In the follow-up to next week’s football game between Purdue and Virginia Tech, writers from the two universities highlighted the collaborative turfgrass research between the two universities. Research from Dr. Jada Powlen and Dr. Cale Bigelow were highlighted in the article. Opponents on the field, collaborators off: Virginia Tech and Purdue researchers work together to[Read More…]
Jada Powlen and Cale Bigelow recently had a manuscript published. “Cool-season golf course fairway species irrigation requirements under limited irrigation” It is an open access paper: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cft2.20205. The manuscript reports the results of a two-year field study looking at various traditional and alternative cool-season golf course fairway grasses for their summer water needs. These data[Read More…]
Cale Bigelow and Jada Powlen attended and participated in the 2023 Sports Field Managers Association (SFMA) annual meeting last week in Salt Lake City, UT. They co-presented a seminar “What’s new in cultural practices for turf disease suppression” and Cale presented two seminars: Turfgrass nutrition 101 and co-presented Practical calculations for the sports field manager[Read More…]
Congratulations to Cale Bigelow for receiving the William Daniel Award on January 19 at the Sports Field Management Association (SFMA) Conference. Named for one of the four founders of SFMA, Dr. William Daniel set the pattern for educator/researcher involvement in SFMA. The partnership between educators and researchers and the sports turf managers who incorporate these advances[Read More…]