Michelle DaCosta

Assistant Professor
Department of Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Stockbridge Hall 11
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003-9294
Tel. (413) 545-2547
mdacosta@psis.umass.edu

Education

B.S. 2000, Rutgers University
Ph.D. 2006, Rutgers University

Specialty Areas

• Drought stress physiology of cool-season grasses
• Turfgrass irrigation management and water use
• Low temperature stress physiology

Teaching

Turfgrass Physiology and Ecology (PLSOILIN 275)
Plant Stress Physiology (PLNTSOIL 275)

Selected Publications

DaCosta, M. and B. Huang. 2007. Drought survival and recuperative ability of bentgrass species associated with changes in abscisic acid and cytokinin production. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. 132:60-66.

DaCosta, M. and B. Huang. 2007. Changes in antioxidant enzyme activities and lipid peroxidation for bentgrass species in response to drought stress. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. 132:319-326

Lyons, E., J. Pote, M. DaCosta, and B. Huang. 2007. Whole-plant carbon relations and root respiration associated with Agrostis grass responses to high soil temperatures. Environmental and Experimental Botany 59:307-313.

DaCosta, M. and B. Huang. 2006. Determination of minimum water requirements for creeping, colonial, and velvet bentgrasses under fairway conditions. Crop Science. 46: 81-89.

DaCosta, M. and B. Huang. 2006. Changes in carbon partitioning and accumulation patterns during drought and recovery for colonial bentgrass, creeping bentgrass, and velvet bentgrass. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science.131:484-490.

DaCosta, M. and B. Huang. 2006. Osmotic adjustment associated with variation in bentgrass tolerance to drought stress. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. 131:338-344.