Session: Graduate Student Oral Competition: Physiology and Diseases

561 Graduate Student Oral Competition: Physiology and Diseases
(C05 Turfgrass Science)

Monday, 6 October 2008: 7:55 AM

George R. Brown Convention Center, 382AB

Presiding:

John Kaminski

7:55 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:00 AM

Influence of Irrgation Management on Anthracnose Severity of Annual Bluegrass.
Joseph A. Roberts, Rutgers University; John C. Inguagiato, Rutgers University; Bruce B. Clarke, Rutgers University; James A. Murphy, Rutgers University

8:15 AM

Isolation of Fungi Associated with Fairy Rings on Golf Putting Greens and Identification Using Analysis of the ITS1 and ITS2 rDNA Regions.
Gerald Miller Jr., North Carolina State University; Lane Tredway, North Carolina State University

8:30 AM

Mechanisms Leading to Thiophanate Methyl-resistant Colletotrichum cereale Isolates Collected from Creeping Bentgrass Putting Greens.
Joseph Young, Mississippi State University; Maria Tomaso-Peterson, Mississippi State University; Frank P. Wong, University of California Riverside; Karla de la Cerda, University of California Riverside

8:45 AM

Stimulation of Proline-linked Antioxidant Response System in Cool-season Turfgrasses under UV-B Radiation.
Dipayan Sarkar, Dept. of Plant Soil and Insect Sciences; Prasanta Bhowmik, University of Massachusetts; Kalidas Shetty, University of Massachusetts

9:00 AM

Topdressing Incorporation and Sand Shape Effects on Anthracnose Severity of Annual Bluegrass.
John C. Inguagiato, Rutgers University; James A. Murphy, Rutgers University; Bruce B. Clarke, Rutgers University; Joseph A. Roberts, Rutgers University

9:15 AM

Discussion

9:20 AM

Break

9:30 AM

Geographic Distribution of Fungicide-Insensitive Sclerotinia homoeocarpa in New England.
Alexander Putman, University of Connecticut; John Kaminski, University of Connecticut

9:45 AM

Metabolic Responses to Heat Stress for Two Agrostis Grass Species Contrasting in Heat Tolerance.
Yan Xu, Rutgers University; Hongmei Du, Rutgers University; Bingru Huang, Rutgers University

10:00 AM

Tissue Na⁺and K⁺Accumulation as a Means for Understanding the Salt Tolerance Mechanisms in Lolium perenne L. and Festuca rubra subsp. rubra L.
Sanalkumar Krishnan, University of Rhode Island; Rebecca Nelson Brown, University of Rhode Island

10:15 AM

Bispyribac-sodium Metabolism in Annual Bluegrass, Creeping Bentgrass, and Perennial Ryegrass.
Patrick McCullough, Rutgers Univ.; Stephen Hart, Rutgers State University Accounts Payable

10:30 AM

Nitrate and Cytokinin Interactions in Creeping Bentgrass under Supra-optimal Temperatures.
Kehua Wang, Virginia Tech; Xunzhong Zhang, Virginia Tech; Erik Ervin, Virginia Tech; Mike Goatley, Virginia Tech

10:45 AM

Direct Measurement of Foliar-Applied Nitrogen Uptake by a Cool-Season and Warm-Season Putting Green Turfgrass Species.
J. Chris Stiegler, University of Arkansas; Michael Richardson, University of Arkansas; Douglas E. Karcher, University of Arkansas; Richard J. Norman, University of Arkansas; Trent L. Roberts, University of Arkansas

11:00 AM

Concluding Remarks

11:05 AM

Adjourn

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