Nick Christians

Nick Christians

Position
  • Professor
Department
  • Horticulture
Dr. Nick Christians' area of research interest is in the development of naturally-occurring herbicides for the turf industry. He also conducts research on reducing the pesticide and fertilizer input for the management of quality turf in the golf, lawn-care, and sports-turf industries.

Contact Info

133 Horticulture Hall
Ames
,
IA
50011-1100
Email
nchris@iastate.edu
Phone
515-294-0036

Education

  • Ph.D., Agronomy, Ohio State University, 1979
  • M.S., Agronomy, Ohio State University, 1977
  • B.S., Outdoor Recreation/Forestry, Colorado State University, 1972

More Information

Dr. Christians holds several US and international patents on this subject.  His patent on the use of corn gluten meal as a natural herbicide (RE #34,594) has been licensed to 47 companies and has generated more than $2,000,000 in royalties.  He has also licensed technology on the use of hydrolyzed grain materials as natural products to a firm in Canada (Patent # 5,290,749).