SCRITURF

Great attendance at the 73rd Annual Southeastern Turfgrass Conference! We were honored to host representatives from all fields of the turfgrass industry to discuss the latest in turfgrass.

Pretty cool! Yesterday I got to work alongside 200 golf industry folks at the #NationalGolfDay Community Service Project. Our team of ~20 was tasked with planting nearly 5,000 plants at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial.

This week on #SodU, we interview Dr. Yanqi Wu, @okstate researcher and internationally recognized breeder of Latitude 36™ & NorthBridge™ Bermudagrass. Learn about his work in breeding, the challenges he faced, & more at: bit.ly/2G1gqTE @wu_yanqi @TurfgrassBA #USGA

It's not just a job: @UF_IFAS scientists take their work home. ow.ly/ebPD50pMnNH @kekenworthy @UF_MaryLusk

Natural grass groups raise concerns over UNC's move to artificial turf cbs17.com/sports/natural…

Turf covers 3.5 million acres in Florida, and it's growing. @UF_IFAS research is helping reduce water and fertilizer use: bit.ly/2G17m1c #IFASResearch @JackPayneIFAS

UF/IFAS researchers discuss their work on drought-resistant turfgrass with @USDA_NIFA Director Scott Angle and @JackPayneIFAS. "We're trying to do our part to disassociate turfgrass with high water use." #NIFAImpacts #turfgrass @UF_IFASResearch

South Florida Turf Expo next week.

Our recent paper on the use of UAV in turf variety trials was just published! @SCRI_Turf #uav #drones Applications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Based Imagery in Turfgrass Field Trials frontiersin.org/article/10.338…

CitraBlue, the new release from our SCRI group is doing great!

Casey Reynolds, TPI Executive Director, unveils new PR campaign to better define turfgrass, its benefits and how Turfgrass compares to synthetic turf @TPITurfTalk #KeepItREAL

Congrats @XingwangY two years of work summarized neatly in one pub! This project is part of our @SCRI_Turf CAP.

Congratulations @wu_yanqi!!! #breedingpower

Jessica Brown presenting her MS thesis work on mapping QTL for freeze tolerance in zoysiagrass at the @CSSATurf annual meetings #2018C5 #ACSMtg #packpride

Turf tour happening at national mall. Beautiful weather.@kmorris_NTEP @CSSATurf

Great Interactions at the UF Turf Field Day! @TurfBeard @DuncanOrris @OptimumTurf_YNA @LowBudgetSupt @ChadMartin4114 @talon815 @turfwrangler #yarafertilizer

@yarasalesfl @kekenworthy @TurfBeard @DuncanOrris @OptimumTurf_YNA @LowBudgetSupt @ChadMartin4114 @talon815 @turfwrangler Good job on the video!

Turfgrass field day happening now. SCRI project looking at turf performance of four species under different irrigation treatments. @UFTurfTeam @kekenworthy @jbunruh

Turfgrass field day happening now. @kekenworthy is speaking on fertilizer needs of CitraBlue, Floratam, and Palmetto. @UFTurfTeam @jbunruh

Turfgrass field day happening right now. St. Augustinegeass is evaluated under shade for the disease response.@UFTurfTeam @kekenworthy