University of Minnesota Turfgrass team in the media – 5/20/21

Check out our team’s latest efforts in educating the public about our work. Florence Sessoms and Eric Watkins wrote an article and Extension Educator Maggie Reiter has been on WCCO's Smart Gardens!

Florence Sessoms and Eric Watkins co-authored "Turfgrass responses to prolonged heat stress" for GCM Magazine. They discuss research on the ability of 34 turfgrass cultivars and accessions to withstand extended periods of heat.

Extension Educator Maggie Reiter has recently been a guest on WCCO's Smart Gardens radio show. You can listen to her and other UMN educators answering listeners' questions on gardening and lawns live on AM 830 on every Saturday from 8:00-9:00am, or listen the recorded podcasts.