Morgan Swoboda

Research Interests: I am interested in how sod producers can use beneficial fungi to protect their sod against root feeding herbivores. Entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) have the ability to kill insect pests or suppress their feeding, and have a greater potential for providing long-term pest control throughout the production, harvest, and installation of sod under many different soil conditions. My current research is focused on identifying potential EPF that already inhabit soils of New York State and establishing successful seed treatments of EPF for use in sod production.