NTEP
Cultivar Evaluation Results Overview
Please refer to our blog post on how to understand these results.
2023 Data
All links below are .pdf files
Kentucky bluegrass
Webinar on app to improve turfgrass purchasing decisions
As one of the most widely known turfgrass research programs in the world, the National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP) has generated a large volume of turfgrass evaluation data over the last several decades, including data on fine fescues. The Turfgrass Science team is working with researchers from the Computer Science Department and U-Spatial to display this information in a better way to help consumers choose which fine fescue cultivars to plant in their yards.
2018 Turfgrass Cultivar Data is posted
By Eric Watkins
Each year, the turfgrass research team at the University of Minnesota evaluates thousands of plots for turf performance. The summarized results from 2018 are now posted on our cultivar evaluation results page. Checking results from local turfgrass evaluations is an important part of purchasing turfgrass seed. I have briefly summarized some background information below on the rating and interpretation process to help you better understand these results.
Cultivar Data: 2018
2018 Data
All links below are .pdf files
Creeping bentgrass
Kentucky bluegrass
Perennial ryegrass