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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. ⛳️🌱🥳

At Virginia Tech, we are exploring different alternatives to manage herbicide-resistant populations while addressing the increasing demand for organic options. We are actively testing out-of-the-box technologies, such as cryogenic liquids, lasers, and radiant heat. To

I'm so excited to have my research featured in GOLF COURSE INDUSTRY! Check out this great article by Lee Carr McGovern to learn more about my research using UV dye to assess the efficacy/precision of targeted pesticide applications with GPS-guided sprayers!! 😄

See the latest research utilizing machine learning for the precise mapping of turfgrass pests from Elisabeth Kitchin / Virginia Tech Turfgrass Science in Virginia Turfgrass Council magazine > theturfzone.com/vtc/?ascat=8&s…

Glowing precision at Virginia Tech: Elisabeth Kitchin and her colleagues are walking fairways after dark to research sprayer precision — and the results are encouraging: golfcourseindustry.com/news/virginia-…

Surface hardness variability (in Gmax units) was assessed across four athletic fields. in new research from Ava Veith and Virginia Tech Turfgrass Science in Virginia Turfgrass Council magazine > theturfzone.com/vtc/?ascat=8&s…

Data collection using UV lights and drone. New research from Elisabeth Kitchin / Virginia Tech Turfgrass Science in Virginia Turfgrass Council magazine > theturfzone.com/vtc/?ascat=8&s…

My colleague Dr. Andrea Connally, a turfgrass extension educator, and her husband Ian lost their home in wildfires that happened on Friday. If you’d like to support them during this difficult time, please consider donating to their GoFundMe. gofund.me/5e06faee

See the latest research utilizing machine learning for the precise mapping of turfgrass pests from Elisabeth Kitchin / Virginia Tech Turfgrass Science in Virginia Turfgrass Council magazine > theturfzone.com/vtc/?ascat=8&s…

Data collection using UV lights and drone. New research from Elisabeth Kitchin / Virginia Tech Turfgrass Science in Virginia Turfgrass Council magazine > theturfzone.com/vtc/?ascat=8&s…

UV lights illuminating fluorescent dye deposition. New research from Elisabeth Kitchin / Virginia Tech Turfgrass Science in Virginia Turfgrass Council magazine > theturfzone.com/vtc/?ascat=8&s…

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The difference between a fungicide program developed in 2003 on the left and a program developed in 2023. The programs were for bentgrass and these were applied to bermudagrass and bentgrass. Yes modern fungicides have improved!

An image of turfgrass affected by dollar spot and brown patch is uploaded to the model (before). The model returns the image with all instances of dollar spot and brown patch individually labeled and outlined (after). theturfzone.com/vtc/?ascat=8&s…

Elisabeth Kitchin and her Virginia Tech colleagues have been walking fairways after dark to research sprayer precision. What did they find out? Hint: the results are encouraging. golfcourseindustry.com/article/glowin…

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

The Playing Field: Where Athlete and Turfgrass Management Connect In this episode of the Grass Clippings podcast, Crystal interviews Ava Veith, a former Virginia Tech soccer player and current graduate student researching field safety for athletes. Check out the full podcast

So happy to have successfully defended my master’s thesis yesterday! These past two years at Virginia Tech have been an absolute blast. In fact, I’ve enjoyed myself so much I’ll be sticking around for even more! Next stop: Ph.D. 🤓🥳🤠

When Navdeep Godara arrived at #VirginiaTech to pursue his Ph.D., he set out to protect pollinators while supporting healthy turfgrass 🐝 See how his impactful research at Virginia Tech CALS led to his new role as an assistant professor at NC State ⤵️ news.vt.edu/articles/2025/…