winter stress

By Paige Boyle

This article was originally published on the WinterTurf project blog.

Thank you to all who came out to our 2025 WinterTurf Field Day at the University of Minnesota on April 15! Several WinterTurf researchers from around the country talked about aspects of our project (Figure 1). If you weren’t able to make it, or are looking for more information on some of the research topics we discussed, review the agenda, with links to additional information, below.

Check out our team’s latest efforts in educating the public about our work! See the latest edition of Green Section Record for Selecting grasses for golf courses in cold climates by Karin J. Hesselsøe, Anne F. Borchert, Trygve S. Aamlid, Tatsiana Espevig, Michelle DaCosta, Eric Watkins, Andrew Hollman, and Pia Heltoft.

By Paige Boyle

This article was originally published on the WinterTurf project blog.

As we enter the new year, we wanted to take a look back at last season’s WinterTurf accomplishments, and give some updates on the year ahead.

By Maicy Vossen

This article was originally published on the WinterTurf project blog.

Members of our team will be giving talks at Northern Green, a trade show and conference dedicated to green industry professionals. Consider attending this worthwhile event!

Northern Green
January 10-12, 2023
Minneapolis Convention Center

Register for this event 

The Turfgrass Science team from the University of Minnesota was well-represented at this year’s ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting held on November 6-9, 2022 in Baltimore, MD. 

Below is a listing of the abstracts from the meeting:

By Katrina Freund Saxhaug

By Maicy Vossen

By Gary Deters

By Florence Sessoms