Fine fescue
University of Minnesota Turfgrass team in the media – 6/11/2020
Check out our team’s latest efforts in educating the public about our work! We have two articles to share.
Eric Watkins authored Forget not the turfgrass seed producer in the May 2020 issue (page 41) of Golf Course Managment magazine.
Fine fescue forensics
By Eric Watkins and Yinjie Qiu
This article was originally published on the Low Input Turf Using Fine Fescues blog.
Fine fescue research has progressed rapidly in recent years, spurred by greater interest in low-input turf and the availability of funding for improving these grasses. While giving talks to various groups about lawn grasses for Minnesota, we often follow the introduction of fine fescues with a refrain similar to “they all look very similar”: translation “don’t ask me how to tell the fine fescues apart!”.
University of Minnesota Turfgrass team in the media - 4/13/2020
Check out our team’s latest efforts in educating the public about our work! We have several articles to share.
Yinjie Qiu authored Molecular Breeding In Turfgrass in the March 2020 edition of Hole Notes, the official publication of the MGCSA.
University of Minnesota Turfgrass team in the media - 3/23/2020
Check out our team’s latest effort in educating the public about our work! We have a new article on bee lawns to share.
Out of the shadows: Using data to breed better turfgrasses for shade
By Dominic Petrella
This article was originally published on the Low Input Turf Using Fine Fescues blog.
Announcing a new blog - Low Input Turf
By Kristine Moncada
Do you have an interest in sustainable turf and fine fescues? There’s a new blog - Low Input Turf News - you might be interested in!