Joseph Roberts will travel with the Green Section Southeast Region this summer.  Joseph currently is working on a Ph.D. under the direction of Drs. Lane Tredway and Bruce Clarke.  His research is focused on the development of fungicide resistance in the dollar spot pathogen, Sclerotinia homoeocarpa.

            Joseph has B.S. degrees in biological sciences and chemistry from North Carolina State University, and a M.S. degree in plant biology with emphasis on turfgrass pathology from Rutgers University.  He joined the plant pathology department at North Carolina State University in 2010 working with Dr. Lane Tredway, and has helped with various research projects.

Joseph is looking forward to traveling with the Green Section agronomists and gaining new experiences that will be beneficial throughout his future career as a turfgrass scientist.