Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

2015 NCERA 221: Turfgrass and the Environment – Annual Meeting

June 09-11, 2015

Speer Room, Reiman Gardens, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa and the Horticulture Research Station, Gilbert, IA

Tuesday, June 09, 2015

- Arrival in Ames, Iowa

- Optional afternoon golf (Otter Creek Golf Course, Ankeny, IA).

- 6:00 pm Optional group dinner at Wallaby’s Bar and Grille at 2733 Stange Road, Ames (http://www.wallabysbarandgrille.com/ on your own).

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

7:30 am Onsite registration

7:30 am – 8:15 am Continental breakfast

8:15 am – 8:20am Welcome and Introduction- Nick Christians and Shui-zhang Fei

8:20 am-8:30am Dr. Joe Colletti, Senior Associate Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

8:30 am-8:40am Dr. Jeff Iles, Chair, Department of Horticulture

8:40am-10:30am State Report (15 min max)

IL-Tom Voigt, Univ of Illinois

IL-Ed Nangle, Chicago District Golf Association

IN-Aaron Patton, Purdue University

IA-Nick Christians, Iowa State University

KS-Jared Hoyle, Kansas State University

10:30am-11am Morning break and Garden walk

11am-12pm State Report Continued (15 min max)

MI-Kevin Frank, Michigan State University

MN-Eric Watkins, University of Minnesota

MO-Xi Xiong, University of Missouri

NE-Bill Kreuser, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm - Lunch catered by The Cafe

1:15 pm – 4:30 pm – Field trip-Horticulture Research station, Gilbert, IA; vans will load in front of Reiman Gardens at 1pm

1:30-2:30pm Tour of the Horticulture Research Station_Nick Howell, Horticulture Research Station superintendent

2:30-4:30pm Tour of ISU turfgrass research plots

5:00 pm –7:00pm Dinner at Reiman Gardens, catered by Hickory Park

Thursday, June 11, 2015

7:30 am – 8:15 am – Continental breakfast

8:15-9:15am Continued state report

ND-Deying Li, North Dakota State University

OH-David Gardner, Ohio State University

WI-Doug Soldat, University of Wisconsin-Madison

9:15-10:30am Regional research projects

Update on ongoing projects and initiation of new projects:

Dr. Bill Kreuser_Growth Potential Model Validation project

Dr. Eric Watkins_NTEP Update

Dr. Eric Watkins, Regional roadside turfgrass testing program

10:30am-11am Morning break

11am-12pm Business meeting

            Project status/renewal, Dr. Roch Gaussoin, NCERA221 Administrative Advisor

Historian report/future meeting site and host, Dr. Nick Christians

12:00 pm - Adjourn and depart for home. Those who depart late are invited to have a buffet lunch at the Mongolian Buffet (Chinese food).

Questions: Direct meeting questions to Shui-zhang Fei, sfei@iastate.edu, (515) 294-5119 or 515-509-9942 (cell)

Adams, R.S. 2015. Athletic Field Seeding and Irrigation Tips. Iowa State Extension Store.

Adams, R.S. 2015. HORT 3021: Fall Tips to Ensure a Healthy Green Yard for Spring. Iowa State Extension Store.

Adams, R.S. 2015. Organic Turfgrass Fertilization. Iowa State Extension Store.

Adams, R.S. 2015. Preventing Compaction on Athletic Fields. Iowa State Extension Store.

Adams, R.S. 2015.Tall Fescue: A Low-maintenance Alternative to Kentucky Bluegrass. Iowa State Extension Store.

Adams, R.S., and N.E. Christians. 2014. PM 1447D: Responsible Phosphorus Management in Home Lawns. Iowa State Extension Store. Originally prepared by Robert J. Mugaas, Hennepin County Extension horticulturist, University of Minnesota; Michael L. Agnew, Extension horticulturist-turf, and Nick E. Christians, professor of horticulture, Iowa State University.

Adams, R.S., and N.E. Christians. 2014. PM 930: Weed Control in Home Lawns. Iowa State Extension Store. Originally prepared by Harlene Hatterman-Valenti, former extension associate, and Michael Agnew, Extension horticulturist-turf, Iowa State University.

Adams, R.S., and N.E. Christians. 2015. HORT 3023: Selecting a Grass Species for Iowa Lawns. Iowa State Extension Store. Originally prepared by Michael L. Agnew, Extension horticulturist-turf, and Nick E. Christians, professor of horticulture, Iowa State University.

Adams, R.S., and N.E. Christians. 2015. PM 491: Sod Establishment. Iowa State Extension Store. Originally prepared by Michael L. Agnew, Extension horticulturist-turf, and Nick E. Christians, professor of horticulture, Iowa State University.

Amaradasa, B., D. Lakshman, B. Horvath, K. Amundsen. 2014. Development of SCAR markers and UP-PCR cross-hybridization method for specific detection of four major subgroups of Rhizoctonia from infected turfgrasses. Mycologia 106(1):163-172.

