NSAC Graduate Students Recognized at the Annual Meeting of CSHS

Two NSAC graduate students were recognized for their excellence in research at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for Horticultural Sciences (CSHS). The meeting was held in Montreal, Quebec on July 13-16, 2008.

Lara Gibson, a graduate student in the Department of Environmental Sciences, received the CSHS Best Graduate Student Oral Presentation Award for Ripening patterns at the field level in Lowbush blueberry (Vacinnium angustifolium Ait.).

Lara Gibson receives recognition for the Best Graduate Student Oral Presentation Award from Dr. Denis Charlebois, The Vice-President of CSHS.

Ajit Pal Kaur Joshi, also a graduate student in the Department of Environmental Sciences, received the CSHS Best Publication Award. This award recognizes the best paper published in 2007 under the horticulture category of the Canadian Journal of Plant Science.

Both students deserve congratulations for their outstanding achievements.

The full citations for the graduate students' work are:

Gibson, L., L. Eaton, and H.P.V. Rupasinghe. 2008. Ripening patterns at the field level in Lowbush blueberry (Vacinnium angustifolium Ait.).

Joshi, A.P.K., H.P.V. Rupasinghe, S. Khanizadeh, and N.L. Pitts. 2007. Biochemical characterization of enzymatic browning in selected apple genotypes. Can. J. Plant Sci. 87:1067-1074.