174 Graduate Student Oral Competition: III

Oral Session
C05 Turfgrass Science
Oral competition for turfgrass science graduate students.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009: 9:55 AM-12:20 PM
Convention Center, Room 316, Third Floor

Presiding:
B. Todd Bunnell
12:20 PM
Adjourn
9:55 AM
Introductory Remarks
10:00 AM
Mesotrione as An Herbicide for Sping-Seeded, Cool-Season Turf.
Christopher Blume, Iowa State Univ.; Nick Christians, Iowa State Univ.
10:15 AM
10:30 AM
Turfgrass Armoring of Levees Constructed with High Saline Soils within the New Orleans Levee District.
Steven Borst, Louisiana State Univ.; Jeffrey Beasley, Louisiana State Univ.; Ron Strahan, Louisiana State Univ.; Shelby W. Henning, Univ. of Illinois
10:45 AM
Anthracnose Severity of Annual Bluegrass Putting Green Turf as Affected by Summer Soluble N-Fertilization.
Joseph Roberts, Rutgers State Univ.; James Murphy, Rutgers State Univ.; Bruce Clarke, Rutgers State Univ.
11:00 AM
Break
11:15 AM
Conversion of Kentucky Bluegrass Rough to No-Mow, Low-Input Grasses.
Matthew Cavanaugh, Univ. of Minnesota; Eric Watkins, Univ. of Minnesota; Brian Horgan, Univ. of Minnesota; Mary Meyer, Univ. of Minnesota
11:45 AM
Distribution of Basidiomycete Fungi Associated with Fairy Rings On Golf Putting Greens.
Gerald Miller Jr., North Carolina State Univ.; Lane Tredway, North Carolina State Univ.
12:00 PM
Nitrogen Effects On Quality of Velvet Bentgrass Grown On Sand and Soil Putting Greens.
Benjamin Pease, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison; Eric Koeritz, Univ. of Minnesota; John Stier, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison; Douglas Soldat, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison
12:15 PM
Concluding Remarks