Beck, L.L., A.J. Patton*, and D.V. Weisenberger. 2014. Mowing before or after an herbicide application does not influence ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) control. Appl. Turfgrass Sci. doi:10.2134/ATS-2013-0017-RS.

Beck, L.L., A.J. Patton*, Q.D. Law, D.V. Weisenberger, J.T. Brosnan, J.J. Vargas Almodóvar, and G.K. Breeden, and D. Kopsell. 2015. Mesotrione activity on crabgrass (Digitaria spp.) as influenced by nitrogen fertilization rate, source, and timing. Weed Technol. 29:263-273.

Berndt, W. L., R. E. Gaussoin, and J. M. Jr. Vargas. 2014. Cellulase accelerates short-term decay of thatch-mat. Agron. J. 106(3):p. 781-788.

Bigelow, Cale A.; Soldat, Douglas J. 2013. p. 383-424. In: Stier, John C.; Horgan, Brian P.; Bonos, Stacy A., eds. Turfgrass: Biology, Use, and Management. Madison, Wisconsin: American Society of Agronomy.

Chandra, A., J. Fry, M. Engelke, A. Genoves, B. Wherley, J. Reinert, S. Metz, Q. Zhang, and D. Okevo. 2014. Registration of ‘Chisholm’ zoysiagrass. J. Plant Register. (Accepted)

Chang, Z., X. Jin, and D. Li. 2014. Phosphorus responses vary among cool-season turfgrasses during establishment from seed. Agron. J. 106:1975-1980. Doi:10.2134/agronj14.0225.

Donze, T., B.S. Amaradasa, C. Caha, T. Heng-Moss, K. Amundsen. 2014. Molecular differentiation of gender in buffalograss. Crop Science. doi:10.2135/cropsci2014.07.0478

Feng Y, Yin Y, Fei S. 2015. Down-regulation of BdBRI1, a putative brassinosteroid receptor gene altered growth and enhanced drought tolerance in Brachypodium distachyon. Plant Science 234:163-173

Gao, Y., and D. Li. 2014. Growth responses of tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) to salinity stress. Europ. J. Hort. Sci. 79:123-128.

Gardner, D.S., B.P. Horgan and B.J. Horvath. 2013. Spatial Variability of Soil Amino Sugar Nitrogen on Golf Course Fairways. Int. Turf. Soc. Res. J. 12: 545-549

Han L., Y. Gao, and D. Li. 2014. Ion uptake in tall fescue as affected by carbonate, chloride, and sulfate salinity. PLoS ONE 9(3): e91908. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0091908

Harris-Shultz, K.R., S. Milla-Lewis, A.J. Patton, K. Kenworthy, A. Chandra, and F.C. Waltz. 2014. Detection of DNA and ploidy variation within vegetatively propagated zoysiagrass cultivars. J. Amer. Soc. Horticultural Sci. 139:547-552

Hockemeyer, K. R., and R. Latin. 2015. Spatial and temporal distribution of fungicides applied to creeping bentgrass. Environ. Qual. 44(3):p. 841-848.

Huang, Bingru; DaCosta, Michelle; Jiang, Yiwei. 2014. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences. March-June. 33(2-3): p. 141-189.

Jingjie Hao, Jiangli Dong, Jinliang Yang, Shuizhang Fei. Transcriptome analysis of a cbf3 mutant by RNA-seq in Brachypodium distachyon XXIII Plant and Animal Genome Meeting, San Diego, CA (Abstract).

Jones, M., N.E. Christians, and I. Mertz. 2014. Impact of plant growth biostimulents on creeping bentgrass growth. In press ACTA Horticulturae.

Kreuser, W. C., and F. S. Rossi. 2014. The horticultural spray oil, Civitas^TM, causes chronic phytotoxicity on cool-season golf turf. HortScience. 49:1217-1224. doi:10.2134/ATS-2014-0012-BR.

Kreuser, W.C., and F. S. Rossi. 2014. Civitas increases clipping yield on a cool-season putting green. Applied Turfgrass Science.

Leibhart, L. J., M. D. Sousek, G. Custis and Z. J. Reicher. 2014. Speedzone has potential for postemergence goosegrass control in perennial ryegrass and creeping bentgrass. Online. Applied Turfgrass Science. doi:10.2134/ATS-2014-0025-BR

Li Y, Han L, Hao J, Fei S. Agrobacterium tumefaciens -mediated transformation of big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii Vitman). Journal of Plant Biotechnology. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11240-015-0754-y

McMillan, M. F.; Kostka, S.; Boerth, T.; Fidanza, M.; Bigelow, C.; Cisar, J.; Soldat, D.; Karas, I.; Williams, K. 2013. International Turfgrass Society Research Journal. 12: p. 815-818.

