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Our mission is to develop innovative and practical solutions for sustainable turfgrass disease management
We generate practical turfgrass disease management recommendations by understandings complex plant-soil-microbe-environment interactions. The Chou lab leverages multi-omics to investigate disease suppressive microbiome in managed turfgrass systems. We also rigorously evaluate and develop efficient cool-season turfgrass disease management measures such as integrated disease control programs using disease predictive models, and rapid disease risk evaluation assays.
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First day of field work in 2026!
Tuesday, March 31, 2026, marked the first day of fieldwork of the Chou lab. The entire lab relocated moss patches on the creeping bentgrass putting green to create a centralized … Read More
Just published in AEM: Fungicide use vs disease suppressive microbiome in turf
Excited to share our latest study of fungicide impacts on microbiome suppression on dollar spot in turfgrass. This study was initiated in 2019 and is finally published after 5+ years. … Read More
Open Postdoc Position in Turfgrass Pathogen Population Genetics and Microbiome
We are excited to announce a postdoc position opening in our lab! Posting Summary: A post-doctoral position in the Department of Plant Biology at Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA – … Read More