2023 Summer Turfgrass Field Day
Thursday - August 31, 2023
Morning (8:00 am to 12:30 pm) Field Day and Lunch, OSU Lewis-Brown Horticulture Farm, 33329 Peoria Rd, Corvallis, OR, 97331
Afternoon (1:00 to 6:00 pm): Jason Oliver Golf Tournament and Dinner at Trysting Tree Golf Course
Registration and Dinner is FREE for all attendees
Please RSVP to alec.kowalewski@oregonstate.edu
Research at Oregon State University centers around improving the environmental and economic sustainability of turfgrass management. Below are a list of research trials that are currently ongoing or have been conducted over the past few years specific to each focal area.
Environmental Research
- Effects of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) primary cultural management practices (mowing, fertilization, and irrigation) on weed populations
- Fine fescue traffic tolerance National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP) trial
- Low maintenance National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP) trial
- Tall fescue National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP) trial
- Winter Turf: A Holistic Approach to Understanding the Mechanisms and Mitigating the Effects of Winter Stress on Turfgrass in Northern Climates (USDA-NIFA)
Annual Bluegrass Putting Green Maintenance
- Aerification and topdressing requirements
- Enhancing aerification recovery time with plant growth regulator use
- Seedhead Suppression using Proxy
- Alternative strategies to manage Microdochium patch
- Anthracnose, gray snow mold, and Microdochium patch fungicide evaluation trials
To learn more about the research trials listed above, please click on the field day proceedings below, or return to the BeaverTurf homepage and click on the appropriate segment of the turfgrass industry that you are interested in.
Field Day Proceedings
2023 Field Day Proceedings (Summer)
2023 Field Day Proceedings (Winter)
2022 Field Day Proceedings (Summer)
2022 Sport Field Maintenance Proceedings (Summer)
2022 Field Day Proceedings (Winter)
2021 Field Day Proceedings (Summer)
2021 Virtual Field Day Proceedings (Winter)
2020 Virtual Field Day Proceedings (Summer)
2020 Field Day Proceedings (Winter)
2019 Field Day Proceedings (Summer)
2019 Field Day Proceedings (Winter)
2018 Field Day Proceedings (Summer)
2018 Field Day Proceedings (Winter)
2017 Field Day Proceedings (Summer)
2017 Field Day Proceedings (Winter)
2016 Field Day Proceedings (Summer)
2016 Field Day Proceedings (Winter)
2015 Field Day Proceedings (Summer)
2014 Field Day Proceedings (Summer)
Annual Reports
Turf Management Professorship Update