breeding

New research publication from our team - 11/24/20

Learn more about our research! A new research article from our group has been published in Grass and Forage Science. Garett Heineck and co-authors wrote about new methods they investigated to identify superior plant material for perennial ryegrass breeding programs.


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


Videos

Weeds

 

Spring Lawn Care

This webinar video was created in partnership with the Metropolitan Council and addresses several topics on how to care for your lawn in spring.

Springtime Lawn Care: Waking Up Your Lawn

 


University of Minnesota Turfgrass team in the media – 5/15/2020

Check out our team’s latest efforts in educating the public about our work!  We have two articles to share.

Eric Watkins authored Improving Turfgrass Winter Stress Tolerance in the May 2020 edition of Hole Notes, the official publication of the MGCSA.


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.


Self-incompatibility in turfgrass

 
By Michael Laskowski
 


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!