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NTA Donates $61,000 to Research

The Board of Directors of the Northwest Turfgrass Association has voted to donated $61,000 to various turfgrass research and education projects in the Northwest, more than double what was awarded in 2014.

The NTA grants will be spread out over five different research and education programs in the Northwest.

For 2015, the NTA Board of Directors has awarded the following research and education grants:

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Letter from Scandinavian Turf Research Foundation - 2014 Yearbook

Dear Jerry,

I trust you are keeping well.

Please enclosed find STERF yearbook 2014, which will give you an idea of STERF´s ongoing activities and projects. In 2014 STERF had 22 ongoing projects related to integrated pest management, sustainable water management, winter stress management, and multifunctional golf facilities and ecosystem services, all of them presented in the yearbook.

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Déjà Vu All Over Again: Research Shows 'Mulch Fungus' Causes Turfgrass Disease

By Jeff Mulhollem  

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Inadvertently continuing a line of study they conducted about 15 years ago, a team of Penn State researchers recently discovered the causal agent for an emerging turfgrass disease affecting golf courses around the world.

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Canadian Turfgrass Research Foundation Approves $114,600 in Grants

Media Release: May 18, 2015

The Canadian Turfgrass Research Foundation (CTRF) has announced a total of $114,600 in turf research funding over a three year period to help fund two new projects.  The announcement follows an eight month process to generate, evaluate and decide on which of 18 project submissions would be funded for the period 2015 – 2018.

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