3rd ETS conference, Kristiansand / Landvik,

Norway, June 2012

Bioforsk: Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research

• Research Institute under Norwegian Ministry of Agriculture

• Approx. 450 employees• 7 research centres; 13 locations

all over Norway• 1/3 of budget: From Government• 2/3 of budget: Projects for public

or private customers• Turfgrass research group: Two

locations four scientists and four technicians

Agnar Kvalbein

Tanja Espevig

Trygve S. Aamlid

Other Bioforsk units

Landvik

Wendy Waalen

Turfgrass Research

Apelsvoll

Most of Bioforsk’s turfgrass research

projects are funded (at least in part) by

Set up in 2001 by the Nordic Golf Federations

DENMARK

http://sterf.golf.se

Important areas of research

Evaluation of turfgrass species and varieties for

various purposes

BIOFORSK LANDVIK

TEAGASC

DUBLINBUNDESSORTENAMT Scharnhorst (2008)

BUNDESSORTENAMT

NOSSEN

CARNEAU Frères

ORCHIES

RAGT RODEZ

INRA LUSIGNAN

REGA VERNEUIL

CAO MONORIERDO

UNIVERSITY

Polytechnic of

VALENCE (sept.

2009)

GEVES

MONTPELLIERBARENBRUG

MAS GRENIER

LEGTA DOUAI

DLF LES ALLEUDS

Part of GEVES (France) Turf Network

BUNDESSORTENAMT Prenzlau (2009)

STERF project 2011-2014: Better Turfgrass Survial in a Changing winter climate

Landvik, 7 Feb. 2011

Ice damage

Landvik, 2 April 2011

Snow moulds

Landvik, 1 April 2008

STERF project 2009-2012: Turfgrass water use efficiency

and irrigation practises

E

Bygging av anlegget, juli-august 2003 Integrated pest

manage-ment and environmental impact

of fertilizer and pesticide use on turfgrass areas

Utility grasses for revegetation purposes

Oslo

Kristiansand

ETS Conference Venue:

Kristiansand: •Norway’s 5th largest city: 80.000 inhabitants

•Three daily ferry connections to Hirtshals, Denmark

•2-6 daily flight connections to Amsterdam, Copehagen, Oslo, Bergen and Stavanger

•10 daily bus or train connections to Oslo (4 h / 300 km)

•Three golf courses, one of them a new Robert Trent Jones course

•New football stadium: Sør Arena

•Beautiful coastal surroundings

•Norway’s biggest zoo and amusement park

•35 min drive from Bioforsk Turfgrass Research Centre Landvik

Stavanger

Bergen

Trondheim

Landvik

Kristiansand – the entry port to Norway

High quality golf courses

Sør Arena football stadium (built 2006)

Beautiful coastal surroundings

Let your family enjoy Kristiansand zoo and amusement park while you are at the conference !

Two-day post-conference tour, South Western fjords and mountains

Can’t wait until 2012 ?

Vistit the

2011 Bioforsk Turfgrass Field Day

Landvik, 12 June 2011

Confimed speakers:

Cale Bigelow, Purdue UniversityMike Fidanza, Penn State University

(More info will sone come on ETS web site)