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Register now - 2025 WinterTurf Field Day!
Registration is open for our first UMN Turfgrass Field Day of 2025! The WinterTurf Field Day will be held Tuesday, April 15 from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. If you are a golf course superintendent or a turfgrass manager interested in mitigating winter stress, this field day is for you!
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New research publication from our team - 7/10/24
Learn more about our research! A new, open access article by Yang Wang, Chengyan Yue, Eric Watkins and Chase Straw has been published in the Journal of Environmental Horticulture. They discovered three main driving forces and three main barriers of precision irrigation technology adoption by U.S. golf course superintendents.
University of Minnesota Turfgrass team in the media – 1/16/24
Check out our team’s latest efforts in educating the public about our work. See the December 2024 Edition of MGCSA's Hole Notes for two articles by UMN Turfgrass team members!
- Determining plant available water irrigation thresholds by Ryan Schwab, Josh Friell, Gabe Olson-Jensen, and Eric Watkins
- Roll it forward by UMN Turfgrass instructor and former UMN Extension Educator Sam Bauer
University of Minnesota Turfgrass team in the media – 10/24/23
Check out our team’s latest efforts in educating the public about our work.
See the October 2023 Edition of MGCSA's Hole Notes for photos from our 2023 Golf Field Day and for Mixing Tall Fescue and Kentucky Bluegrass for MN Golf Course Roughs, an article by Andrew Hollman.
University of Minnesota Turfgrass team in the media – 1/23/23
Check out our team’s latest efforts in educating the public about our work. An article features the UMN Turfgrass Science team in the latest edition of the MGCSA's Hole Notes publication.
See the December 2022 Edition of Hole Notes on page 52 for "Determining Irrigation Thresholds Using Plant Available Water" by Ryan Schwab, Josh Friell, Eric Watkins and Gabe Olson-Jensen.
New research publication from our team - 12-21-22
Learn more about our research! A new, open access article by Chase Straw, Connor Bolton, Joseph Young, Reagan Hejl, Joshua Friell, and Eric Watkins has been published in the journal Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment. This article discusses a case study that examined soil moisture variability findings from nine golf courses in eight different states in the U.S.
University of Minnesota Turfgrass team in the media – 11/29/22
Check out our team’s latest efforts in educating the public about our work. An article features the UMN Turfgrass Science team in the latest edition of the MGCSA's Hole Notes publication.
Does rolling greens following a contact fungicide application affect results?
By Gary Deters
Over the last two seasons we have been researching if rolling greens post contact fungicide application affects the efficacy and effectiveness of the fungicide. The results of the trial could possibly take out the guesswork and allow golf course superintendents to make confident decisions. Rolling greens (Figure 1) is a cultural practice golf course superintendents use to help increase green speeds, remove dew, and promote smoothness of the putting surface.
University of Minnesota Turfgrass team in the media – 8/26/22
Check out our team’s latest efforts in educating the public about our work. Two articles feature the UMN Turfgrass Science team in the latest edition of the MGCSA's Hole Notes publication.
See the August 2022 edition of Hole Notes for:
- Pictures from the UMN Golf Field Day on page 32
- Cultivating new opportunities for turfgrass science education in Minnesota
by Michael Barnes on page 42