2026 Turfgrass and Landscape Research Field Day Agenda
Thursday, September 17 | Location: 1060 Martin Luther King Blvd. Riverside, CA 92507
| Time | Session | |
|---|---|---|
| 7:45 AM |
Exhibitor Set-Up | |
| 8:30 AM | Registrat |
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| 9:30 AM |
Welcome and Introductions Peggy Mauk and Jim Baird |
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| 9:45-11:00 AM | Field Tour Rotation (20 minutes per Stop) | |
| Stop #1 Gold Tent |
Evaluation Jim Baird |
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| Stop #2 Blue Tent |
Improvement of Bermudagrass and Kikuyugrass for Winter Retention and Drought Tolerance Adam Lukaszewski and Christian Bowman |
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| Stop #3 Red Tent |
Evaluation of Products for Water Conservation on Bermudagrass Turff Sandra Glegola |
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| 11:00-11:30 AM | Break and Trade Show | |
| 11:30-12:45 AM | Field Tour Rotation (20 minutes per Stop) | |
| Stop #4 Gold Tent |
Bermuda Dry Down and Recovery Adam Lukaszewski and Christian Bowman |
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| Stop #5 Blue Tent |
Updating Crop Coefficients and Plant Factors for Warm-Season Turfgrasses and 2025 NTEP Bermudagrass Test Jim Baird |
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| Stop #6 Red Tent |
Turfgrass Research Potpourri (choose your favorites):
- PGRs and New Bermudagrass Cultivars - Fungicides for Summer Patch Control on Kentucky Bluegrass - Products for Salinity/Sodicity Alleviation - Putting Green Creeping Bentgrass Cultivar Du Jour 'Centennial'
Sandra Glegola, and Joe Espeleta |
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| 12:45 PM | Barbecue Lunch and Trade Show | |
| 2:00 PM |
Adjourn |
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