Staff

sustainable transitions, sustainable turf, urban nature and health, greenspace design

Apple Breeding; Cultivar Development and Commercialization

Bentgrass, low input turf, golf courses

tissue culture, plant physiology, SNP genotyping

Lawn Water Conservation, Irrigation Technology, Residential Lawn Care, Low-input Turf

Cover crops; soil microbial communities; legume crops

tissue culture; ELISA tests

Plant metabolomics, plant biochemistry, plant-insect interactions

Fine Fescue, No-Mow, Breeding, winter survival

Winemaking, Experimental Winemaking, Hybrid Grapes

propagation; education; club advising

Apple Breeding; DNA-informed Breeding; genomewide prediction

Potato genomics; Diversity; Evolution

quantitative trait locus mapping, haplotype analysis, marker-assisted selection

Low-input fine fescues; Roadside turfgrasses; Lawn water conservation

plant physiology, abiotic stress, plant growth regulators

Data Science, Machine Learning / AI, Mass Spectrometry

Plant physiology, abiotic stress, shade responses, photoinhibition

Turfgrass science

low-input, wetting agents, irrigation, golf

Nutrient and water conservation, soil microbes

plant breeding, cultivar development

Sustainable fruit production; Apple rootstocks; Edible landscaping; Online teaching

Molecular Breeding, Marker Assisted Breeding, Apple Cider Research

Plant breeding, domestication, floriculture

post-harvest; phylloxera; plant-insect