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UCR Turfgrass Field Day to focus on water conservation, disease management, & natural turf
Date:9/15/2009

RIVERSIDE, Calif. Turfgrass plays an important role in the landscape and has a direct and significant impact on California's economy. Aesthetically pleasing and present in everyday life, turfgrass provides a safer, cushioned surface for sports and recreational activities and is known to increase home values.

But as drought conditions remain severe in California and water conservation efforts in the state become increasingly critical, reduction or even complete elimination of turf from the landscape is oftentimes a first recommendation.

How water can be saved with proper irrigation of lawns and landscapes, and how drought-tolerant hybrid turfgrasses, being developed at UC Riverside, could come to California's rescue will be discussed at the UCR Turfgrass and Landscape Research Field Day to be held Sept. 17 from 8 a.m. to noon at the UCR Turfgrass Research Facility, 1060 Martin Luther King Blvd., Riverside, Calif. Parking will be available in Parking Lot 30, from where the Turfgrass Research Facility in Agricultural Operations is a short walk.

The annual research field tour aims to communicate research results and observations of ongoing, or recently completed, turfgrass research projects at UCR. Attendees will learn about measuring water use efficiency and carbon sequestering abilities of all major warm- and cool-season turfgrasses grown in California. Researchers also will discuss how effective the use of groundcovers as a means of conserving water in the landscape is and what are some of the best ways to manage turfgrass diseases, pests and weeds.

"Compared to artificial turf, natural turf is significantly cheaper to install and maintain," said UCR's

Contact: Iqbal Pittalwala
iqbal@ucr.edu
951-827-6050
University of California - Riverside
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