Recent Event

Auburn’s Turfgrass Research Day Featuring a Range of Topics

his year Auburn’s Turfgrass Research Day returned to April, and it was a beautiful day to be outdoors viewing the plots.

TOPICS INCLUDED

• Pollinators in turfgrass and how to maintain and support pollinators. The latest on problematic insect biology and ecology was also discussed and how it applies to insect management in turfgrass.

• Discussion of the use of growth promoting Bacillus in turfgrass, the impact of vesiculararbuscular mycorihizal (VAM) fungi on turfgrass, and the latest on the National Turfgrass Evaluation Program.

Demonstrations of the following:

• Safening of trifloxysulfuron on St. Augustine grass with potential for weed control

• Poa annua control in warm-season turfgrass when herbicide resistance is present

• Poa annua control in putting greens

• Broadleaf weed control herbicide options

• Pre-emergence herbicide usage for winter and summer weed control

• The growing problem of herbicide resistance

Turfgrass Research Day is a great opportunity to come out and support our Auburn researchers. Many thanks to those vendors who contributed, as well as attendees.

SPONSORS

Bayer

Harrell's, LLC

Simplot

Sipcam Agro

Soil Kit

Syngenta

The Gowan Company