnyardgrass by monitoring chlorophyl fluorescence.
     His doctoral research involved a quantitative description of 
weed interference in soybean as affected by cultural practices and 
glyphosate timing. 
     For that work the Southern Weed Science Society named Norsworthy
the top Ph.D. graduate for 2000. The Department of Crop, Soil and
Environmental Sciences at the University of Arkansas named him the
outstanding Ph.D. student.
     Norsworthy was also recognized by the College of Agricultural,
Food and Life Sciences at Arkansas as the 1999 Dale Bumpers
Distinguished Graduate Scholar.
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