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Rutgers Turfgrass @RUturfCenter

The official Twitter account of the Rutgers Center for Turfgrass Science

Joined February 2017
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Rutgers Turfgrass used at the World Cup rutgers.edu/news/world-cup-w…

World Cup Will Be Played on Rutgers Turfgrass

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Congratulations Dr. Pingyuan "Bay" Zhang! Hooding at Rutgers PhD Convocation.
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Ming-Yi Chou@TurfgrassChou
17 Jul 2024
Glad to share our new paper discovering a new root disease on fine fescue. The patches start off like summer patch until they become way too big. apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/1…… Let me know/send me a sample if you see similar symptoms on fine fescues.

First Report of Phialocephala bamuru Causing Root Rot on Hard Fescue (Festuca brevipila) in the...

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Thanks to the Big10 Grounds Managers Conference for taking time to stop by Hort Farm 2 yesterday.
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We had a major fire Thursday at one of of research farms. One firefighter was sent to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and has recovered, but otherwise nobody was hurt. We lost the shop, carts, and all of the fine turf mowers.
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Thanks to the strong response from the NJ turf industry we are back up and running with minimal impact to the research. Thanks to everyone who brought us equipment, this isn't a post asking for help, but one to say thank you! In the near and long term we are working to rebuild.
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Plant Food Company@PlantFoodCo
9 May 2024
Wishing Mike Brunelle and the @UMCCgrounds crew at Upper Montclair CC @UMCC1901 a great @lpgafounders this week as the Cognizant Founders Cup kicked off today.
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Mark your calendars for Field Days: July 30 (Golf and Fine Turf) July 31 (L&L, Sports) Diseases, weeds, stress physiology, remote sensing, the latest turf cultivars, equipment demos, credits and more. We look forward to seeing you all there! Register:njta.wildapricot.org/event-5…
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Keith Kubik@KeithKubik
6 Dec 2023
Please support the BBC Graduate Endowed Fellowship! Excited to launch the public phase of our campaign at @NJTA_Turfgrass Green EXPO. We have raised nearly $1M with a goal of $1.5M! turf.rutgers.edu/support/ 🔬 🍄 ⛳️ @RUturfCenter
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Our Turfgrass Field Days will be July 25 (golf) and 26 (SFM, L&L). Disease, weed, and insect management Latest turfgrass varieties under summer stress CEU Credits Register: njta.wildapricot.org/event-5… More info: njta.wildapricot.org/
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NJ Turfgrass Assoc@NJTA_Turfgrass
10 Apr 2023
Have you checked out Rutgers latest Turf Blog? It's a good one! turfblog.rutgers.edu/?p=1408 @RUturfCenter
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Paul Koch@plkoch2
30 Mar 2023
A bittersweet night tonight as the lab gathered to celebrate Ming-Yi Chou’s (@TurfgrassChou) new position as the turf pathologist at @RUturfCenter. We’re so thankful for his contributions to our program and can’t wait to see what he does in NJ. Congrats and best wishes Ming-Yi!
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Today was the 32nd annual Rutgers Turfgrass Symposium. We heard from Dr. Ming-Yi Chou who is our incoming turf pathologist on dollar spot suppressive soils. Ming-Yi will start at Rutgers in mid-April.
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We also heard from PhD student Katie Diehl, who discussed her summer internship experience at Bandon Dunes.
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Thanks to Dr. Gary Muehlbauer who provided the keynote address on genomics enabled gene discovery
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Our annual Turfgrass Field Days are approaching. July 26th (golf & fine turf) and 27th (sports, lawn, and landscape). We look forward to seeing you! Register online: njta.wildapricot.org/event-4…
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Rutgers faculty position announcement Assistant Extension Specialist in Turfgrass Pathology 12-month, tenure track jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/15…
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The NJ Turfgrass Industry Economic Survey results are in. The turf industry in NJ during 2019 -$2.5 billion direct economic impact -$4.9 billion total economic impact - Over 59,000 jobs Read and share the full report turf.rutgers.edu/docs/2019-T…

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A nice summary of Dr. Clarke's career. Congratulations Bruce. sebsnjaesnews.rutgers.edu/20…

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Chas Schmid PhD@Chas_Schmid
16 Dec 2021
Grateful to have had Bruce as an advisor and mentor. This is one of my favorite pictures with Bruce at a hot and muggy RU field day.
Rutgers Turfgrass@RUturfCenter
15 Dec 2021
Last week at NJ Expo we celebrated the 40-yr career of Dr. Bruce Clarke. A legend in turfgrass pathology and an even better human being. Simply one of the best. Thank you Bruce!
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