Jon Trappe
University of Minnesota Turfgrass team in the media - 6/23/19
Check out our team’s latest efforts in educating the public about our work! We have three articles, several podcasts and two public outreach events.
Brian Horgan, Eric Lonsdorf, Chris Nootenboom and Ben Janke wrote The Value of a Golf Course for the Department of Horticultural Science Spring/Summer 2018 Horticulture Newsletter.
University of Minnesota Turfgrass team in the media 3/7/19
Check out our team’s latest efforts in educating the public about our work! We have a poster presentation and talks at a workshop.
Dr. Chase Straw is presenting a poster, “Golf course superintendents’ knowledge of variability within fairways: a tool for precision turfgrass management”, at The Production Agricultural Symposium. The focus of this free event, to be held Friday, March 8, 2019, is precision agriculture.
University of Minnesota Turfgrass team in the media 2/18/19
Check out our team’s latest efforts in educating the public about our work! We have a podcast and several upcoming presentations at regional conferences.
Parker Anderson was featured on the Frankly Speaking podcast on 02/11/2019. He discussed the Science of the Green Initiative, a research partnership between the USGA and the University of Minnesota, and the sustainability of golf.
Turfgrass Science Team posters from the 2018 ASA & CSSA Annual Meeting
The Turfgrass Science team at the University of Minnesota was well-represented at this year’s ASA and CSSA Annual Meeting held on November 4-7, 2018 in Baltimore, MD. Read on for a summary of the wide variety of topics covered by our researchers and be sure to check out the links with the full poster content.
A novel inoculation technique for integrating the endophyte Epichloe festucae into perennial ryegrass
By Garett Heineck, Brooke Ashbrenner, Michael Miller and Eric Watkins
Investigating regional roadside turfgrass mixtures
By Dominic Christensen
The University of Minnesota Turfgrass Science group is currently conducting research on roadside turfgrasses. We recently initiated a regional mixture trial that is taking place in seven locations across Minnesota (Figure 1).
University of Minnesota Turfgrass team in the media 11/12/18
Check out our team’s latest efforts in educating the public about our work. We have a seminar recording, a podcast and an upcoming golf industry seminar from the MGCSA!
Florence Sessoms presented a seminar titled Unraveling Regulation of Soil Nitrification (recording available here) for the Department of Soil, Water, and Climate's Fall Seminar Series
University of Minnesota Turfgrass team in the media 10/15/18
Check out our team’s latest efforts in educating the public about our work. We have a podcast, a Yard and Garden post and a newly-revised Extension article!
WCCO’s Smart Gardens October 13 podcast features Jon Trappe, Mary Meyer and Jared Gamm who answer listeners' questions on gardening and lawns
UMN Extension's Yard and Garden blog features a post - Should I mulch? Or bag my leaves this fall? - by Jon Trappe