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SO excited to have published my first paper!! 🥳 This project was a joy to work on and I'm so grateful to everyone who helped out along the way! doi.org/10.1002/csc2.2…

Leverage technology to free up time for more pressing things at work or just to get home in time to eat a meal while it’s still warm. Thanks Yanik Mayer and Granite Golf Club for helping with this production!

Thanks to Wendell Hutchens for leading the charge on this paper detailing appropriate bermudagrass management strategies in preparation for winter, & recovery strategies if/when it's damaged. Virginia Sports Field Management Association VGCSA Virginia Turfgrass Foundation Virginia Turfgrass Council

Great update on the impactful research being conducted by Virginia Tech Turfgrass Science team members Ava Veith & David McCall to provide safer sports fields for all athletes: news.vt.edu/content/news_v… Virginia Sports Field Management Association SFMA #vaturf

Excited for Whit Coggin and Brendan Fitzwater taking advantage of some experiential learning in working the #SolheimCup with RTJGC Agronomy⛳️ I appreciate Scott Furlong for serving as a great mentor & leader in continually providing opportunities for Virginia Tech Turfgrass Science students!

Our own Elisabeth Kitchin was a guest on a recent episode of the USGA Green Section podcast 🎧 Give it a listen to learn more about Ellie, what #turfgrass research projects she’s working on with David McCall, and her experience as a USGA Green Section Intern⛳️ open.spotify.com/episode/6UwAD1…

Inconsistent sprayer deposition when using 110° nozzles on a typical turf sprayer with the boom 20 inches above the ground. The boom should be lowered in this case. An easy way to check this is spray on hot pavement and watch the wetness evaporate.

Classic Pythium signs & symptoms found across Va now as temps, moisture, & cloudy days fulfill their role in the disease triangle. Note tracking on grass surface & mycelia (no visible oospores, but hyphae are coenocytic i.e. non-septate/lacking cross walls). Sunshine will help!

Protecting bees from insecticide exposure! My student Navdeep Godara shows that common sense measures can dramatically reduce bee visitation to weedy turf prior to insecticide treatment. UV dye as proxy for insecticide. More glow indicates more bee visitation to weedy flowers.

The winter of 2024/2025 has been exciting, to say the least, Independence, especially with the continuation of some winter-covering research using Spiio soil sensors. Can you tell where I walked to collect some temperature data? :)

Hope everyone enjoyed the holidays! My family loved their new VT Turfgrass apparel. There's still time to purchase items and help support the turfgrass club before they head to the SFMA and GCSAA conferences! Link is below if interested :) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Let’s gooooo!!!! Proud of these young men & women - the future of our industry - and some of the kindest souls on plant earth! So very happy for Julie in her final year of competition - she’s a legend at VT and future difference-maker in the SFMA industry!

Tune in Tuesday, Feb 18 at 2:00PM (EST) for a SFMA post-conference webinar led by Dr. McCall and myself! We will discuss how pests and stressors on athletic fields impact playability, which embodies my master's research! Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

It's been a privilege to travel up the East Coast this week and present my research and the latest turfgrass disease management strategies! Grateful for each and every opportunity to engage with the incredible people in the Mid-Atlantic turfgrass industry. ⛳️🌱🥳

We are excited to announce the new GreenCast® Connect mobile app that is now available to turf professionals to provide real-time data and insights! #GCConnect Discover more about GreenCast Connect: bit.ly/4kq99PQ

CONGRATULATIONS to Travis Roberson for successfully defending his dissertation: ‘Optimizing Bermudagrass Management Strategies Using Aerial Imagery and Wireless Capacitive Soil Sensors’ under the guidance of Dr. David McCall (David McCall). We are so proud of Dr. Roberson!

Be sure to catch up on our latest episode of Tiger Turf with Doctor Travis Roberson of Syngenta Turf US! Awesome episode with my fellow Virginia Tech Turfgrass Science graduate, currently work on digital platforms more specifically the Spiio soil sensors! Game changing Technology with an incredible

Really enjoyed my visit to Rutgers Golf Turf to assist with Spiio Soil Sensors for some upcoming chemistry and water use efficiency research. It was a pleasure to work along side Dr. Bingru Huang and her lab and look forward to the progression of this trial work. #spiiodata

Demo of Ecorobotix prototype machine-vision sprayer at the Independence Golf Course Turfgrass Research Classic and Field Day hosted by Virginia Tech and the Virginia Golf Course Superintendents Association. Our research shows 75 to over 90% reductions in herbicide use with this

Stay ahead of turf diseases this summer! 🛡️ Travis Roberson shares how GreenCast Connect helps optimize application timing to prevent diseases like #Anthracnose, #FairyRing and #SummerPatch. More on #GCConnect: bit.ly/45CCnGc