Agricultural and Life Sciences (IFAS)
Fields Lab
Led by Jeb Stuart Fields · Horticultural Sciences
What we study
The Fields Lab studies soilless substrate science, developing new substrate materials and practices, including substrate stratification, to improve nursery production efficiency and sustainability.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Plants
- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Beyond Peat
Researching sustainable alternatives to peat moss for nursery substrates.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Bark-based Stratification Depth Layer Does Not Negatively Affect Shrub Rose Growth as Traditional Pine Bark Substrates
2026 · HortTechnology
Tests whether different pine bark layer depths affect shrub growth.
- Using the Diffusion of Innovations Theory to Explore U.S. Horticultural Industry Stakeholders’ Adoption of Alternative Substrates
2026 · Horticulturae
Uses a theory to study why people switch to new plant-growing materials.
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- Multimodal Particle Size Distribution Modeling of Soilless Substrate Using Parametric and Machine Learning Approaches
2026 · HortScience
Develops a way to measure particle sizes in plant-growing materials.
- Evaluating Ornamental and Coverage Quality of Traditional and Underutilized Groundcover Species Under Optimal and Suboptimal Planting Densities
2026 · Land
Checks if less-dense groundcovers still look good and cover the ground.
- Hammermilled Sugarcane Bagasse Fibers Can Be Used to Reduce Peat and Phosphorus Applications in Petunia Production
2026 · HortScience
Tests if sugarcane waste can replace peat in plant growing.
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