The National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP) has announced Scott Ebdon, professor of turfgrass science at UMass Amherst, is the first recipient of the NTEP Distinguished Award. Ebdon received the award at the Crop Science of America annual conference in Baltimore, Maryland, on Nov. 9.
The Distinguished Service Award recognizes individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of the turfgrass industry through cooperation with, or support of the National Turfgrass Evaluation Program. Mike Richardson, University of Arkansas, nominated Ebdon for the award, noting his role as principal investigator and evaluator of twenty-four NTEP trials over his career. Ebdon has been instrumental in evaluating traffic tolerance on many of those trials, as well as serving on advisory committees for multiple trials. Ebdon was also a key contributor as an advisory committee member and evaluator for two NTEP water use trials under rainout shelters. Because of his research on…
