Session: Turfgrass Ecology and Management

12:35 PM

Adjourn

8:10 AM

8:15 AM

Seeding Rates and Establishment Techniques When Interseeding T-1 and Alpha Creeping Bentgrass Into Poa Annua Putting Greens and Fairways.
Christian Baldwin, Jacklin Seed; A. Douglas Brede, Jacklin Seed

8:30 AM

Nitrate Leaching During Turf Establishment: Sodded St. Augustinegrass and Zoysiagrass.
Laurie Trenholm, Univ. of Florida; J. Bryan Unruh, Univ. of Florida; Jerry Sartain, Univ. of Florida; Basil D. Wetherington, Univ. of Florida

8:45 AM

Trinexapac-Ethyl and Overseeding Effects On Tolerance to Simulated Traffic of Four Bermudagrass Cultivars Grown On a Sand-Based System.
Michael Deaton, Univ. of Kentucky; David Williams, Univ. of Kentucky

9:00 AM

Thatch and Soil Microbial Activity as Influenced by Turf Cultivation Practices.
Yusong Mu, Michigan State Univ.; Mark Carroll, Univ. of Maryland

9:15 AM

Using Green Firmness Measured with a Clegg Impact Soil Tester to Predict Ball Mark Size On Putting Greens.
Douglas Linde, Delaware Valley College

9:30 AM

Polymer Coated Urea for Improved Aesthetics, Functionality, and Reduction of Nutrient Pollution.
Bryan G. Hopkins, Brigham Young Univ.

9:45 AM

Nitrate Leaching During Turf Establishment: Sodded and Seeded Centipedegrass.
J. Bryan Unruh, Univ. of Florida; Laurie E. Trenholm, Univ. of Florida; Phil Moon, Univ. of Florida; Jerry B. Sartain, Univ. of Florida

10:00 AM

Break

10:15 AM

Influence That Soil Water Content Has On Putting Green Firmness.
Douglas Linde, Delaware Valley College

10:30 AM

Shelf Life and Tensile Strength of Turfgrass Sod Amended with Recycled Biosolid.
Donald Vietor, Texas A&M Univ.; Ronnie Schnell, Texas A&M Univ.; Clyde Munster, Texas A&M Univ.; Tony Provin, Texas A&M Univ.; Richard White, Texas A&M Univ.; David Chalmers, Texas A&M Univ.

10:45 AM

Effects of Salinity Applied to Seashore Paspalum On Three Simulated Athletic Field Situations: I. Soil Salinity Responses.
Joseph Krum, Univ. of Georgia; Robert Carrow, Univ. of Georgia; Ian Flitcroft, Univ. of Georgia

11:00 AM

Effects of Salinity Applied to Seashore Paspalum On Three Simulated Athletic Field Situations: II. Plant and Soil Fertility Responses.
Robert Carrow, Univ. of Georgia; Joseph Krum, Univ. of Georgia; Ian Flitcroft, Univ. of Georgia

11:15 AM

Spatial Mapping of Soil Salinity On a Golf Course with a Mobile Device.
Ian Flitcroft, Univ. of Georgia; Joseph Krum, Univ. of Georgia; Robert Carrow, Univ. of Georgia

11:30 AM

Rootzone Characteristics and Bermudagrass Response to Saline Water Applied by Subsurface Drip Irrigation at Two Irrigation Volumes.
Dara Park, Clemson Univ.; Kelsey Gorman, Clemson Univ.; Lambert McCarty, Clemson Univ.; Haibo Liu, Clemson Univ.; Joe Toler, Clemson Univ.; Ken Stone, USDA-ARS

11:45 AM

Golf Courses as a Source of Potentially Invasive C3 Grasses.
John Stier, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison; Mark Garrison, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison; Ed luschei, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison; Michael Casler, USDA-ARS

12:00 PM

Response of Creeping Bentgrass to Fall-Applied Nitrogen On Sand and Soil Putting Greens in the Upper Midwest.
Daniel Lloyd, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison; Douglas J. Soldat, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison; John Stier, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison; Brian Horgan, Univ. of Minnesota; Andrew Hollman, Univ. of Minnesota

12:15 PM

Herbicide Effects On Soil Moisture Use in Bermuda Grass Cultivar ‘Princess 77'.
Jeff St. A. Chandler, Univ. of the West Indies; Francis B. Lopez, Univ. of the West Indies; Chris Alleyne, Univ. of the West Indies; Louis E. Chinnery, Univ. of the West Indies

12:30 PM

Concluding Remarks