Turfgrass and Landscape Research Field Day

Agenda


2024 Turfgrass and Landscape Research Field Day Agenda

Thursday, September 12 | Location 1060 Martin Luther King Blvd. Riverside, CA 92507

8:00 AM

Exhibitor Set-Up

8:30-9:30 AM

Registration and Trade Show Open

9:30 AM

Welcome and Introductions

Peggy Mauk and Jim Baird

9:40-11:00 AM

Field Tour Rotation (20 minutes per Stop)

Stop #1 Red tent

Postemergence Control of Yellow and Purple Nutsedge and Green Kyllinga in Bermudagrass Turf; Evaluation of Fungicides for Control of Summer Patch Disease on Bluegrass Turf

Michal Sciblak and Martino Benedetti

Stop #2 Blue tent

Improvement of Bermudagrass, Kikuyugrass, and Zoysiagrass for Winter Color Retention and Drought Tolerance

Adam Lukaszewski, Christian Bowman, and Marcel Derendorf

Stop #3 Green tent

Evaluation of Products for Water Conservation on Bermudagrass Turf

Sandra Glegola

 

Stop #4 White tent

Traffic Tolerance and Divot Recovery of UCR 17-8, UCR TP6-3, Santa Ana, and TifTuf Bermudagrasses

Jim Baird

11:00-11:30 AM

Break and Trade Show

11:30-12:50 PM

Field Tour Rotation (20 minutes per Stop)

Stop #5 Red Tent

Evaluation of Fungicides for Control of Anthracnose Disease on Poa Greens

Sandra Glegola

 

Stop #6  Blue Tent

 

Evaluation of Products for Salinity Management and Control of Rapid Blight Disease on Poa Greens

Jim Baird and Michal Sciblak

Stop #7 Green Tent

Updating Crop Coefficients and Plant Factors for the Major Cool- and Warm-Season Turfgrass Species and Cultivars in California

Christian Bowman and Emma Baswell

 

Stop #8 White Tent

 

Major Parasitic Nematodes of Turfgrass in California and Their Control

J. Ole Becker

12:50-2:00 PM

Barbeque Lunch and Trade Show

2:00 PM

Adjourn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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