WinterTurf
University of Minnesota Turfgrass team in the media – 6/2/2022
Check out our team’s latest efforts in educating the public about our work. Several articles from the UMN Turfgrass Science team was featured in the latest edition of the MGCSA's Hole Notes publication.
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University of Minnesota Turfgrass team in the media – 4/18/22
Check out our team’s latest efforts in educating the public about our work. An article from the UMN Turfgrass Science team was featured in the latest edition of the MGCSA's Hole Notes publication.
UMN WinterTurf Field Day
Registration is open for our first UMN Turfgrass Field Day of 2022! The WinterTurf Field Day will be held on Wednesday, April 13, 2022 from 1:00 to 3:00pm.
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University of Minnesota Turfgrass team in the media – 3/17/22
Check out our team’s latest efforts in educating the public about our work. Articles about the UMN Turfgrass Science team were featured in the last several editions of the MGCSA's Hole Notes publication.
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Are you a golf course superintendent or turfgrass manager interested in the latest research on mitigation and recovery from winter stress damage? As part of our new WinterTurf project, we have created a newsletter about the work we are doing on this project, along with other articles on the topic from other sources.
Working toward a greener spring: Finding solutions to winter turfgrass damage
Winter can lead to turfgrass damage and death, causing challenges for turfgrass managers. And with a changing climate, new challenges are cropping up every year.
Eric Watkins, a professor in the Department of Horticultural Science, is seeking out answers to those challenges, most recently through an $8 million USDA Specialty Crop Research Initiative grant. His goal? To better understand the winter stresses that are placed on turfgrass and to identify solutions through plant breeding and best management practices.