The Turfgrass Science Division of the Crop Science Society of America has released a complete list of winners of the graduate student competition at the Crop Science Society's annual meetings, which took place Oct. 31-Nov. 4 in Long Beach, Calif. Competition categories include oral presentations and posters, and awards are given by the Turfgrass Science Division (C05), industry partners and the Turfgrass Breeders Association. First place winners were announced in the December issue of GCM.
Division C05 Monday, Nov. 1: Oral
First Place: Lisa Beirn, Rutgers University.
Single nucleotide polymorphisms in Colleotrichum cereale: a method for detecting unique isolates of the turfgrass anthracnose fungus
Second Place: Lindsey Hoffman, University of Mass-Amherst.
Effects of drought preconditioning on freezing tolerance of perennial ryegrass
Third Place: Joseph Roberts, Rutgers University.
Anthracnose disease and ball roll distance influenced by light-weight rolling and equipment traffic
First Place: Cole Thompson, Kansas State University.
Evaluation of alternative chemical controls for silvery-thread moss in creeping bentgrass putting greens.
Second Place: Benjamin Pease, University of Wisconsin.
Nitrogen rate and growth regulator effects on shaded velvet and creeping bentgrass.
Third Place: Christopher Proctor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Aeration and black sand topdressing to enhance putting green recovery.
Division C05 Monday, Nov. 1: Poster
First Place: Joseph Young, University of Arkansas.
Evaluating ball mark severity and recovery using digital imaging analysis.
Second Place: Lindsey Hoffman, University of Massachusetts.
Comparison of cold deacclimation of annual bluegrass and creeping bentgrass.
Third Place: Marco Schiavon, New Mexico State University.
Subsurface capillary irrigation to establish Festuca arundinacea (Schreb.) in an arid environment.
Division C05 Tuesday, Nov. 2: Poster
First Place: Joshua Anderson, University of Arkansas.
Planting method affects the establishment quality of sports turf.
Second Place: Shane Griffith, University of Wisconsin.
The effect of biosolids on Kentucky bluegrass sod establishment.
Third Place: Pauric McGroary, University of Florida.
Transport of nutrients and management practice in sod production in Lake Okeechobee watershed.
Industry: Oral
First Place: Sudeep Sidhu, University of Georgia.
Biodethatching Using fungal laccases.
Second Place: James Popko, University of Massachusetts.
Detection of Propiconazole field-resistant Sclerotinia homoeocarpa isolates.
Third Place: Matthew Elmore, University of Tennessee.
Methods of assessing bermudagrass responses to three HPPD-inhibiting herbicides.
Industry: Poster
First Place: Daniel Perry, Auburn University.
Evaluation of triazine-resistant and susceptible annual bluegrass biotypes following applications of amicarbazone and atrazine.
Second Place: Andrew Hephner, Texas Tech University.
Sequential postemergence applications for the control of khakiweed in bermudagrass.
Third Place: Cynthia Siva, University of Guelph.
Examining disease in Taraxacum officinale by Sclerotinia minor from the bioherbicide Sarritor™.
Turfgrass Breeders Association: Oral
First Place: Matthew Koch, Rutgers University.
Correlation of three salinity tolerance screening methods.
Second Place: Jon Trappe, University of Arkansas.
Divot resistance varies among bermudagrass and zoysiagrass cultivars.
Third Place: Priti Saxena, Rutgers University.
Effect of photoperiod and temperature on tillering rate and rhizome formation in tall fescue.
Turfgrass Breeders Association: Poster
First Place: Yan Zhao, Rutgers University.
Identification of proteins associated with drought tolerance and post-drought recovery in Kentucky bluegrass.
Second Place: Xiaoqing Yu, Purdue University.
Association of simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers with submergence response in diverse populations of perennial ryegrass.
Third Place: Santanu Thapa, Oklahoma State University.
Drought tolerance and leaf firing resistance of 20 turf bermudagrasses
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