Perennial ryegrass

Turfgrass Science team at the 2024 ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meetings

two photos: the top photos is of a long-haired woman beside a scientific poster, the bottom photo is of a bearded man giving a scientific presentation
Jillian Turbeville (top) and Jonathan Cors (bottom) at the 2024 ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meetings in San Antonio, TX.


New research publication from our team - 9/10/24

Learn more about our research! A new, open access article by Garett Heineck, Nancy Ehlke, and Eric Watkins has been published in Geosciences & Environment. Their study found that perennial ryegrass grown for turfgrass or seed in the Upper US Midwest will likely not face many tradeoffs when breeding for both aesthetics and seed yield.


2024 grass seed and hybrid rye field tours

people standing in a field listening to a speaker discuss perennial ryegrass field production

The University of Minnesota will be holding grass seed and hybrid rye field tours at the Magnusson Research Farm in Roseau, MN on Thursday, June 27, 2024.


Data visualization, processing, and analysis for turfgrass metabolomics experiments

By Kate Freund

This article was originally published on the WinterTurf project blog.


New research publication from our team - 12/7/23

Learn more about our research! A new, open access article by Joan Barreto Ortiz, Candice Hirsch, Nancy Jo Ehlke and Eric Watkins has been published in Plant Methods. This paper describes a method to quantify turfgrass inflorescence properties using computer imaging to provide a faster and less subjective way to phenotype, which can aid in plant breeding.