75 Graduate Student Oral Competition: Turfgrass Physiology and Response to Drought, Heat, Cold and Salinity Stress

Oral Session
C05 Turfgrass Science

Turfgrass physiology and responses to heat, cold, drought and salinity stresses.

Monday, November 1, 2010: 1:10 PM-4:40 PM
Long Beach Convention Center, Room 102C, First Floor

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Organizer:
Anthony Koski
1:10 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:15 PM
Water Requirements of Newly Established Cool Season Turfgrass Species as Influenced by Mowing Height and Nitrogen.
Tod Blankenship, Oregon State University; Robert Golembiewski, Oregon State University; Brian McDonald, Oregon State University
1:30 PM
Rooting Characteristics of Fescues, Ryegrasses and Their Hybrids for Improved Drought Tolerance.
Brent Barnes, University of California; James Baird, University of California; Adam Lukaszewski, University of California; David Kopecky, Inst. of Experimental Botany
1:45 PM
Seasonal Drought Stress Response of Kentucky Bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) in the Intermountain West.
Hang Duong, Utah State University; Paul Johnson, Utah State University; Roger Kjelgren, Utah State University
2:00 PM
Warm Season Turfgrass and Rootzone Quality Under Saline Sprinkler and Drip Irrigation.
Elena Sevostianova, New Mexico State University; Bernd Leinauer, New Mexico State University; Bernd Maier, NMSU
2:15 PM
Transpiration Rate Changes in Response to Soil Dry of Five Warm-Season Turfgrass Species.
Maria Fuentealba, University of Florida; Kevin Kenworthy, University of Florida; John Erickson, University of Florida; Jason Kruse, University of Florida; Laurie Trenholm, University of Florida
3:00 PM
Effects of Drought Preconditioning On Freezing Tolerance of Perennial Ryegrass.
Lindsey Hoffman, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; Michelle DaCosta, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; Jeffrey Ebdon, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; Jiuzhou Zhao, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics
2:45 PM
Break
3:30 PM
Correlation of Three Salinity Tolerance Screening Methods.
Matthew Koch, Rutgers University; Stacy Bonos, Rutgers University
3:45 PM
Effect of Photoperiod and Temperature On Tillering Rate and Rhizome Formation in Tall Fescue.
Priti Saxena, Rutgers University; Bingru Huang, Turfgrass center,Rutgers; Stacy Bonos, Rutgers University; William Meyer, Rutgers University
4:00 PM
The Effect of Altered Assimilate Allocation and Partitioning Due to PcGA2- Oxidase Overexpression On the Growth and Performance of Creeping Bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera L.) in Full Sun and Reduced Light.
Aneta Studzinska, The Ohio State University; David Gardner, The Ohio State University; Robert Harriman, Scotts Co., The; James Metzger, The Ohio State University; T. Karl Danneberger, The Ohio State University
4:15 PM
Discussion
4:25 PM
Adjourn