Our goal is to translate scientific findings into efficient and sustainable cultural practices for managers across all scales, from home lawns and roadsides, to golf and sport turf. This work involves trials to validate best practices for fertilization and irrigation efficacy, strategies for seeding and establishment, mowing height impact, and recovery from stress. We also work with seed producers to find sustainable and effective approaches to produce high quality turfgrass seed that is used around the world.
Dormant seeding
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Close-up of newly germinated grass seedlings sprouting in early spring from soil where dormant seeding was applied.
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Weed suppression
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In conjunction with our improvement and management goals, one aspect of our research program is focused on studying natural weed suppression among turfgrasses. This work identifies genotypes for plant breeding that use allelopathy combined with enhanced resource competition in order to release cultivars that require fewer inputs like herbicides.
Sod production
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Low input turfgrass
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