2013

7:00 a.m.      Exhibitor set-up

7:30-8:30    Registration and Trade Show

8:30           Welcome and Introductions - Jim Baird, Turfgrass Specialist, UC Riverside Botany and Plant Sciences

8:45–10:10  Field Tour Rotation #1 (20 minutes/station)

#1  Management of anthracnose, dollar spot and localized dry spots - Tyler Mock, Graduate Assistant; Ryan Nichols, Graduate Assistant; and Jim Baird, Turfgrass Specialist; UC Riverside Botany and Plant Sciences

#2  Evaluation of products for turf water conservation
Marco Schiavon, Postdoctoral Scientist, UC Riverside Botany and Plant Sciences

#3  Establishment of turfgrass using subsurface drip vs. overhead sprinkler irrigation
Bernd Leinauer, Turfgrass Specialist, and Matteo Serena, Graduate Assistant, New Mexico State University

#4  Evaluation of products to alleviate salinity stress
Alea Miehls, Graduate Assistant, UC Riverside Botany and Plant Sciences, and Elena Sevostianova, Postdoctoral Scientist, New Mexico State University

10:10-10:40 Break and Trade Show

10:40–12:00 Field Tour Rotation #2 (20 minutes/station)

#5  Groundcovers and buffalograss for water conserving landscapes...how low can they go?
Dennis Pittenger, CE Area Environmental Horticulturalist, and Don Merhaut, CE Specialist, UC Riverside Botany and Plant Sciences 

#6  Drought tolerant turfgrasses for Southern California - Jim Baird, Turfgrass Specialist, UC Riverside Botany and Plant Sciences

#7  Once and for all, do fungicides really offer plant health benefits? – Ryan Nichols, Graduate Assistant, UC Riverside Botany and Plant Sciences

#8  Postemergence control of crabgrass and broadleaf weeds - Alea Miehls, Graduate Assistant, UC Riverside Botany and Plant Sciences

12:00 p.m.–1:00 Lunch and Trade Show

1:00–1:30 Concurrent Sessions

I. Specialist/Advisor updates under the tent

Purple false brome (Brachypodium distachyon), a monocot model for studying host/pathogen interactions with root-knot nematodes - Ole Becker, CE Specialist, UC Riverside Plant Nematology

Updates on Evapotranspiration Adjustment Factor and Spanish Language Materials for Professional Landscapers Projects - Janet Hartin, CE Environmental Horticulture Advisor, San Bernardino and Los Angeles Counties

Biochar Effects on Turf Management - Elizabeth Crutchfield, Graduate Assistant, UC Riverside Botany and Plant Sciences

II. Kikuyugrass Management (bus will provide transportation)
Tyler Mock, Graduate Assistant, UC Riverside Botany and Plant Sciences

1:30-2:00  Sessions repeat

2:00  Adjourn