(By Jared Hoyle, KSU Turfgrass Research and Extension)
This Turfgrass Student Spotlight is focused on Evan Alderman. Evan is a Master’s student here at KSU and has been here since this past May. Evan has hit the ground running. He graduated from Iowa State Univeristy with a B.S. in Turfgrass Science in May, packed his bags, moved to Manhattan and started his graduated degree in just a week or two. In the short amount of time he has been here, he has initiated three divot recovery trials, one traffic tolerance trial, one weed control trial and has helped out the other turfgrass research, teaching and extension faculty, staff and students on many projects.
One of Kansas State Univeristy’s five Grand Challenges facing Kansas is water. To work towards this grand challenge Evan is researching the use of a drought tolerant turfgrass species in golf courses, buffalograss. More specifically he is evaluating the use of fertilizers on buffalograss to withstand golf cart traffic and divot recovery. For more information about Evan’s project check out his latest blog post. https://blogs.k-state.edu/turf/influence-of-nitrogen-rate-and-source-on-buffalograss-divot-recovery/
So if you see Evan around, tell him he is doing a great job and we are glad he is here helping KSU tackle one of the grand challenges.