Merrick P and Fei S 2015. Regeneration and genetic transformation in switchgrass Journal of Integrative Agriculture. 14:483-493

Nangle E.J., D.S. Gardner, J.D. Metzger, L. Rodriguez-Saona, M.M. Giusti, T.K. Danneberger and D.P. Petrella. (2015). Pigment changes in Cool-season Turfgrasses in Response to Ultraviolet-B Light Irradiance. Agron. J. 107: 41-50.

Nangle, E.J., D.S. Gardner, J.D. Metzger, L. Rodriguez-Saona, T.K. Danneberger, D.P. Petrella, J.L. Cisar. Cool-season turfgrass color and growth habit response to elevated levels of ultraviolet-B radiation. Submitted (HortScience 4-16-15 – Accepted).

Nangle, E.J., D.S. Gardner, M.A. Bennett, T.K. Danneberger, J.D. Metzger, and L.E. Rodriguez-Saona. (2013). Influence of ultraviolet light on germination rate and speed of Kentucky Bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) Seed Technology Vol. 34, no. 2, 2012 257-262.

Proctor, C., Wiesenberger, D. V., Reicher, Z. 2015. Kentucky bluegrass and perennial ryegrass mixtures for establishing Midwest lawns. HortScience 50(1):1–4. 2015.

Ramm, C., M. Wachholtz, K. Amundsen, T. Donze, T. Heng-Moss, P. Twigg, G. Sarath, and F. Baxendale. 2015. Transcriptional Profiling of Resistant and Susceptible Buffalograsses in Response to Blissus occiduus (Hemiptera: Blissidae) Feeding. Journal of Economic Entomology. doi: 10.1093/jee/tov067

Reicher, Z., M. Sousek, and R. Gaussoin. 2014. Fall or late winter applications of preemergence herbicides rarely provide season-long control of crabgrass (Digitaria spp) in Nebraska. Online. Applied Turfgrass Science doi: 10.2134/ATS-2014-0024-BR.

Reicher, Z.J., M. Sousek, A.J. Patton, D.V. Weisenberger, A. Hathaway, and R. Calhoun. 2015. Annual bluegrass control on putting greens from three or more years of season-long applications of herbicide or plant growth regulators. Crop, Forage & Turfgrass Management. DOI: 10.2134/cftm2014.0050

Schmid, C.A., R.E. Gaussoin and S. A. Gaussoin. 2014. Organic Matter Concentration of Creeping Bentgrass Putting Greens in the Continental U.S. and Resident Management Impact. Applied Turfgrass Science doi:10.2134/ATS-2014-0031-BR

Schmid, C.A., R.E. Gaussoin, R.C. Shearman, M. Mamo and C.S. Wortmann. 2015. Cultivation Effects on Organic Matter Concentration and Infiltration Rates of Two Creeping Bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera L.) Putting Greens. Applied Turfgrass Science doi:10.2134/ATS-2014-0032-RS

Sousek, M., R. E. Gaussoin, A. J. Patton, D. V. Weisenberger, and Z. J. Reicher. 2014. Weed control and turf safety of single and sequential applications of herbicides over spring seedings. Online. Applied Turfgrass Science doi: doi:10.2134/ATS-2013-0046-RS.

Thompson, C., J. Fry, M. Kennelly, M. Sousek, and Z. Reicher. 2014. Seasonal timing of glyphosate application influences control of Poa trivialis. Online. Applied Turfgrass Science. doi: 10.2134/ATS-2013-0044-BR.

Watkins, E., D. S. Gardner, J. C. Stier, D. J. Soldat, R. A. St. John, N. E. Christians, R.E. Gaussoin et al. 2014. Cultivar performance of low-input turfgrass species for the North Central United States. Appl. Turfgrass Sci. 11(1):p. 1-7. doi: 10.2134/ATS-2013-0101-RS

Watkins, E., D.S. Gardner, J.C. Stier, D.J. Soldat, R.A. St. John, N.E., Christians, A.D. Hathaway, K.L. Diesburg, S.R. Poppe, R.E. Gaussoin. 2015. Golf Course Management. February. 83(2): p. 133-138.

Yin, S., Q. Li, W. Liu, and D. Li. 2014. Managing tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea L.) and zoysiagrass (Zoysia japonica Steud.) mixtures as turfgrass in transition zone. Agron. J. 106:1-6. doi:10.2134/agronj2013.0148.

Yuan, L., D. Li, Y. Gao, and W. Xiao. 2014. Seed ratios for optimum turf quality of mixtures of Kentucky bluegrass, creeping red fescue, and alkaligrass subjected to deicing salts. HortTechnology 24:712-716.

Zong, J., Y. Gao, J. Chen, H. Guo, Y. Wang, F. Meng, et al. 2015. Growth and enzymatic activity of four warm-season turfgrass species exposed to waterlogging. Am. Soc. Hortic. Sci. 140(2):p. 151-162.