Griffin’s research is primarily focused around woody plants. At the Pair Center, he works on a variety of research projects including nursery production, landscape utilization and cultivar evaluations.
Dr. Griffin’s current research includes:
- Environmental Stress Physiology – investigating landscape plant response to environmental stresses in Kansas and species/provenances with improved tolerance to such stresses
- Landscape establishment – investigating methods to improve transplant survival and growth of landscape plants
- Nursery Production – investigating alternative substrates for Kansas container nursery growers
- Plant propagation – investigating sexual and asexual plant propagation practices utilizing pre-germination treatments, stock plant manipulation, and root stimulating hormones
- Woody Plant Selection and Evaluation – identifying and evaluating species, provenances, and cultivars with improved landscape characteristics for use throughout the region
Subject areas:
- Industrial Hemp
- Woody ornamentals specialist
- Turfgrass & Ornamental Specialty Crops
