Team Takes Top Journal Award

A team article by faculty members in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences was chosen for the American Society for Horticultural Science’s Outstanding Extension Publication Award.

Olha Sydorovych, Charles Safley, Rob Welker, Lisa Ferguson, David Monks, Katie Jennings, Jim Driver and Frank Louws evaluated the economics of methyl bromide alternatives for tomatoes. “Economic Evaluation of Methyl Bromide Alternatives for the Production of Tomatoes in N.C.” was published in December 2008 in the journal Horticultural Technology.

Team members are from the departments of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Plant Pathology and Horticultural Science. The award will be presented July 25 in St. Louis at the association’s annual conference.