C05 Turfgrass Science Session: Establishment, Thatch, Soil and Water Management in Turfgrass Graduate Student Competition (ASA, CSSA and SSSA Annual Meetings (Cincinnati, OH- Oct. 21

Establishment, Thatch, Soil and Water Management in Turfgrass Graduate Student Competition

Oral Session

C05 Turfgrass Science

Graduate student competition for topics related to soil, water, thatch and establishment in turfgrass

Monday, October 22, 2012: 8:00 AM-11:20 AM

Millennium Hotel, Grand Ballroom A, Second Floor

Organizer:

Brian Horgan

Presider:

Bruce Branham

8:00 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:05 AM

101-1

Radiometric Sensing As a Turfgrass Evapotranspiration Measurement Tool.
Brad DeBels, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Douglas Soldat, University of Wisconsin-Madison

8:20 AM

101-2

Rootzone pH and Penn A-4 Creeping Bentgrass Root Growth.
Derek T. Pruyne, Penn State University; Maxim J. Schlossberg, Penn State University

8:35 AM

101-3

Pigment Content and Quality of Drought Stressed Warm-Season Turf Species Treated with Plant Growth Regulators.
Marco Schiavon, New Mexico State University; Bernd Leinauer, New Mexico State University; Matteo Serena, New Mexico State University

8:50 AM

101-4

Improvement of Traffic Tolerance and Spring Recovery of Sprigged Bermudagrasses by Fall Fertilization.
Eric H. Reasor, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; James M. Goatley Jr., Virginia Tech; Whitnee Askew, Virginia Tech; Shawn Askew, Virginia Tech; David McCall, Virginia Tech

9:05 AM

101-5

Drones Make Sense: Quantifying Turf Quality Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Based near-Infrared Digital Image Analysis.
Scott Dworak, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Roch Gaussoin, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Vishal Singh, Pixobot, LLC

9:20 AM

101-6

Sustainable Water Conservation Through Evapotranspiration Replenishment Regimes, with Wetting Agents and Cultural Practices.
Rodney V. Tocco, Michigan State University; Thomas Nikolai, Michigan State University; Kevin Frank, Michigan State University; Kurt Steinke, Michigan State University; Joseph Vargas Jr., Michigan State University

9:35 AM

Break

9:50 AM

101-7

A Study On Root Morphological and Physiological Characteristics of Warm Season Turf Grass Species As Affected by Mowing Height.
Bishow Poudel, University of Florida; Diane Rowland, University of Florida; Kevin Kenworthy, Univ. of Florida; J. Bryan Unruh, University of Florida; John E. Erickson, University of Florida; Jerry Bennett, University of Florida; Amy Harder, Univ. of Florida

10:05 AM

101-8

Effect of Sodium On Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity of Sand-Based Putting Green Root Zones.
Glen Obear, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Douglas Soldat, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Phillip Barak, University of Wisconsin-Madison; William Bleam, University of Wisconsin-Madison

10:20 AM

101-9

Cancelled

10:35 AM

101-10

Graywater Use for Bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon) Lawns.
Jason Roelle, New Mexico State University; Ryan Goss, New Mexico State University

10:50 AM

101-11

Short Statured Species for Rapid Establishment On Mississippi Roadsides.
Timothy Bradford, Mississippi State University; Barry Stewart, Mississippi State University; Herbert Philley, Mississippi State University; Wayne Wells, Mississippi State University; Gregg Munshaw, University of Kentucky

11:05 AM

101-12

Evaluation of Climate-Based Controllers for Landscape Irrigation.
Paul Urzagaste, Utah State University; Kelly Kopp, Utah State University

11:20 AM

Adjourn

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