CTRF
Current Research
2025 – 01 – Assessment of environmental conditions under impermeable and permeable turf covers, influencing the survivability of poa annua in mixed creeping bentgrass golf greens subjected to forced/reduced hardening period(s)
Golf green tarping systems are widely used in the golf industry to cover greens over the winter months. However, increasingly warm fall temperatures extending through November now require our refinement of the tarping procedure(s) to avoid turf loss by fall anoxia. This project will assess those relationships of light, temperature, and gas exchange as it […]
2024 – 01 – Influence of nitrogen rate on growing degree day models for plant growth regulator reapplication interval on annual bluegrass putting greens
Plant growth regulators are an effective tool that can use to reduce vertical shoot growth, increase shoot density, and improve putting green playability. Traditionally, PGRs have been applied on a calendarbased schedule, but growing degree-day models for reapplication intervals have been developed recently for trinexapac-ethyl, paclobutrazol, and prohexadione-Ca on creeping bentgrass and ultradwarf bermudagrass putting […]