Turfgrass Science News

A fake grass future? Not so fast!

By Michael R. Barnes


UMN Turfgrass Team at two events - 7/16/24 and 7/18/24!

The UMN Turfgrass Science team will be at both of the following events this week!


New research publication from our team - 7/10/24

Learn more about our research! A new, open access article by Yang Wang, Chengyan Yue, Eric Watkins and Chase Straw has been published in the Journal of Environmental Horticulture. They discovered three main driving forces and three main barriers of precision irrigation technology adoption by U.S. golf course superintendents. 


UMN Turfgrass Team at two events this week - 7/10/24 & 7/13/24!

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The UMN Turfgrass Science team will be at both of the following events this week!


University of Minnesota Turfgrass team in the media – 6/26/24

Check out our team’s latest efforts in educating the public about our work. See the June 2024 Edition of MGCSA's Hole Notes for Creating thriving bee lawns: The next research steps by Kristine Moncada and Andrew Hollman! 


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