NEW COMPLIMENTARY TPI MEMBERSHIP CLASS
In recognition of the valuable service that university turfgrass researchers, educators, and extension specialists provide to TPI and the turfgrass industry, the TPI Board of Trustees voted on and passed a complimentary membership class for all educators or other individuals engaged in turfgrass research, teaching or extension work.
TPI Educator Membership
• Standard ($75): Receive all benefits of membership as well as a printed copy of Turf News • Complimentary: Receive all benefits of membership, including an electronic subscription to our bi-monthly magazine, Turf News
“Te TPI Board of Trustees believes that growing the involvement of our educator members will provide a great benefit to our producer and supplier members by improving our education programs and giving growers more opportunities to become involved with research, leading to the continued promotion of the turfgrass industry,” says TPI Executive Director Casey Reynolds, PhD.
Please contact Geri Hannah at (847) 649-5555 or
info@TurfGrassSod.org to join!
DR. AARON PATTON JOINS THE LAWN INSTITUTE RESEARCH COMMITTEE AND BECOMES TURF NEWS EDITORIAL ADVISOR
Dr. Aaron J. Patton has joined Te Lawn Institute (TLI) Research Committee and has agreed to serve as Turf News Editorial Advisor for cool-season grasses. TLI will hold an Open Research Committee meeting in conjunction with the TPI 2018 International Education Conference & Field Day on Tuesday, February 13, from 5:00 –
6:30 pm. Conference attendees are invited to sit in on this meeting to learn more about what TLI is doing in research support and funding.
Dr. Patton brings a strong turfgrass background to these positions. He earned his bachelor’s degree in horticulture from Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, and his master’s degree and doctorate in agronomy from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. He serves as Professor of Horticulture, Turfgrass Extension Specialist and Assistant Department Head for the Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Department of Purdue University. He teaches the senior level turfgrass science course at Purdue University and mentors undergraduate and graduate students.
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As part of the Purdue Turf Team, Dr. Patton fills a role as a leader of the applied research and extension/outreach efforts to Indiana’s $1.4 billion turfgrass industry. His research responsibilities include planning, implementing, and leading projects devoted to managing quality lawn, sod, golf and sports turf while reducing management inputs. His research interests focus on weed ecology and control, zoysiagrass and fine fescue, and agronomic practices in turfgrass systems.
Dr. Patton also is Executive Director of the Midwest Regional Turf Foundation (MRTF), which was created in 1945 with the mission of supporting turfgrass research, extension programming, and education at Purdue University.
Dr. Patton is a co-author of the recently expanded and updated, Fundamentals of Turfgrass Management, which is the longstanding authority on all aspects of the science and practices behind world-class turfgrass care. Te other co-authors are Nick E. Christians, PhD, a professor of Horticulture at Iowa State University and Quincy D. Law, MS, a doctoral student in the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture and the Ecological Science and Engineering Interdisciplinary Graduate Program at Purdue University.
Contact Dr. Patton by email at:
ajpatton@purdue.edu Follow Dr. Patton on Twitter @PurdueTurfDoc
TPI Turf News January/February 2018
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