As a not-for-profit organization, NTEP uniquely links the public and private sectors of the turfgrass industry through their common goals of turfgrass development, improvement and evaluation. NTEP’s mission is to provide leadership for the evaluation and improvement of turfgrass cultivars by: • Providing a mechanism for uniform turfgrass evaluation;
• Advancing the science of evaluations; • Collecting and disseminating turfgrass performance information; and
• Enhancing the transfer and use of information and technology relating to turfgrass improvement and evaluation.
Morris and his staff conduct the day-to-day operations of NTEP, which includes coordination of trials, data analysis, report generation, contract negotiation and maintenance, customer service and general office needs.
The NTEP Policy
Committee Te NTEP Policy Committee was formed in 1983. Te committee is responsible for determining program policy including: (1) requirements for submission of entries, (2) scheduling tests, (3) evaluation methods, (4) selecting standard or control test entries, (5) setting entry fees, (6) coordinating tests in their respective regions, (7) establishing guidelines for publication and data distribution and (8) scheduling committee meetings. In addition, the policy committee basically serves as the NTEP board of directors, providing oversight of the finances of the program, making sure that NTEP is financially stable and responsible, and is keeping to the mandates of the bylaws.
“I have notes of the 1983 committee meeting,” says Morris. “Dr. Funk and Dr. Bill Daniel from Purdue served on it. Initially, the committee consisted of university representatives and some breeders from the seed industry. It evolved to a wider spectrum of groups that had an interest in variety development.”
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In 1991, a representative from the American Sod Producers Association (ASPA) was added, in part because some of the sod producers were beginning to develop their own turfgrass varieties.
Today, the following organizations have one elected or appointed representative (with voting rights) on the Policy Committee: Turfgrass Producers International (TPI); United States Golf Association (USGA); Golf Course Superintendents Association (GCSAA); Turfgrass Breeders Association (TBA); American Seed Trade Association (Lawn Seed Division) – (ASTA); Western Seed Associations - Te Oregon Seed Council and the Pacific Seed Trade Association; and one representative
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