Horticulture Team Takes Top Journal Award

The American Society for Horticultural Science gave its Outstanding Cross-Commodity Publication award to a journal article by Dr. Jessica G. Barb, recent doctoral student; Dennis J. Werner, Raulston Distinguished Professor of Horticultural Science; and Dr. Robert Griesbach, a researcher with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Beltsville, Md.

“Genetics and Biochemistry of Flower Color in Stokes Aster,” was published in the July 2008 edition of the Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. The award will be presented July 25 in St. Louis, Mo., at the association’s annual conference.