Karthika Mohan, a PhD student in plant science at South Dakota State University working under the guidance of Dr. Febina Mathew was announced as the winter of the 2022 Curtis Stern Memorial Scholarship awarded by the National Sunflower Association.
During her undergraduate studies and masters program in agriculture she developed a deep interest in the field of plant pathology.
She is pursuing her doctoral studies with an emphasis in sunflower pathology. Her research focus is on Phomopsis Stem Canker, which is one of the most important diseases affecting sunflower production in the United States and worldwide
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