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Establishment, Thatch, Soil Plus Stress Physiology and Breeding: Student Oral Competition

Oral Session

C05 Turfgrass Science

Graduate student oral competition in the broad areas of turfgrass establishment, thatch, and soil management, then papers on stress physiology and breeding.

Monday, November 4, 2013: 12:55 PM-4:00 PM
Tampa Convention Center, Room 20
Organizer:
Erik H. Ervin
12:55 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:00 PM
“Crumb Rubber Particle Size and Topdressing Depth to Improve Bermudagrass Athletic Field Performance”.
Kyley H. Dickson, University of Tennessee; John C. Sorochan, University of Tennessee - Knoxville; James T. Brosnan, University of Tennessee - Knoxville; John Clinton Stier, University of Tennessee - Knoxville; Adam Thoms, University of Tennessee - Knoxville
1:15 PM
The Effect of Cultural Practices On Putting Green Firmness.
Arly M Drake, The Ohio State University; Edward McCoy, The Ohio State University; John Street, The Ohio State University; T. Karl Danneberger, The Ohio State University; David S. Gardner, The Ohio State University
1:30 PM
Effects of Sand Size for Topdressing Putting Green Turf.
Ruying Wang, Rutgers University; James Warren Hempfling, Rutgers University; James A. Murphy, Rutgers University
1:45 PM
Turfgrass Seed Mixture Optimization.
Joshua Friell, University of Minnesota; Eric Watkins, University of Minnesota; Brian P. Horgan, University of Minnesota; Maggie Reiter, University of Minnesota
2:00 PM
Establishment of White Clover in Tall Fescue and Kentucky Bluegrass.
Bret Sparks, University of Kentucky; Gregg C. Munshaw, University of Kentucky; David W. Williams, University of Kentucky; Jeffrey S Beasley, LSU Agricultural Center
2:15 PM
Break
2:25 PM
Soil Moisture Mapping At Field Capacity to Determine Texture Variability.
Becky Grubbs, University of Georgia; Gerald M. Henry, University of Georgia-Athens; Robert N. Carrow, University of Georgia - Griffin; Van W. Cline, Toro Company; Chase M Straw, University of Georgia-Athens; Robin Landry, University of Georgia; Kevin Tucker, University of Georgia
2:40 PM
Variation In Anthocyanin Production Among Accessions and Cultivars Of Rough Bluegrass (Poa trivialis L).
Dominic Petrella, The Ohio State University; David S. Gardner, The Ohio State University; T. Karl Danneberger, The Ohio State University; James Metzger, The Ohio State University; Patrice Hamel, The Ohio State University
2:55 PM
Comparing Carbon Metabolism of Creeping Bentgrass and Annual Bluegrass During Cold Deacclimation.
Xian Guan, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Michelle DaCosta, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; Jeffrey Ebdon, University of Massachusetts Amherst
3:10 PM
Candidate Gene Expression Levels Associated With Heat Tolerance in Bentgrasses.
David Jespersen, Rutgers University; Bingru Huang, Rutgers University
3:25 PM
Mitigation of Drought Stress Damage By Exogenous Application of a Non–Protein Amino Acid γ– Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) On Perennial Ryegrass.
Sanalkumar Krishnan, Michigan State University; Kevin Laskowski, Michigan State University; Vijaya Shukla, Michigan State University; Emily B Merewitz, Michigan State University
3:55 PM
Adjourn