Sentences with word «turfgrass»
A new study from researchers in Greece offers recommendations for the use of turfgrass in green roof environments.
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A golf ball sits on a section of DALZ 1308, the new putting green zoysia grass variety from the Texas A&M AgriLife Research turfgrass breeding program in Dallas.
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«Americans have the idea that if it's light green, it isn't healthy,» says Kevin Morris, president of the National Turfgrass Federation in Beltsville, Maryland.
The conference included a field trip to the NMSU Turfgrass Salinity Research Center.
What good are the research findings if professional turfgrass managers don't know about them?
New Mexico State University Extension Turfgrass Specialist Bernd Leinauer and his team are conducting an irrigation efficiency study at the City of Albuquerque's Paradise Meadows Park.
«With me being a board member of the Southwest Turfgrass Association, I am closely connected with the industry,» Leinauer said.
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But Combs was aquick study, and in addition to keeping up with her coworkers, she alsoimpressed her supervisors by taking turfgrass courses, learning advancedmaintenance techniques and earning a pesticide license.
W.H. Daniel of Turfgrass Services, who installed the system, said the resodding might turn out to be a blessing.
The research will also aid scientists working with other «cereal crops,» including rice, wheat, rye, maize, millet, sorghum, oats and even turfgrass, which like the other food crops, is in the grass family, Close said.
Author Nikolaos Ntoulas explained that although turfgrasses meet the three requirements of plants recommended for use in urban environments (aesthetics, function, and recreation), these grasses have seldom been evaluated on extensive green roofs due to their high water demands.
«Turfgrass tested in shallow green roof substrates.»
«Turfgrass growth and physiological status were best during moisture deficit conditions in the deeper profile (15 cm) using the higher amount of irrigation (6 mm) and the locally mixed substrate.»
Turfgrass researchers in the New Mexico State University College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences are focusing on drought tolerance and irrigation efficiency.
Chandra is associate editor of the scientific journal Crop Science, and was nominated for «thorough, competent and timely reviewing and editing» of the manuscripts submitted to the journal in the area of turfgrass science.
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«Dormant turfgrass will turn brown and is often considered unsightly, but it will recover when conditions improve.»
Large rectangles of pure turfgrass can be boring.
Narrow strips of turfgrass separate the squares, which step up slightly with the change in grade from the street to the house.
Dr. Ben Wherley, Texas A&M AgriLife Research turfgrass / ecology scientist, College Station, said management practices such as irrigation delivery equipment, interpreting soil tests and understanding nutrient applications can help reduce runoff and provide additional landscape irrigation water.
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«Turfgrass research focuses on irrigation efficiency, drought tolerance.»
«Although subsurface drip irrigation has been used in agriculture for decades, it's just making its way into the turfgrass industry,» Leinauer said.
In October, Leinauer and fellow researchers educated homeowners, master gardeners, landscape managers and turfgrass professionals at the Southwest Turfgrass Association Recreational Landscape Conference and Expo hosted by NMSU.
NMSU Extension Turfgrass Specialist Bernd Leinauer said subsurface drip irrigation, in particular, is the newest method in turfgrass efficiency.
Seeds from new or newfound varieties can be sent to the Turfgrass Federation for inclusion in the National Turfgrass Evaluation Program, which distributes hundreds of cultivars a year to land - grant universities in the United States and Canada.
Decisions to deregulate any wild GM plant like the eucalyptus must take into account this lack of research, said Hong Luo, a molecular biologist at Clemson University who has developed a gene containment system for another wild plant, turfgrass.
The NMSU Turfgrass Salinity Research Center is home to several types of turfgrass plots.
Less than 25 % of the landscaping area is turfgrass.
About Blog The Cornell Turfgrass Team is made up of faculty from several Cornell units, NYSIPM program staff, Cornell Cooperative Extension educators from across the state, and others dedicated to helping homeowners, lawn -, sports - and golf - turf professionals and sod producers use research - based practices to effectively and efficiently manage turfgrass as an environmental asset.
«Dormancy is simply a state of reduced water usage where the turfgrass... focuses resources on the roots,» according to the Lawn Institute.