Turfgrass Research

UCONN 2014 Turf Grass Field Day - Overview Highlight The UCONN Turfgrass Science Program had its 2014 Turfgrass Field Day. The focus of the event was a guided tour of current research studies in the areas of turfgrass management, pathology, entomology, and more. The afternoon program included two breakout sessions highlighting current organic management demonstrations for athletic field turf and a turfgrass disease and the walking tour focused on the identification and cultural and chemical control options.

Slater Farm Partner Highlights: UMass Turf Grass Research Scott Ebdon, a professor from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and Tom Griffin, Superintendent of the Turf Grass Research Center had their share to say in this interview about turf grass. Whether it deals with high maintenance turf or the processes of testing that’s behind every golf course or lawn grass, Slater Farms is right in the mix, literally! See what these two turf experts have to say about how we handle our own in the world of turfgrass!

Slater Farms Partner Highlights: UMass Greenhouse Labs Every trade has a spokesman and turf grass is no different! Professor Michelle Dacosta of the Stockbridge School Agriculture in Massachusetts spoke with us on various research and educational points that involved all that is turf grass and we liked what we heard! Hear what she had to say about our partnership in their research program, we know it’s a winning combination!