Perennial ryegrass
A tough winter for perennial ryegrass. Who knew?
This article was originally posted on the WinterTurf project blog.
By Eric Watkins
Perennial ryegrass finds its way into most turfgrass seed mixtures for home lawns, parks, and other types of mowed landscapes in Minnesota and most of the northern United States. Quick germination, rapid establishment, dark green color, and, most importantly, lower cost than other options, give this species an almost permanent place in the seed bag. This popularity belies the many weaknesses of this grass, including problems with winter, summer, heat, drought, disease, and shade.
Using data to improve cold acclimation experimental design for WinterTurf
This article was originally published on the WinterTurf project blog.
By Katrina Freund-Saxhaug
Turfgrass Science team at the 2024 ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meetings
Establishing methods to evaluate freeze tolerance in perennial ryegrass
By Maicy Vossen
This article was originally published on the WinterTurf project blog.
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
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.
Environmental data collection to help understand how winter weather impacts survival of perennial ryegrass
By Maicy Vossen
This article was originally published on the WinterTurf project blog.
Three different locations, three different winters – where will perennial ryegrass survive?
By Maicy Vossen
This article was originally published on the WinterTurf project blog.
An update to Assessing freezing damage in perennial ryegrass.