Turfgrass disease research in grass breeding and cultivar development
This seminar will present how to create a new a new variety of turfgrass the needs of the superintendent. During the seminar, we will discuss disease research in turfgrass breeding to improve tolerance to diseases such as dollar spot, grey leaf spot and other major diseases in turf. We will also look at drought tolerance of grass species used for turf and will present the work done by Barenbrug to make turf grass more sustainable and adaptable to current and future environmental issues.
Learning outcomes:
- Learn about how breeding can improve and adapted turf grasses
- Learn about turf grass diseases and breeding for improved cultivars
- Learn about turf grass species vs disease susceptibility
- Learn about drought tolerance and water requirement of turf grass species
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