
Vera Vuković, Ph.D. student in the Patton lab, placed 1st in the Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), Turfgrass Science Division (C-5), graduate student research poster presentation contest and 3rd in the CSSA, Turfgrass Science Division (C-5), graduate student research oral presentation contest last week in San Antonio, TX. These presentations focused on her recently published work in Crop Science (https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.21351).

Dr. Jada Powlen and Cale Bigelow presented research information on four recent projects. These included the following posters and oral presentations:
- Tall fescue brown patch severity as affected by repeated applications of natural and synthetic granular fertilizer sources
- Irrigation program effects on six cool-season lawn grasses in a cool-humid climate
- Evaluating the use of soy flour as an alternative mineral nutrient source on high cut turfgrasses
- Golf green microbial populations as affected by localized dry spot