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Southern
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Southern
Division Outstanding Plant Pathologist Award
2005
SAMUEL
BRUCE MARTIN , JR
Clemson University
| Dr. Bruce Martin is a professor of plant pathology and physiology at Clemson University with responsibilities for turfgrass research and extension. After completing the M.S. in plant pathology at the University of Arkansas (1978) and his Ph. D. at North Carolina State University (1982) he conducted research programs at Cornell University, N. C. State University and the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station before joining Clemson University in 1988. He is located at the Pee Dee Research and Education Center, Florence, SC where he has developed research and extension programs on fungicide performance, disease identification and control, and nematode management in turfgrass systems. He has established an outstanding international reputation for his knowledge and expertise on the biology and control of turfgrass diseases. He often speaks to industry groups, locally, nationally and internationally. His Turfgrass Field Day is an immensely popular event for golf course superintendents, landscape contractors, sod farm managers, and university and technical personnel. He has also developed and taught a 'sold-out' course on diseases of turfgrass as the Annual Carolinas Golf Course Superintendents Association Meeting. |  |
Dr. Martin has
authored many articles for professional and trade journals and prepared numerous
extension publications and programs. Research projects include biology and control
of spring dead spot in putting greens, biology and control of rapid blight,
a new turfgrass disease, diseasse of turfgrass caused by Rhizoctonia species,
and the role of fungicides for management of bermudagrass decline and spring
transition of overseeded bermudagrass greens. He has presented workshops and
served as a guest speaker at conferences in the United States, England, Japan,
Australia, and Argentina. Dr. Martin received Clemson University's Extension
Superior Performance Award twice and recently was awarded the Outstanding Service
Award from the Turfgrass Council of North Carolina for his extension programs
in turf pathology.
During the past several years Dr. Martin has provided leadership for a group
that has developed premier turfgrass extension and research facilities at the
Pee Dee Center. It now supports insect, water and drainage, nutrition, weeds,
and golf-green structure programs. Through his leadership, an extension in-service
training program with a defined curriculum has been established for county personnel.
He is a member of several professional societies including APS where he serves
as Senior Editor of Plant Health Progress. Dr. Martin is an internationally
recognized leader in the turfgrass industry. He will continue to lead turfgrass
disease control research with the greatest dedication, enthusiasm, and competence.