by Wrennie Wang, PhD, and Alec Kowalewski, PhD
Criticisms of the environmental impacts of lawns, including a high climate footprint and high irrigation requirement, pose challenges to the market acceptance of natural turfgrass.
Read more: Enhancing Turfgrass Carbon Sequestration - 2023 Results from OSU
Effects of Equipment Traffic on Turfgrass During Frost and Freezing Conditions - Final Report
Oregon State University
Alec Kowalewski, Chas Schmid, Zach Hamilton, Brian McDonald, Robert Starchvick, and Cole Stover
The WCTA Board is pleased to announce it will continue supporting important and valuable turf research in 2024. Based on funds raised in 2023, cash available to the Research Committee for new project funding is $23,377.
Read more: WCTA Supports Turf Managers by Investing In 2024 Research Projects
Q4 update: Jan-Mar 2024
By Jason Pick
As our ATRF fiscal year ends, we welcome spring with a renewal of turf research advances, and partnerships. Through the last 12 months your foundation has shared the latest research advances via education sessions to the Saskatchewan Turfgrass Association, Landscape Alberta, the Alberta Golf Superintendents Association, Manitoba Golf Superintendents, Landscape Alberta, the Western Cemetery Association, and the British Columbia superintendents.
By Jerry Rousseau
At the risk of upsetting a few apples, it’s time that professional golf and sportsturf managers are made aware that the future of the Canadian Turfgrass Research Foundation (CTRF) is not looking so good.