Turfgrass Science News

New Extension Educator - Turfgrass

We are happy to announce that Maggie Reiter has accepted the position of Extension Educator - Turfgrass with University of Minnesota Extension. Maggie has been with University of California Cooperative Extension since 2016. Prior to that, she earned both her undergraduate and Master’s degrees at the University of Minnesota. Maggie has done an excellent job building a turfgrass Extension program in her current position in central California, and we are excited for her to build upon prior Extension efforts in Minnesota. 


Next week - Part 3 of our Watering Wisdom webinar series!

low input turf research plots

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Webinar on app to improve turfgrass purchasing decisions

As one of the most widely known turfgrass research programs in the world, the National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP) has generated a large volume of turfgrass evaluation data over the last several decades, including data on fine fescues. The Turfgrass Science team is working with researchers from the Computer Science Department and U-Spatial to display this information in a better way to help consumers choose which fine fescue cultivars to plant in their yards.


Next week - Part 2 of our Watering Wisdom webinar series!

Smart irrigation controllers as part of a field research experiment

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University of Minnesota Turfgrass team in the media – 7/15/2020

Check out our team’s latest efforts in educating the public about our work!  We have two webinar videos and an article to share.


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