ST. MARY'S CITY, Md., Sept. 24 -- St. Mary's College of Maryland issued the following news release:
StudentsRiley Strohecker '27,Krystal Moore-Nicks '26, andMara Coughlin '27won first, second, and third place, respectively, for Best Undergraduate Research Poster Presentation at the Maryland Native Plant Society Annual Conference at the University of Maryland, College Park held on September 12.
Riley Stroheckerpresented research she conducted this summer as part of the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program under the supervision of Assistant Professor of BiologyLorena Torres Martínez. Riley studied the diversity of endophytes associated with wild avocado relatives and evaluated the ability of endophytic bacteria to pr...