Last weekend, Nebraska Entomology students and faculty presented #Entomology to Nebraska high school students at the #WomenInScience symposium! The students loved it, thanks to all those that helped make it happen! #Entomologyisforeveryone #WomeninSTEM

My first ever poster presentation at North Central Branch Meeting 2022, Minneapolis. Got 2nd position. It was an amazing experience. Thanks to everyone who supported me Gabriela Inveninato Carmona Natasha Umezu Anh K. Tran Mikaelison Thanks to my advisor Justin McMechan for this opportunity

Field season begins. Emergence starts. Excited to work on my first research project “Evaluating impact of Hilling on Soybean GallMidge infestation” Nebraska Entomology

Great start of new study. Let’s see how it goes the during the season. Anticipating some exciting results. Justin McMechan Nebraska Entomology

#soybeangallmidge emerged on June 7th near Davey, NE. No emergence yet in IA, SD, or MN. #Soybean prior to V2 stage is not susceptible. See soybeangallmidge.org for checklist and mgmt considerations before taking any action. Nebraska Soybean Board, Nebraska CropWatch Photo: Natasha Umezu

Nebraska Plant Science Symposium 2023 – Growing the Future: Innovations in Plant Science, April 25, 8am –5:30pm, Graduate Hotel, Lincoln. FREE, open to public & offered via webinar. ›› go.unl.edu/NPSS2023 #UNLAgroHort #UNL Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources Nebraska Extension Nebraska Entomology Corteva Agriscience

Congrats to our award-winning students at the No. Central Branch mtg of the Ento. Society of America (ESA)! The winners are: PhD Papers 2, Jeff Cluever-3rd; MS Papers 1, Luis Ochoa-3rd; MS Papers 2, Pragya Gupta-1st; & MS Papers 2, Natasha Umezu-3rd. UNL Entomology Lawrence Bruner Club University of Nebraska CASNR #bugs

Great Work on the Multi-State Soybean Gall Midge Field Day at ENREEC! Pictured are Dr. Justin McMechan (right) and Pragya Gupta (L), MS student mentored by him. Justin McMechan UNL Entomology Lawrence Bruner Club Pragyagupta05 Robert M Wright #Soybeans #gallmidge

Join us for #NPSS2024 Innovating Plant Science – Where STEM Meets Stem 🌱 📅April 29, 2024 🕒8 a.m. - 5 p.m. CST 🌐Free for all! Dive into the world of #PlantScience, #STEM, & groundbreaking #Innovation. Save your spot👉agronomy.unl.edu/plant-science-…

Join us for #NPSS2024 Innovating Plant Science – Where STEM Meets Stem 🌱  ❗The deadline for Travel Grants and Student Presentation submissions has been extended to March 15th. Don’t miss out this opportunity and register now❗  📅April 29, 2024   🕒8 a.m. - 5 p.m. CST

Congratulations to all our students who attended the 2024 North Central Branch in Fort Collins! Our students took 9 of 39 possible student presentation awards. Thanks to all who participated and worked to prepare and mentor. See you next year here in Lincoln! #unl #entomology

Great turnout for our PPEM/Iowa Soybean Research Center seminar today with Justin McMechan chatting about soybean gall midge.

"Excited to announce that I won First Place in the "Master 10-minute paper" student competition at the 2024 NCB Meeting of the Entomological Society of America in Fort Collins! Grateful to my advisor, Justin McMechan, for the opportunity. Nebraska Entomology #NCB2024"

Successfully defended my masters thesis!! Thanks to my advisor, Justin McMechan for his guidance and mentorship, my labmates, family, and friends ✨ Nebraska Entomology for providing numerous opportunities to grow professionally and giving homely environment💚 #MastersThesis #grateful

Congratulations to our Associate Professor, Justin McMechan, for such impactful research!

In 2024, insect pests caused an estimated loss of 610 million+ bushels across the U.S. and Ontario. Spoiler alert: corn rootworm caused the most losses. Find out more in the NEW pub at cropprotectionnetwork.org/publications/c… From Extension. Dominic Reisig Scott Graham @NYSIPM David Owens

🎉 First nuclei isolation grand success Kenchanmane-Raju Lab! Congratulations to Minnie (Arabidopsis) and Yuvraj Chopra (maize) for isolating high-quality nuclei on their very first try 💪🌱🧬 Looking forward to many such moments with these two bright and multi-talented students!

Article by Yuvraj Chopra et al. Nebraska Agronomy and Horticulture Frontiers - Plant Science #Hyperspectral #imaging to characterize the #vegetative tissue #biochemical changes in response to water #deficit conditions in #sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) frontiersin.org/journals/plant… Global Collaboration on Sorghum and Millet🌾 Texas Sorghum