This group includes 24 project reports
Investigator(s)Project title (publication year -year within-project)More Detail
Funk, C. ReedBreeding and evaluation of Kentucky bluegrass, tall fescue, perennial ryegrass, and bentgrass for turf (1994 - )click here
Engelke, MiltBreeding and development of bentgrass (1994 -)click here
Burton, GlennBermudagrass breeding - vegetative (1994 - )click here
Riordan, TerranceBreeding, evaluation and culture of buffalograss for golf course turf (1994 -)click here
White, DonaldImprovement of Poa annua var reptans for golf turf (1994 -)click here
Taliaferro, CharlesBreeding and evaluation of cold-tolerant bermudagrass varieties [for] golf courses (1994 -)click here
Ruemmele, BridgetColonial bentgrass, (Agrostis tenuis), breeding and cultivar development (1994 - )click here
Duncan, RonDevelopment of stress tolerant seashore Paspalum for golf course usage (1994 - )click here
Engelke, MiltBreeding and development of zoysiagrass (1994 -)click here
Bowman, DanielCharacterization of water use requirements and gas exchange of buffalograss turf (1994 - )click here
Carrow, RobertSeeded bermudagrass water use, root and shoot growth under soil stresses (1994 - )click here
White, RichardPhysiological basis for selection of bentgrasses with superior drought resistance (1994 - )click here
Baird, William VanceLow temperature and drought regulated gene expression in bermudagrass (1994 - )click here
Mancino, CharlesTurfgrass irrigation with municipal effluent: Nitrogen fate, turf Kc values and water requirements (1994 - )click here
Day, PeterDevelopment of improved turfgrass with herbicide resistance and enhanced disease resistance through transformation (1994 - )click here
Vargas, Joseph Jr.Control of bentgrass pathogenic fungi dollar spot, brown patch and pythium blight using chitinase (1994 - )click here
Ha, SamDevelopment of genetically engineered creeping bentgrass resistant to fungal diseases (1994 - )click here
Krans, JeffreyRecovery of Rhizoctonia solani resistant creeping bentgrass using the host-pathogen interaction system (1994 - )click here
Kobayashi, DonaldIdentification of parasitic bacteria as biological control agents against summer patch disease (1994 - )click here
Nelson, EricGenetic basis of biological control in a bacterium antagonistic to turfgrass pathogens (1994 - )click here
Potter, DanielCultural control, risk assessment, and environmentally responsible management of white grubs and cutworms in turfgrass (1994 - )click here
Brandenburg, Rick; Villani, MichaelBehavioral studies of the southern and tawny mole cricket (1994 - )click here
King, JohnAllelopathy vs. Acremonium endophytes vs. competition effect on crabgrass suppression by 12 perennial ryegrasses (1994 - )click here
Giblin-Davis, RobinPasteuria sp. for biological control of the sting nematode, (Belonolaimus longicaudatus), in turfgrass (1994 - )click here

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