NTEP TURFGRASS TRIAL EXPLORER NOW AVAILABLE
Compiled by Suz Trusty
Te Turfgrass Trial Explorer was introduced on July 5, 2022, in a series of tweets from Kevin Morris, executive director of the National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP): “Five plus years of development have led us to this point: our database/search tool is now publicly available. Te Turfgrass Trial Explorer is free!”
NTEP Turfgrass Trial Explorer version 1.0
Morris tweeted this link,
ntep.org/database.htm, which leads to the Turfgrass File Explorer introductory page, with this information, “Tis search tool is linked to 40-plus years of data collected by NTEP and its university partners. Te tool allows a user to efficiently locate the information needed to make smart and timely decisions on turfgrass cultivars and experimental selections. Please note: the tool currently only contains data from 1981-2020. We apologize that 2021 data is not yet available in the tool as we will be adding 2021 data later this year. Tanks for your understanding as we work to increase database uploading efficiency.”
How to Use It—Step by Step
To access the tool, click on the link that follows. https://
maps.umn.edu/ntep/ Tis link leads to the simple steps in the Figure 1 Screen shot.
Another option, one or more locations can be selected and a mean of just those locations computed. Or, multiple variables can be selected and put in a single table. Also note, any table can be output to a .csv file (which can then import into Excel).
Try It—and Provide Your Feedback
Morris invites all to try the Turfgrass Trial Explorer tool. And he issues this reminder, “Please recognize that this initial release, version 1.0, will be continually improved with new versions released over time. Terefore, we have many plans for improvement, but we need your input and suggestions for future development. Please send any questions, comments, or suggested changes/enhancements, to the development team at
kmorrisntep@gmail.com. Tank you!”
Making a choice, such as the bermudagrass trial in the Figure 2 example, produces a table. Tis example has all the bermuda trial locations and can be sorted by any location. (Tis example is by the overall mean, ‘Table avg’)…pink cells are LSD and C.V. stats, green cells are statistically equal to the top entry in that column.
Suz Trusty is co-editor of Turf News.
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