University of Georgia

The chemical company BASF and the University of Georgia College
of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences will partner to
sponsor a master’s-level research program in vegetable
entomology.

BASF will provide $30,000 to support the research work of
graduate student James Taylor at the Coastal Plain Experiment
Station in Tifton, Ga.

“The support of an entire graduate program for a master’s
student in entomology is a significant and notable contribution
to the advancement of agricultural science, particularly in the
area of vegetable production, which is vital to Georgia,” said
David Riley, CAES entomologist and Taylor’s major professor.

Taylor, a Tifton resident, has extensive experience in
insecticide evaluation and field testing as an undergraduate,
Riley said.