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

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

C05 Turfgrass Science
Monday, November 1, 2010: 1:10 PM-4:40 PM
Long Beach Convention Center, Room 102C, First Floor
Organizer:
Anthony Koski
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
2:30 PM
Late Season N and Plant Growth Regulator (PGR) Applications Influence Spring Vigor of Cool-Season Putting Greens.
Chase Rogan, The Pennsylvania State University; Maxim Schlossberg, The Pennsylvania State University
2:45 PM
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
3:15 PM
Detecting Physiological Response of Tall Fescue to Salinity Stress Based On Single Leaf Spectrums.
Gao Yang, North Dakota State University; Deying Li, North Dakota State University
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
4:25 PM