SPRINGFIELD. 111. Dr.
Kenneth T. Leath. USDA Re
search Pasture Lab, Penn State
University, has been selected by
the Certified Alfalfa Seed Council
as the Research Award winner for
its 1994 Alfalfa Awards Program.
The selection was announced by
Council President Dean Urmston,
W-L Research, Inc., at the 24tb
National Alfalfa Symposium held
recently in Springfield, 111.
The objectives of the Alfalfa
Awards Program are:
• Recognize excellence among
producers in the production and
utilization of alfalfa.
• Recognize excellence in alfal
fa promotion, research, and devel
opment and education.
• Recognize individuals who
have made special contributions to
the alfalfa industry.
• Promote and publicize alfalfa
for its many merits in animal agri
culture and as a profit crop.
Four categories woe consider
ed for awards: outstanding alfalfa
producer awards from four re
gions of the United Slates, Alfalfa
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Leath is the research plant
pathologist and lead scientist on
the nonchemical control of forage
pests at the U.S. Regional Pasture
Laboratory, University Park.
Through his 26 years of dedicated
service to the improvement of al
falfa, he is acknowledged as not
only an authority on alfalfa dis
eases, but as an adviser and men
tor for many alfalfa pathologists
around the world.
He has written more than 100
research papers and numerous
book chapters dealing with vari
ous aspects of alfalfa diseases and
forage production.
Leath also is a tremendous con
tributor to the alfalfa industry
through his participation in com
pany seminars, symposia, training
programs, and field days. He
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shares his research findings and
experience with industry and pro
ducers through articles in various
agricultural publications, as well
as television aijd radio programs.
Leath contributes to the alfalfa
industry in other ways. He main
tains a collection of more than
1,500 fungal cultures, which he
makes available to the seed indus
try for use in alfalfa selection pro
grams. He also provides advice to
alfalfa breeders on disease screen
ing and has characterized more
than 1,000 alfalfa lines for then
resistance to foliar diseases.
Other winners include:
• Extension Award - Dr. Harlan
E. White, Crop & Soil Environ
mental Sciences Dept, Virginia
Tech.
• Industry Award - Dr. Bill
Knipe, Forage Genetics, Inc.,
Nampa, Idaho.
• Producer Awards - north cen
tral region, Paul Meyer. West
Point, Neb.; northeastern region,
Tom Trinder, Fabius, N.Y.; south
ern region, Dane Mercer, Sweet
water, Tenn.; and western region.
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Jr. Kenneth T. team, .Research. tureL jnn
State University, left, receives a plaque as the Research
Award winner for the Certified Alfalfa Seed Council's 1994
Alfalfa Awards Program. The presentation was made by
Dean Urmston, Certified Alfalfa Seed Council president.
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