It is estimated that by 2050, 68% of the world's population will live in cities; most of these urban landscapes have yet to be constructed, and if trends continue, much of that maintained landscape will incorporate monoculture turfgrass that offers limited habitat nor food security for pollinators.
Principle Investigators
Jay McCurdy
Associate Professor and Extension Turfgrass Specialist, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University; jmccurdy@pss.msstate.edu @MSTurfgrass
David Held
Professor and Chair, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University; dwh0004@auburn.edu; @held_david.
Edicarlos deCastro
Extension Associate and Post-Doctoral Researcher, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University; ebd88@msstate.edu; @DrEdicarlos
Gerald Henry
Athletic Association Professor in Environmental Turfgrass, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, the University of Georgia; gmhenry@uga.edu; @UGATurfgrass
Graduate Students and Researchers
Nik Minaev
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University
Sara Scott
Graduate Researcher, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology & Plant Pathology
Casey O’neal
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University.
Julie Wang
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, the University of Georgia