Turfgrass Science News

University of Minnesota Turfgrass team in the media – 11/9/2020

Check out our team’s latest efforts in educating the public about our work.  We have a podcast and a blog post!

WCCO Smart Gardens October 3, 2020 episode features Maggie Reiter with Julie Weisenhorn answering listeners' questions on gardening and lawns.


Sunflecks on shaded turfgrass: Good, bad, or of no consequence?

By Dominic Petrella

When we think about turfgrass shaded by trees we as researchers often focus on reductions in light intensity, reductions in the red to far-red ratio (R/FR ratio) along with other changes in spectral quality, competition for water and mineral nutrients, and alterations to temperature compared to full sun environments. However, another challenge for turfgrass plants under shade is exposure to sunflecks.


New research publications from our team - 9/29/20

Learn more about our research! Two new research articles from our group have been published in Crop Science.


Next week - final webinar in our Watering Wisdom series!

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