(By Jared Hoyle; KSU Turfgrass Research and Extension)
This summer has been a crazy one. We have been getting ready for field day in Olathe on August 6th (Hope to see everyone out there! – Register here – http://www.eventbrite.com/e/kansas-turf-ornamentals-field-day-tickets-16109376579) but there are a lot of new projects that graduate students, faculty and staff are up to. Here is just a list of what is going on and we will be talking more about it at field day and at Annual Turfgrass Conference in December!
We have a new GPS navigated robot mower being tested out at Rocky Ford in Manhattan.
Pre- and Post-emergent herbicide trials at Olathe and and Manhattan. (Photo form Olathe).
Influence of tall fescue mowing height on crabgrass populations demonstration at Olathe.
I have been traveling everywhere. (Had to throw that in there)
New zoysaigrass variety trials at Rocky Ford in Manhattan.
Ross Braun (KSU Turfgrass PhD Graduate Student) has been evaluating multiple turfgrass species, mowing height and traffic in drought conditions.
Evan Alderman (KSU Turfgrass MS Graduate Student) installed a new fairway (5/8″) of ‘Cody’ buffalograss at Rocky Ford.
There is a new ornamental herbicide testing facility installed at the forest research center in Manhattan to evaluate potential turfgrass herbicides to ornamental plants.
The use of adjuvants with Pylex and triclopyr combination demonstration trial at Olathe. Brown patch control research trial was installed at Olathe this summer. New granular products for broadleaf weed control (Olathe – Photos not shown).
Dr. Bremer and Ross Braun (KSU Turfgrass PhD Graduate Student) has been studying greenhouse gas emissions under drought conditions at Rocky Ford.
More traveling…
Lastly, I would like to congratulate Dr. Zane Raudembush for completing his PhD this past spring. Good luck in all your do Zane.
This is not all of what have been going on but just wanted to share some of the pictures of some of the new things that are going on here in the KSU Turfgrass Program.
Don’t forget to come out to field day August 6th and see some of the research that we have been conducting. Thanks and have a great rest of the week!
Jared
