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UMASS
TURF RESEARCH FIELD DAY
To be held: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 |
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Turf managers and their associates from across the Northeast
Region are invited to help us welcome summer at University of Massachusetts
Turf Research Field Day on Wednesday, June 18, 2008. As in
the past, this year’s event will be held at the Joseph
Troll Turf Research Center on River Road in South Deerfield,
Massachusetts. Attendees will receive timely updates on ongoing
improvements to the Center, including new research plots and a
state-of-the-art rain-out shelter under construction. |
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Field Day 2008 will focus on the research currently taking
place at the Joseph Troll Turf Research Center as well as on research
being conducted at other locations by University of Massachusetts
Turf Program faculty, staff, and graduate students. Attendees can
enjoy meeting and speaking with UMass researchers and viewing
projects underway. Current research includes studies on the biology
and integrated management of turf-damaging insects, turfgrass pathology,
short- and long-term weed management, pesticide exposure, fertility,
drought management and wear tolerance along with a range of National
Turfgrass Evaluation Program turf variety trials. Field Day 2008
will also feature vendor displays and demonstrations. 2 pesticide
recertification contact hours in category 37 and 00 have been approved
for all New England states
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| The 2008 educational agenda will feature presentations
by UMass researchers on actual field plots. Topics on the agenda
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- 'Establishing LD50s for Insecticides Against White Grubs'
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- 'Tenacity™: A New Tool for Weed Management'
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- 'Wear Tolerance in Creeping and Velvet Bentgrass'
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- 'Reduced Risk Pesticides to Minimize Golfer Hazard'
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- 'Vegetative Filter Strips for Mitigation of Golf Course
Runoff'
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- 'Effects of Wear and Soil Compaction on Stress
Tolerance'
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- 'Reducing Irrigation on Low-Maintenance Bentgrass Fairway
Turf'
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- 'Nitrogen Use Efficiency and Dollar Spot Severity in
Bentgrass Species'
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- 'Breeding for Multiple Disease Resistance and Low Input
in Bentgrass'
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- 'Molecular Breeding for Multiple Disease Resistance in
Bentgrass & Ryegrass'
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- 'Rain-Out Shelter Construction at the Joseph Troll Turf
Research Center'
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UMass Turf Research
Field Day is presented in cooperation with the Department
of Plant, Soil and Insect Sciences and the College of Natural
Resources and the Environment.
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NTEP
Trials
Our National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP) sponsored turfgrass
trials were accessible for viewing at Field Day 2007. Plots were labeled,
and data including monthly turfgrass quality, genetic color, leaf texture,
winter and fall color retention, spring green-up, disease tolerance,
seedling vigor, drought tolerance as well as other data were provided
for select studies.
| NTEP
Trials at the Joseph Troll Turf Research Center, South Deerfield,
MA |
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Test |
Test
Period |
Standard
Data Being Collected? |
Ancillary
Tests Being Conducted |
| Kentucky bluegrass |
2000-2005 |
Yes |
Wear, Mowing Height |
| Tall fescue |
2001-2006 |
Yes |
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| Fine leaf fescue |
2003-2008 |
Yes |
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| Bentgrass - Fairway |
2003-2008 |
Yes |
No fertilizer vs. normal fertilization |
| Bentgrass - Greens |
2003-2008 |
Yes |
Wear |
| Perennial ryegrass |
2004-2009 |
Yes |
Statistical Analysis |
| Kentucky bluegrass |
2005-2010 |
Yes |
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| All trials seeded in the Fall of
the initial year of the indicated test period. |
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