Why Virginia Tech The research encompasses two diverse locations at a coastal research station and plots located on the campus's Shenandoah mountain region utilizing three grass types representing over 80% of the nation’s cultivated turf.

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Virginia Tech is the university of choice because much of today's commonly accepted practices related to use of organic substances for improving plant health, better methods of fertility, improved disease resistance and drought tolerance dates back over decades of research by renowned scientists such as Dr. R.E. Schmidt’s work with biostimulants, auxins, gibberillins, humic acid and other organic substances.

That tradition continues with Dr. Erik Ervin, Dr. Mike Goatley and Dr. Xunzhong Zhang. Their work is particularly relative to water conservation and the nation's drought assessment.