University of California, Riverside Turfgrass Research Program
BETTER TURF THRU AGRONOMICS

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January 2001

  • Herbicide Resistance in California Turf: Not Yet, But Worldwide Trends Give Warning
  • May 3, 2001 - First UCRTRAC Research Golf Tournament
  • Financial Backing and Employee Training Needed for BMP Implementation Say Turf Managers in Response to Survey
  • Resource for Turf Disease Diagnosis
  • Poa annua: Desired Species or Aggressive, Weedy Winter Invader
  • Identification and Life Cycle of Poa annua
  • Topdressing Compost on Turf Improves Turf Quality, Reduces Weeds

    June 2000

  • Fall Renovation Treatments Do Not Increase PM10 Emissions in the Coachella Valley
  • Golf Growth: California Led the Nation in 1999; Southern Countries Led the State
  • Soil Type Affects NO3-N Leaching on Overseeded Bermudagrass Fairways
  • Tall Fescue: BMP's Being Developed at UCR for Irrigation and Nitrogen
  • Sports Turf Management Overview
  • UCRTRAC 1999 Annuak Research Summery

    December 1999

  • Contact Transfer of Pesticides from Turf: Refocusing default assumptions on reality
  • NOEL and exposure reduction measures
  • Sports Turf management overview
  • Urban waste-based soil amendments may benefit Turf and landscape industries

    August 1999

  • California Water Demand Snapshot
  • How much Water is used for landscape irrigation in urban southern California
  • Best management Practie 5 Mandates ET0-based water use budgets at CII sites
  • The water supply in Southern California
  • Urban Water supply costs
  • Quality of redional water supplies
  • Usage of reclaimed water for landscape irrigation
  • Water Recycling criteria in California

    April 1999

  • Snapshot of the southern California Golf Industry
  • Benefits of the Toro HydroJect 3000 for Golf Course Superintendents
  • Wat does EC mean
  • Improvement of Spring Transition on Overseeded Bermudagrass putting greens
  • Summer Management Principles
  • New UCR Technique gives Turf managers an easy way to increase irrigation efficiency
  • Spring Transition
  • UCRTRAC annual research summary report for 1998 Now available

    December 1998

  • Pesticide Partitioning in a putting green environment:Field measurements vs computer model prediction
  • Wat happened to the grass in the retractable roof baseball stadium
  • Nitrogen fertilizer movement in a Turf system
  • Practical applications
  • NTEP variety trials: bermudagrass cultivar performance results
  • LSD: Interpreting the NTEP research results statistics
  • New UC straregy controls bermudagrass in cool-season Turf

    June 1998

  • ET-based irrigation scheduling saves water and money; UCR research on Turf plant factor (Kc) Aids budgeting
  • Green Kyllinga is becoming a major Turf Weed in California
  • Kyllinga identification and life cycle
  • Kyllinga management in Turf
  • Turfgrass Research conference and field day - Sept 16, 1998
  • New Delegates appointed to UCRTRAC

    April 1998

  • Turf Research makes good business sense: UCRTRAC's immpact in Southern California presented in annual research report
  • Turf Biotech at UCR: identifying LFR genes to reduce irrigation costs, Conserver water, and improve drought resistance
  • Demystifying Biotech: A useful tool for plant improvement
  • Kikuyugrass can provide high-quality Turf with the right maintenance
  • SCGA memners' club participates in a national putting green trial with UCR Turf researcher
  • Management of annual bluegrass studied in forst GCSAA chapter cooperative research program in California
  • Nitrogen and Iron Enhance Zoysia winter color better than overseeding when temperatures are moderate, reducing maintenance costs
  • 'De Anza' Zoysia to make its major league debut

    November 1997

  • El Nino may affect best management practices and nitrogen leaching on overseeded bermudagrass fairways
  • Reducing yard waste in california: grasscycling may have an important role
  • nitrogen fertilizers evaluted on tall fescue for two years
  • evaluation of 23 slow and fast release nitrogen fertilizers on overseeded common bermudagrass in the cool season
  • UCR extension develops certificate program in turfgrass management

    June 1997

  • Sting nematode threatens coachella valley golf courses; Quarantine is in effect
  • Maintaining bermudagrass athletic fields in LA county: A new UC report
  • Improvement of the spring transition of overseeded brmudagrass putting greens in the coachella valley: A two-year study
  • overseeding pretreatments: An evaluation
  • Turfgrass research conference and field day - Sept 17, 1997

    March 1997

  • UCR's new putting green traffic simulator facilitates fine-tuning research results and recommendations
  • New simulator mimics metal spikes or alternate spikes
  • Nitrogen transport and fate: Key factors in fertilization program
  • Tall Fescue is more effictive than perennial ryegrass in resisting kikuygrass invasion
  • Buffalograss - A promising drought-resistant Turf for California
  • UC scientists release Two Buffalograss Cultivars; Continue Performance Tests

    November 1996

  • Putting Turf in a retractabl-roof baseball stadium for the first time - A novel challenge
  • Black Turfgrass ataenius damage threholds
  • Growth and development of Kikuyugrass: An invasive weed on golf courses and lawns
  • Kikuyugrass spreads mainly by clonal propagation
  • Sequential herbicide applications provide effective control of kikuyugrass
  • Two new products show promise for chemical edging of Turf
  • Recycled water for Turf irrigation: A valuable resource for professionals

    September 1996

  • UCRTRAC - A new linkage between researchers and industry clientele
  • Turfgrass research conference and field day - sept 17, 1996
  • Fate of pesticides and fertilizers in a simulated golf course Turfgrass Environment
  • Bentgrass variety trials
  • Topdressings for disease control on Turf
  • National Turfgrass evaluation program
  • Improved winter color of warm-season Turfgrasses - NTEP variety trial results

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