Healthy Turf Healthy Tomorrow Educational Webinar

Posted on September 3, 2015

Bayer is please to sponsor the Healthy Turf Healthy Tomorrow program in partnership with the Environmental Institute for Golf (EIFG). This webcast is available to all, at no charge.

Sept. 24, 2015
10 a.m. (Central)

Extreme winter conditions in recent years have resulted in significant turf losses across northern climatic regions. Winter injury can occur as a result of several forms of abiotic stressors, such as direct low temperature kill, ice, and desiccation, or biotic stressors such as snow molds. Understanding the different causes for winter injury, including the environmental factors and management practices that may predispose turf to winterkill, is essential to minimizing damage to your turf. Michelle DaCosta, Ph.D., and John Inguagiato, Ph.D., will focus on steps to maximize winter survival of cool-season turfgrasses in this 60-minute plant health webinar. Emphasis will be placed on preconditioning strategies and options for control of snow molds. Join us to help ensure your turf surfaces are ready for play come spring.

Michelle DaCosta, Ph.D., and John Inguagiato, Ph.D.

About the instructors

Michelle DaCosta, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Stockbridge School of Agriculture at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She earned her bachelors in biology and Ph.D. in plant biology from Rutgers University. She effectively utilizes her background in turfgrass physiology to research critical problems concerning the mechanisms of turfgrass adaptation to different abiotic and biotic stresses. Her research addresses some major concerns of the turfgrass industry, including low temperature injury, disease, and water deficit. Ultimately, through collaboration with other turf faculty, DaCosta envisions a move towards enhancing management strategies of grass species found on golf courses, athletic fields, and home lawns. She continues to develop an innovative research program in the area of stress physiology, enhancing the present research and educational initiatives of the turf program at the University of Massachusetts. DaCosta is a member of the New England GCSA chapter and has previously taught both seminars and webcasts for GCSAA.

John Inguagiato, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of turfgrass pathology at the University of Connecticut. He earned two bachelor’s degrees, one in agriculture and one in natural resources, from The Ohio State University and a Ph.D. in plant biology from Rutgers University. Inguagiato serves as the director of the UCONN Turfgrass Disease Diagnostic Center and works with the professional green industry to identify issues related to existing and emerging turfgrass diseases and disease management in Connecticut and throughout New England. His research focuses on assessment of cultural management practices that may reduce the incidence and severity of turfgrasses diseases and the evaluation of practices that may predispose turf to disease. The overall goal of Inguagiato’s research is to develop sustainable turfgrass disease management practices that meet the functional needs of turfgrass systems. He has previously taught both seminars and webcasts for GCSAA.

Details

Member price: Free
Nonmember price: Free
Education points: 0.1

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Healthy Turf, Healthy Tomorrow is a multi-faceted program aimed at advancing plant health research and education for superintendents to help ensure the health of their courses – and the industry – for the future. Bayer will invest a percentage of StressGard FT product sales to fund the program and support the mission of the Environmental Institute for Golf (EIFG).

Visit the Healthy Turf, Healthy Tomorrow website to learn more.