Turfgrass Science Team at the 2023 ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meetings
The Turfgrass Science team from the University of Minnesota was well-represented at this year’s ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meetings held on October 29 - November 1, 2023 in St. Louis, MO. Two people gave oral presentations and three people presented posters. Below is a listing of all the oral presentations and posters along with the presentation abstracts and the poster PDF files.
Oral presentations
Cultivating New Opportunities for Turfgrass Science Education in Minnesota
Presenting Author - Michael Barnes; co-authors Ileana Campagna, Becky Haddad and Eric Watkins
University of Minnesota Turfgrass team in the media – 11/14/23
Check out our team’s latest efforts in educating the public about our work. Researcher Michael Barnes wrote Real concerns with fake grass in the Fall 2023 edition of the MPSFMA News from the Minnesota Park and Sports Field Management Association.
Dr. Eric Watkins awarded 2023 CSSA Fellowship
Dr. Eric Watkins has been awarded a 2023 CSSA Fellowship by the Crop Science Society of America.
New research publication from our team - 11/3/23
Learn more about our research! A new, open access article by Linda Jahnke and Michael Barnes has been published in Frontiers in Sustainable Cities. The researchers surveyed Twin Cities homeowners with rain gardens and found that while most residential rain gardens are effective, homeowner motivations for installing one vary and their satisfaction with their rain garden decreases over time.
EPA award for water conservation collaboration
For the past several years, we have partnered with the Metropolitan Council on the Twin Cities Lawn Irrigation Efficiency Study.