Students participate in U of A research internships
July 19, 2006Contact Information: Casandra Cox, Agricultural Communications, 479-575-5647 / ccrumle@uark.edu
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SUMMER SCHOLARS – Students working as summer interns on plant pathology
research projects as University of Arkansas Adair and Bollenbacher
scholars and NSF-EPSCoR participants are, from left, Moria Yancy,
Caroline Carpenter, Micah Doubledee, Lacy Robinson and Anna Ritzman.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.— Five students named Adair and Bollenbacher scholars and in the NSF-EPSCoR program are working on research projects as summer interns in the department of plant pathology in Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences at the University of Arkansas.
The C. Roy Adair Undergraduate Research Internship Program is funded by an endowment established in memory of a USDA-ARS rice breeder based at the Rice Branch Station who helped establish the Arkansas rice industry.
The Katharine Bollenbacher Memorial Endowment was created in 1984 in memory of a pioneering UA plant pathologist.
The Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) is a program designed to fulfill the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Mandate to promote scientific progress nationwide.
Caroline A. Carpenter of Cabot, a food science student at the University of Arkansas and Adair scholar, is working with Professor Richard Cartwright on a project titled “Characterization of Possible New Disease in Arkansas Rice.” She is a graduate of Cabot High School and the daughter of Bob Carpenter of Cabot and the late Gayle Carpenter of Cabot.
Anna M. Ritzman of Joplin, Mo., a biology student at Missouri Southern University in Joplin and Adair Scholar, is working with Professor Jim Correll on a project titled “Evaluation of molecular markers to characterize plant pathogenic fungi.” She is a graduate of McAuley High School and the daughter of Mike and Paula Ritzman of Joplin.
Lacy D. Robinson of Fort Smith, a biology student at Missouri Southern University and Adair Scholar, is working with Professor Partick Fenn on a project titled “Characterizing disease resistance in soybeans.” She is a graduate of Southside High School and the daughter of Steve and Denise Robinson of Fort Smith.
Micah D. Doubledee of Oronogo, Mo., a biology student at Missouri Southern University and Bollenbacher Scholar, is working with Professor Craig Rothrock on a project titled “Characterizing populations of Rhizoctonia solani in native and agro-ecosystems.” She is a graduate of Carl Junction High School and the daughter of Stephen and Ruby Doubledee of Oronogo, Mo.
Moria Dawn Yancy of Tahlequah, Okla., an organismic biology student at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah and NSF-EPSCoR participant, is working with Associate Professor Ken Korth on a project titled “Determining if a specialist insect species differs in its response to crystalline calcium oxalate in Medicago truncatula, as well as determining if Medicago truncatula genes in the terpenoid pathway differ in their response to generalist versus specialist insect species.” She is a graduate of Sallisaw High School and the daughter of Elizabeth Andrew of Checotah, Okla., and Bobby Andrews of Sallisaw, Okla.