Stories, Page 7
![Two United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) grants, totaling almost $900,000, will allow Henry Nguyen to build on his research focus related to abiotic stress tolerance and disease resistance in plants, primarily soybeans. The grants will help Nguyen and his team tackle important issues related to soybeans, including waterlogging tolerance and soybean cyst nematodes (SCN). Flooding and SCN cause billions of dollars worth of damages every year.](https://cafnr.missouri.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Soybeans-1-368x207.jpg)
April 14, 2023
Plant Sciences Student Earns GPC International Student Award
![Awardees holding awards with President Choi, Vice Chancellor and Dean Daubert and Senior Associate Dean Garton.](https://cafnr.missouri.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/d2d-awardees-368x207.jpg)
April 5, 2023
Advisors Recognized as Drivers of Distinction
![Nick Wesslak earned two degrees from Mizzou – a bachelor’s degree in plant sciences and a master’s degree in natural resources. After stops in two states, Wesslak recently joined MU Extension as an agronomy field specialist where he covers eight counties in northeast Missouri. Photo courtesy of Nick Wesslak.](https://cafnr.missouri.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Nick-Wesslak-1-368x207.jpg)
March 10, 2023
From Student to Specialist
![Jaime](https://cafnr.missouri.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Jaime-2-scaled-1-368x207.jpg)
Feb. 24, 2023
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