Table 1: TLI Research Projects Currently Funded as of June 1, 2018 Researcher Institution
John Stier, PhD University of Tennessee
Bernd Leinauer, PhD
New Mexico State University
Kevin Morris NTEP Kevin Morris NTEP
Ben Wherley, PhD Texas A&M University
Marco Schiavon, PhD
University of California Riverside
Jay McCurdy, PhD Mississippi State University
Lee Miller, PhD University of Missouri
Project Duration
Documenting Water Use for Turfgrasses in the United States
Turfgrass Irrigation and Its Impact on Heat Island Mitigation and Energy Consumption
Cool-season Water Use Trials
Warm-season Water Use Trials
Environmental Impacts and Runoff Dynamics Associated with Turfgrass Removal and Urban Landscapes
Mapping and Monitoring Turfgrass Cooling Effects from the House to the City Scale in Inland California
Harvest Aids for Improved Turfgrass Shelf-Life and Transplantation Success
Turfgrass Pest Control Recommendations Guide (Disease Control)
Matt Elmore, PhD Rutgers University Turfgrass Pest Control Recommendations Guide (Weed Control)
Documenting Water Use for Turfgrasses in the United States ($66,197, 2015-18)
Water is likely to be, and in many cases already is, the most contentious resource limiting turfgrass use and maintenance in the foreseeable future. Te primary objective of this project is to determine the actual amount of irrigation water needed to maintain functional turfgrasses in various regions of the United States including the Northeast, Upper Midwest, Intermountain West, and Southeast transition zone. Te long-term goals of this project are to create a database of evapotranspiration (ET) rates of lawn grasses on a national scale and use this information to model irrigation requirements for any region of the United States. Tis irrigation model could be based on information such as turfgrass species and variety, temperature, humidity, soil type, slope, management inputs, and more.
Sites in this study include locations at the University of California-Riverside, Utah State University, Texas A&M
TPI Turf News September/October 2018
Funding 2015-18 $66,197 2016-19 $22,500
2016-19 $15,000 2018-21 $30,000 2018-19 $30,000
2018-19 $20,000 2018 $10,000 2018 $2,500 2018 $2,500
Research teams at five different universities sodded their test plots during August and September of 2015.
University, the University of Tennessee, and the University of Connecticut. Plots were sodded at all sites during August and September of 2015 and grown-in during that period using irrigation (not-measured), starter fertilizer, and other generally accepted establishment practices. Researchers
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