Turfgrass Science News

Dr. Eric Watkins awarded 2023 CSSA Fellowship

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Dr. Eric Watkins has been awarded a 2023 CSSA Fellowship by the Crop Science Society of America.


New research publication from our team - 11/3/23

Learn more about our research! A new, open access article by Linda Jahnke and Michael Barnes has been published in Frontiers in Sustainable Cities. The researchers surveyed Twin Cities homeowners with rain gardens and found that while most residential rain gardens are effective, homeowner motivations for installing one vary and their satisfaction with their rain garden decreases over time.


EPA award for water conservation collaboration

For the past several years, we have partnered with the Metropolitan Council on the Twin Cities Lawn Irrigation Efficiency Study.


University of Minnesota Turfgrass team in the media – 10/24/23

Check out our team’s latest efforts in educating the public about our work.

See the October 2023 Edition of MGCSA's Hole Notes for photos from our 2023 Golf Field Day and for Mixing Tall Fescue and Kentucky Bluegrass for MN Golf Course Roughs, an article by Andrew Hollman.


New research publication from our team - 10/17/23

Learn more about our research! A new, open access article by Yang Wang, Chengyan Yue, Eric Watkins and Chase Straw has been published in the Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics. The researchers surveyed golf course superintendents and looked at how their attitudes affected their adoption of precision irrigation technologies.


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