February 18, 2000

Bowling Green , Ky. -- Four students and two faculty members in Western Kentucky University's Agriculture Department made presentations recently at the Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists meeting in Lexington.

Emily Troyer, a graduate student from Sugarcreek, Ohio, won first place for her dairy science presentation "Limitations of a radiotelemetric system as related to distance and elevation." She is the daughter of D. Keith Troyer.

Dawn Ovesen, a senior from Upton, finished second for her agronomy poster on "Evaluation of vegetative characteristics and yield among burley tobacco cultivars." She is the daughter of John Michael Ovesen.

Amanda Ramer, a senior from Cecilia, took third place for her animal science presentation "Effects of nursery type, space allocation and immune system activation on nursery and subsequent grow/finish performance and body composition traits." She is the daughter of Neil and Vivian Ramer.

Kevin Lee, a senior from Kernersville, N.C., made an agronomy presentation on "Yield of tomatoes and green peppers following various soil amendments and fertility regimes." He is the son of Wayne and Linda Lee.

Faculty member Todd Willian presented a paper "Morning glory control in Roundup-Ready soybeans with sulfosate herbicide."

Faculty member Rebecca Gilfillen presented "Soil moisture in vegetable cropping as effected by surface leaf mulch application."

All of the papers presented were results of research programs within the WKU Department of Agriculture. The Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists comprises 15 southern and western states.