By Jim Ross, Prairie Turfgrass Research Centre
Research at a number of universities in the United States on a new product for the reduction of annual bluegrass (Poa annua) in creeping bentgrass is causing quite a bit of excitement for golf course Superintendents.
Read more: Promising Poa Products On The Horizon
Canadian Allied Turfgrass Research (CATR) annual Call for Proposals
The Canadian Turfgrass Research Foundation (CTRF), Western Canada Turfgrass Association (WCTA) and the Ontario Turfgrass Research Foundation (OTRF) have formed a research funding alliance for an annual call for proposals for turfgrass research grants.
Read more: Research Call For Proposals
Graduate student: Melissa M. I. Bassoriello
Principal investigators: Katerina S. Jordan J. Christopher Hall
Project summary:
Summer patch, a root disease caused by the fungus Magnaporthe poae, is most pathogenic on annual bluegrass (Poa annua) golf course greens in North America. Disease symptom development can occur when the turfgrass is stressed, although M. poae thrives best under conditions of high air and soil temperatures, high soil moisture and high soil pH.
Read more: Management, host pathogenicity, and identification of Magnaporthe poae, causal agent of summer...
Canadian Allied Turfgrass Research (CATR) annual Call for Proposals
The Canadian Turfgrass Research Foundation (CTRF), Western Canada Turfgrass Association (WCTA), Atlantic Turfgrass Research Foundation (ATRF),Quebec Turfgrass Research Foundation (QTRF) and the Ontario Turfgrass Research Foundation (OTRF) have formed a research funding alliance for an annual call for proposals for turfgrass research grants. With a single submission researchers have the opportunity to have their proposal considered for funding by all groups and funded either separately or collaboratively. A national wide grant application eliminates application duplication while giving regional researchers more national exposure.
Read more: 2014 Turf Research Call For Proposals
