Virtual Nebraska Turfgrass Research Field Day is Aug. 12

Due to everchanging guidelines by the CDC, local government, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the Nebraska Turfgrass Research Field Day will be virtual this year. Videos will be available for registered participants to view prior to field day and after the event. Live Q&A times with the speakers will be the morning of Aug. 12.

Program Schedule:

• Buffalograss and turfgrass breeding project – Keenan Amundsen
  
• Data management – Keenan Amundsen
  
• Linking brown patch and dollar spot to growth rate – Bill Kreuser
  
• Aggressive PGR and N applications and low mowing height impact putting green performance – Bill Kreuser
  
• Weed control update – Roch Gaussoin
  
• In-house golf green organic matter measurement – Eric Chestnut
  
• Turfgrass and weed identification – Luqi Li and Eric Chestnut
  
• Remote sensing and variable rate nitrogen at Jim Ager Memorial Golf Course – Michael Carlson
  
• Trees and turf in the landscape – Kim Todd
  
• A 360 view of the Backyard Farmer Garden – Terri James
  
• Taming wild trees: The basics of tree management – Eric North
  
• Turfgrass diagnostics – Kyle Broderick
  
• Spotted lanternfly and EAB update – David Olson
  
• Yellow nutsedge control at seeding – Matt Sousek
  
• Murder hornets and mayhem: Simmer down now – Jody Green
  
• Water movement in turfgrass soils – Dallas Williams
  
• A virtual tour of our research facilities – Craig Ferguson and Matt Sousek
  
• Ornamental grasses – Kim Todd

• 8 to 8:50 a.m. (CST) Weed control
  Matt Sousek, Eric Chestnut, Luqi Li and Roch Gaussoin
  
• 9 to 9:50 a.m. (CST) Fertility and PGR management and remote sensing
  Bill Kreuser and Michael Carlson
  
• 10 to 10:50 a.m. (CST) Tree care and invasive species
  Eric North and David Olson
  
• 11 to 11:50 a.m. (CST) Diagnostics and plant selection
  Kyle Broderick, Jody Green, Kim Todd and Keenan Amundsen

More details at: https://go.unl.edu/wpwx