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

3350">James Baird, a turfgrass extension specialist in the Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, who is leading the Field Day. "Artificial turf produces surface temperatures during the summer of 150 F or more, and is potentially prone to result in more sports injuries and health concerns. This is not to say that we should not have artificial turf. If you have a field that receives continuous play, use and traffic, it may be the only answer. But in a place like California, the surface temperature issue is very important."

Baird explained that natural turf reduces surface temperature by transpirational cooling. It also lessons glare, noise, soil erosion, and dust, thereby reducing air pollution and allergens.

"Moreover, turfgrass sequesters approximately two or three times the amount of carbon from the atmosphere compared to agricultural crops," he said. "On an average managed lawn, turfgrass captures four times the carbon from the air than the carbon output of a typical lawn mower."

Field Day attendees include professional turfgrass managers and their supervisors from golf courses, athletic fields, parks, and lawn care companies. The event is open also to homeowners and other members of the public. Cost of attendance, waived for members of the media, is $65.

"Professional turf and landscape managers and the general public will find that Field Day is an excellent opportunity to learn about the breadth of turfgrass research activities underway at UCR," Baird said. "We are tackling the major challenges of diminishing water resources and increasing pest issues from every conceivable angle."


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Contact: Iqbal Pittalwala
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951-827-6050
University of California - Riverside
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