Congrats to our VT Entomology students, Lindsay Johnson, Elizabeth Sicking, and Hannah Swarm (1st Place) who won awards at the Flip the Fair Event in Roanoke. communicatingscience.isce.vt.edu/css-events/upc…

The Sustainable and Organic Vegetable Crops Production Lab officially has a logo, created by the amazingly talented @hayleyadair37! That's #SOveg🫛🥕🍅

As I got braver so did she... Or I accidentally bumped her web 🕸️ Any ideas what type of #spider this is? #entomology #soilecology #nature #NoMowWhenever

Come join the fun in Blacksburg. My lab will be running a bug carnival with carnival games and an insect Photo Booth.

Elsevier is one of the largest, most hated and most influential academic publishing companies in the world. How it started & how it's going A thread🧵

Research by associate prof. Kyle Wickings shows that despite urbanization’s negative effects on soil biodiversity, city parks can still support diverse and unique microarthropod communities, which is crucial for soil health. news.cornell.edu/stories/2024/1…

As a co-founder of the Glean Team, professor John Galbraith and his fellow volunteers donate about 150,000 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables annually to help patrons of local food banks, including The Market of Virginia Tech.

New episode alert! Dr. Ashley Jernigan joins us to discuss how microarthropods and organic fertilizers interact. Make sure to give it a listen! ow.ly/sQ4P50UI75V

I was recently featured on Field, Lab, Earth Podcast, where we talked about microarthropod interactions with fertilizer. Listen now! fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/benefits-of-mi… Video link: make.headliner.app/download/b0d2f…

The termination of USDA staff today is having devastating consequences on the ability to serve agriculture--lots of impact on every land-grant university. There is no logic to the layoffs.

From Taylore then Jordan on today’s episode of what are your students doing right now?

It was great getting to work with VT's Center for Communicating Science on this nutshell talk about my research! Harnessing the Power of Healthy Soils to Grow Healthy People: Faculty Nu... youtu.be/0wNl-hnLLY0?fe… via YouTube

In addition to Rory getting his Golf Grand slam today, hats off to Kuharmy PhD student Hannah Swarm who also collected some hardware.

1st generation of the #SOveg lab! We will miss our spring 2025 graduates👩‍🎓

Congrats Ashley Jernigan 🌱 on your accepted manuscript! You put so much effort into this and I am so happy for you. And I am happy to participate on this project because it was the springboard to more studies looking at weed control and soil community composition.

Very excited to share our latest publication! Common soil invertebrate (Collembola: Isotomiella minor) reduces weed biomass and alters weed communities authors.elsevier.com/a/1l7Af3JGmRQU…

„Reduction in microbial diversity resulted in significant decreases in litter decomposition (−43.7 %) […] and plant growth (−98.6 %) [❗️]“ Soil biodiversity matters. #BuildBackBiodiversity. #BiosphereActionNOW!

Could those creepy crawlies underneath the soil actually be helping farmers battle weeds? One species of springtails decreased weed biomass by up to 23%, according to research by Virginia Tech’s Ashley Jernigan 🌱. These findings are certainly promising, but could also be due to many