Parul Mandal

Feeling grateful after an amazing #CANVAS2025 in Salt Lake City! 🌱 Loved connecting with inspiring scientists and learning from great sessions. A special thanks to Dr. @Ross_Braun for his constant guidance and support. Excited for what’s ahead! 🌾✨

I'm thankful to with some great co-authors @StrawTurf, @djsoldat, Michael Bekken, @PurdueTurfDoc, Eric Lonsdorf, & Brian Horgan

As fall arrives, it’s time for the field to reveal how seed coatings perform. Excited to watch the differences emerge in the weeks ahead. 🌱🍂

@Pradeepku98 @KLBKNews @FoundationFAR @TTUDAVISCOLLEGE @ttuigcast @TTU_CoMC Congratulations Pradeep! Keep it going.

Honored to do my first TV interview with @KLBKNews Visited our lab & field to learn about my PhD research, @FoundationFAR Fellowship, and how my work helps farmers fight drought. A big step in communicating agriculture to the community! @TTUDAVISCOLLEGE @ttuigcast @TTU_CoMC

Celebrating the next generation this International Youth Day! From scholarship recipients and interns to high school tour groups and proud grandchildren, we’re inspired by their curiosity, energy, and passion for learning.

Fry Day: Jack Fry, Ph.D., Kansas State Univ. turfgrass professor in the dept. of horticulture and natural resources retires today but not before serving at KS Turf & Ornamentals Day. Fry spent 34 years at KSU and was GCSAA's inaugural Outstanding Contribution Award winner in 2022

The Kansas Turf & Ornamentals Field Day is just a week away - Thursday, August 7 at the Rocky Ford Turfgrass Research Center in Manhattan! You can register online at: 2025turfday.eventbrite.com We hope to see you there! @KSUTURF @KStateRE @KStateHNR

“I had the chance to share my research, hear valuable feedback, and learn about cutting-edge technologies that are shaping the future of turfgrass science.” - Parul Mandal, 2025 Bill Rose Foundation scholarship recipient

@bulldawg3155 Congratulations Dr. Joey! So happy for you and your family 🎊

Candace and I were thrilled to welcome our little rainbow 🌈 baby into our family yesterday. We've been through so many highs and lows over the last year, but we will love and cherish John Paul.

@godara_nav @NCState @NCExtension Congratulations Navdeep 👏 Good luck for the new chapter of your life!

I am excited to share that I’m starting a new position as Assistant Professor of Turfgrass and Forage Weed Science at @NCState @NCExtension. Grateful to the mentors, colleagues, and peers who supported me along the way. Go Pack! Think and Do!!

Kansas Turf & Ornamentals Field Day at Rocky Ford Research Center in Manhattan on Thursday, August 7, 2025. More information here kansasturfgrassfoundation.com @KSUTURF @KStateRE @KStateHNR @KStateEntom @KState

Pay attention to your seed labels! Note that “other crop seed” would include things like ryegrass in a tall fescue seed. 1% is enough to leave one rye grass plant every foot in every direction.

The Bill Rose Memorial Golf Tournament is less than 2 months away! To register, visit billrosefoundation.org/event-list

Congratulations 2025 ASHS Outstanding Graduate Horticulture Students! Awarded to Masters or PhD students based on academic achievements, quality of research, leadership abilities, participation in dept or program activities, and service to their dept. ashs.org/page/2025Outst…

Join us in welcoming PARUL MANDAL from Kansas State University, one of the Bill Rose Foundation’s esteemed 2025 Scholarship Recipients. We look forward to discovering more about your research and experiences at Pure Seed's Field Day in June! @ParulMandal8 @PureSeed_RPMS

Next Week! Free for GCSAA Members! Don't miss my @GCSAA webinar "Benefits of Turfgrasses to Humans and How to Talk about Them" live on Thursday, April 10, or catch it later on-demand. @KSUTURF learn.gcsaa.org/courses/benefi…

Grateful and honored to be selected as a 2025 Bill Rose Scholarship recipient! A big thanks to my advisor, Dr. @Ross_Braun , for his continuous support and guidance. Excited to present our research at Pure Seed’s Field Day! #KState #BraunTurfgrassLab #FieldDay #pureseed

Had an incredible opportunity to participate in Congressional Visit Day to advocate for federal support for ag research! Engaged with congressional officers from Texas discussing why USDA funding is crucial for agricultural research, farmers & food security. #supportagresearch

Researchers followed a systematic, multistep online search process to attain and analyze research spanning the last 30 years to determine how golf course turfgrass systems serve their ecosystems: bit.ly/3FbVn39 @GCSAA

@godara_nav @WorldofWeeds @VTTurfweeds Congratulations Navdeep 👏

I am deeply honored and humbled to receive the 2025 @WorldofWeeds Outstanding Graduate Student Award. Thanks @VTTurfweeds for nominating me. I dedicate this award to Dr Askew with immense gratitude for his support, transformative mentorship & selfless contributions to my career.