Nina Lauren Bassuk
Professor
Primary Research Areas
- adult and extension education
- compost
- environmental sciences
- forest management
- horticultural sciences
- integrated pest management
- landscape architecture
- landscape ecology
- plant sciences
- soil health
- urban environment
Research Focus
I work on improving the quality of urban life by enhancing the functions of plants within the urban ecosystem. We integrate plant stress physiology, horticultural science, plant ecology and soil science and applies them to four broad areas of inquiry. They are:||1) The selection, evaluation and propagation of superior plants with improved tolerance of biotic and abiotic stresses, and enhanced functional uses in the disturbed landscape. ||2) Developing improved technologies for assessing and ameliorating site limitations to improve plant growth and development.||3) Developing improved transplant technologies to insure the successful establishment of plants in the urban environment.
Research Grants
- REDUCING OVERWINTERING COSTS OF CONTAINERIZED PLANT PRODUCTION: AN IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF ROOT HARDINESS, MEDIA SELECTION AND INSULATION
- STRATEGIES AND TECHNIQUES TO REMEDIATE COMPACTED, POORLY DRAINING SOILS
- REDUCING OVER-WINTERING COSTS OF CONTAINERIZED PLANT PRODUCTION: MAXIMIZING ROOT HARDINESS, MEDIA SELECTION AND INSULATION IN THE NURSERY
- IMPROVING OAK TRANSPLANT SUCCESS BY INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTS OF CALIPER SIZE ON ESTABLISHMENT
