Meet Prof. Eric Lyons Descriptive Transcript

Summary: Prof. Eric Lyons describes his turf grass research at the University of Guelph, and what graduate students can expect during their studies.

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Text: :60 Second Snapshots
Meet the Profs of the Ontario Agricultural College

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Text: Prof. Eric Lyons
Department of Plant Agriculture
Eric: One of the projects that I'm most 
excited about working on now
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is looking at sustainability of turf grasses with regard to water use. This project is
interesting in that 
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we've discovered that it's less about the plants that we're growing and more about human
behaviour. 

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Eric: So now we're asking the
question of how do we educate people to not act irresponsibly with water in the
environment so that we can continue to 
have turf grasses on golf courses and
sports fields for people to play on 
and provide all the benefits that turf
grasses do without being mismanaged due
to a lack of knowledge of what those
species actually need. 

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Eric: I think one of the 
most important things that undergraduates need to know about going 
into grad school, particularly in the
sciences, is you're not so much studying 
more, you're learning to do science and
it's more like an apprenticeship. 
You're learning from not just your major
professor but your advisory committee 
and other people in your lab with more
experience than you to become a better 
scientist, and you're learning by doing, 
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not by studying.

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Text: www.uoguelph.ca/oac
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