2009 North Carolina
State University
Turfgrass Field Day
August 12, 2009
Raleigh, NC
This year, the NCSU Turfgrass Field Day will be held at the Lake Wheeler Turfgrass
Field Lab. Topics will cover a variety of turf issues including: sod production,
lawn care and maintenance, sports turf management, golf, environmental issues, and
more. Research advancements on insect, weed, and disease pests will be addressed,
and Dr. Susana Milla-Lewis, the new NCSU turf breeder, will be on site for everyone
to meet.
As part of a very special celebration of his 26 years here, the faculty and staff
will send its own Dr. Art Bruneau off to his well earned retirement with the Inaugural
Art Bruneau Golf Tournament Fundraiser at the Lonnie Poole Golf Course, followed
by a dinner and “Art Roast”. Proceeds of these events will benefit turfgrass research
through the NC Agricultural Foundation. If you are one of the many extension specialists,
students, faculty or turf professionals that Art has touched over the years, please
take this opportunity to visit with him at field day, play the new golf course,
eat, and help us send Dr. Bruneau off in style while helping raise funds for scholarships
and research.
RESEARCH
NTEP TRIALS: Dr. Art Bruneau's Legacy to NC STATE
Dr. Art Bruneau started the NCSU affiliation with the NTEP (National Turfgrass Evaluation
Program) Research trials upon his arrival to the NCSU Turfgrass Program in 1983.
Making this program an integral focus of his research and time here at NCSU, Dr.
Bruneau's work has helped to define the turf program making it the success it
is today.
The first NTEP trial established in NC was the 1985 Kentucky bluegrass trial. It
was established in two locations, Charlotte and Goldsboro. Since the onset
of this cooperation, NCSU has become a primary host for many of the NTEP variety
trials conducted over the last 15 years. Field Day offers the industry and public
a unique opportunity to review the NTEP plots with the researchers to gain valuable
insights into the appropriate varieties for their turfgrass applications.
TURFGRASS BREEDING PROGRAM
Dr. Susanna Milla-Lewis was selected from a national list of applicants to join
the NCSU turfgrass program as its new turfgrass breeding specialist. Her extensive
resume includes working with great success in other NC commodity breeding programs
such as peanuts and sweet potatoes.
Dr. Milla-Lewis has hit the ground running here at NCSU and will be available to
discuss an overview of her short and long term plans for her research at Field Day.
She will be presenting research on the "Evaluation of South African Bermudagrass
for shade and drought tolerance". This will be a great opportunity for seed and
sod producers to meet Dr. Milla-Lewis and discuss their interests as it will apply
to her work.
|
Field Day Reports
Effects of athletic field paint on turfgrass photosynthesis and transpiration
(PDF)
Casey Reynolds and Grady Miller
Tolerance of Tall Fescue to Sulfentrazone When Applied with Various Fertilizers and Three-Way Herbicides (PDF)
Dustin F. Lewis, Travis Gannon, Leon Warren, and Fred Yelverton
The Science of Soil Insect Pests (PDF)
Diane Silcox, Jake Doskocil and William Neal Reynolds Professor, Dr. Rick Brandenburg
Department of Entomology, NC State University
Evaluation of South African Bermudagrass for Shade and Drought Tolerance (PDF)
Susana Milla-Lewis, Casey Reynolds, and Carolina Zuleta
Dept. Crop Science, NC State University
Interactions among DMI Fungicides and Plant Growth Regulators on Creeping Bentgrass Putting Greens (PDF)
Lane Tredway, Mike Soika, Thomas Redding, and Thomas Kirkpatrick
Department of Plant Pathology, NC State University
Cultural Programs on Creeping Bentgrass Putting Green Summer Stress, Disease Susceptibility, and Organic Matter Accumulation (PDF)
Mark Brotherton, Grady Miller, Tom Rufty,
Department of Crop Science, NC State University and
Lane Tredway
Department of Plant Pathology, NC State University
Influence of Management Practices on ‘Diamond’ Zoysiagrass and ‘Mini-Verde’ Bermudagrass Golf Greens (PDF)
Kyle Briscoe, and Grady Miller,
Department of Crop Science, NC State University
NCSU Variety Evaluation Program
Cool and Warm-Season Trials (PDF)
Dr. Grady Miller, Dr. Art Bruneau, Casey Reynolds, and Scott Brinton
Evaluation of national cool-season trials: Tall fescue and Kentucky bluegrass (PDF)
Scott Brinton, Casey Reynolds, and Grady Miller
Evaluation of national warm-season trials: bermudagrass, zoysiagrass, and St. Augustinegrass (PDF)
Grady Miller, Art Bruneau, Casey Reynolds, and Scott Brinton
Comparison of Three Fertility Rates and Two Mowing Heights Effects on Cultivars of Zoysia japonica and Zoysia matrella to Determine the Optimum Management Scheme and Divot Recovery Rate (PDF)
Jason Hinton, Grady Miller and Charles Peacock
|