TURF INDUSTRY NEWS
2017 Musser Award Recipients Announced Dr. Matthew Jeffries and Dr. David Jespersen have received a 2017 Musser International Turfgrass Foundation Award of Excellence. Tese annual awards are presented to outstanding doctoral students of turfgrass science who have made significant and innovative contributions to turfgrass science research. Dr. Jeffries recently completed his Ph.D. at North Carolina State University focusing on pesticide environmental fate in turfgrass systems with advisors Dr. Travis Gannon and Dr. Fred Yelverton. He has accepted a position as a pesticide environmental fate field scientist at BASF Corporation in Research Park Triangle Park. Dr. Jespersen is an assistant professor at the University of Georgia, where he studies abiotic stress in turfgrass. Each received a $35,000 award.
Register Now for AgGateway's Mid-Year Meeting Registration is open for AgGateway's Mid-Year Meeting, June 12-15 at Prairie Meadows in Altoona, IA. Te meeting provides valuable insights and networking for anyone seeking to expand eConnectivity in agriculture— from seasoned AgGateway members to professionals new to the organization. Te working meeting provides multiple networking opportunities, as well as many open working group sessions where teams discuss ways to advance their collaborative initiatives. Te meeting also features a half-day Ag Retail eConnectivity Forum for senior retail managers and directors. Te forum will present information on the value of a company's investment in eConnectivity initiatives, particularly focused on the efficiencies and competitive advantages as retailers, manufacturers and distributors move to seamless electronic data exchange. More information is available on AgGateway's website
www.AgGateway.org.
Research Toward Heat-Tolerant Creeping Bentgrass Bentgrasses generally have poor to moderate heat tolerance, but research has shown that colonial bentgrass is more drought-tolerant and has better natural resistance to the causal pathogen of dollar spot. Researchers at Rutgers University backcrossed a colonial bentgrass X creeping bentgrass hybrid with creeping bentgrass to determine whether the creeping bentgrass could inherit genes from colonial bentgrass that would improve creeping bentgrass tolerance of heat stress. Te objectives of this study were to determine the genetic variation in the expression patterns of selected genes involved in several major metabolic pathways regulating heat tolerance for two genotypes contrasting in heat
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tolerance to confirm their status as potential candidate genes, and to identify PCR-based markers associated with candidate genes related to heat tolerance in a colonial (Agrostis capillaris L.) x creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera L.) hybrid backcross population.
Turf Connections Hires New Regional Sales Representative Turf Connections has named Mark Vogler as sales representative. Vogler brings nearly 20 years’ experience as a golf course superintendent and project manager to the position with an expertise in golf course maintenance, golf and landscape maintenance budgeting, and sales consultation. Vogler entered the turf industry in 1998 as an intern at Kissing Camels Golf Course in Colorado Springs, CO. He has served positions at other courses including Colleton River Planation Club, Ansley Golf Club, and most recently at Sea Pines Golf Course in Hilton Head. Vogler is a member of GCSAA and the SCGCSA. He received an Associate degree in Turf Management from Central Community College of Hastings, NE, and is currently working on a degree in Turf Management from Colorado State University.
Sod Production Services Hires Director of Business Development Sod Production Services, a division of Riverside Turf, has announced Chad Adcock is their new Director of Business Development. Adcock brings nearly 20 years of golf course management experience to the position, including operations management and facility development and improvement. Adcock entered the turfgrass industry in 2000 as an assistant golf course superintendent at Kinloch Golf Club. Since then, he has served as superintendent for clubs including Cannon Ridge Golf Club, TPC Avenel Golf Club, the Pines and Eaglewood Golf Clubs. His most recent position was Director of Golf and Landscape Operations at Kingsmill Resort, where he directed all agronomic and maintenance programs for the resort, overseeing approximately 65 golf and landscape employees. Adcock holds a Bachelor of Science in Agronomy with an emphasis on Turf Management from Mississippi State University.
TPI Turf News May/June 2017
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