Dr. Leah Brilman

Leah received her master's and Ph.D from the University of Arizona where she first worked on heat tolerant bentgrasses and improved bermudagrasses. Leah's work reflects the Germination of Ideas approach that drives product development. Our emphasis is on producing grasses that can survive with less water, and are highly disease resistance, reducing or eliminating the need for fungicides and fertilizers. By interacting with superintendents and distributors, we determine their needs and then find solutions to satisfy the requirements of their projects.

As more and more golf courses switch to using effluent (recycled water) in their watering programs, Leah’s work focuses on increasing the tolerance for salt stress in all the company's species. This is one example of conditions and factors that drive research and development at Seed Research of Oregon.