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Minutes
Division C5, Turfgrass Science, Annual Business Meeting Wednesday, 7 November, 2018 – 9:50 AM to 12:00 PM
Baltimore Convention Center • Room 309
Call to Order (M. Fidanza) at 10:00 AM
Approval of Agenda and Call for New Business Additions to the Agenda (M. Fidanza)
Motion to approve Leah Brilman
Second by John Kaminski
Approval of Minutes from the 2017 Business Meeting (J. Young)
Motion to approve Brian Horgan
Second by John Stier
Crop Science Society of America President’s Report (M. Westgate)
No report to provide
Tri-societies together in San Antonio, TX
o November 10-13, 2019
o “Embracing the Digital Environment”
Future Meetings
o 2020 – Phoenix, AZ Nov. 8-11
o 2021 – Salt Lake City, UT, Nov 7-10
o 2022 – Baltimore, MD, Nov. 6-9
o 2023 – St. Louis, MO, Oct. 29-Nov 1
o 2024 – San Antonio, TX Nov. 10-13
o 2025 – Salt Lake City, UT Nov. 9-12
Crop Science Society of America President-elect Report (B. Guertal)
Recognition of Beth Guertal (CSSA President-elect) and her support to C-5 and CSSA
Crop Science Society of America Industry Board Rep. (J. Breuninger/M. DaCosta)
Proposal to publish journals
o Outsourcing opportunities for manuscript publishing
o Editorial control remains within societies
Budget investments were up $500,000 and items look good for future opportunities
C5 Division Report (M. Fidanza)
Very active 2018
313 primary members and 463 total members
Two symposia
o Sustainable urban and suburban landscape management
o Massengale Lectureship by Dr. Rick Brandenburg
Turf tour returns thanks to Geoffrey Rhinehart
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Section moderators shown appreciation
Matt Giese Brad Shaver Bill Kreuser Marco Schiavon Cole Thompson
Frank Wong Rebecca Grubbs Brian Aynardi Adam Thoms Doug Linde
Eric Reasor John Cisar Barry Stewart Ben Pease Matt Elmore
Aaron Patton Geoffrey Rhinehart
Oral and Paper Presentation
2018 2017 2016 2015
Oral Papers 89 81 94 69
Posters 100 98 91 100
Total 189 179 185 169
C5 CSSA Board Report (M. DaCosta)
Membership up by 4%
Fellow nominations were down for CSSA (23 this year compared to 50 each of others)
Encourage nominations
Graduate students involved with science policy (Congressional visits)
o Grad Student award nominations are due in November just after Thanksgiving
o Training and meeting with congressional leaders
o New Grad student rep to CSSA board due Nov. 26
C5 Technical Editor Report (D. Bremer/S. Bonos)
ScholarOne revised decision structure
o Removing major revision decision, so reject and resubmit new submission
o July 1 ORCID is required to submit to Crop Science
o Total Submissions across all divisions – statistics graphs
o Thanks to Associate Editors (Bold rotating off)
o Looking for additional AE currently (see S. Bonos)
Days 2018 Crop Sci Days 2018 C5
Avg. days from submission to first decision 30.2 58
Avg. reviewer turnaround time 18 18
Avg. time to assign reviewer 13 13
Avg. days from submission to final decision 52.2 81
Thanks to Associate Editors
James Baird – UC Riverside Jason Kruse – Univ. of Florida
B. Shawn Bushman, USDA-ARS Patrick McCullough – Univ. of Georgia
Ambika Chandra, Texas A&M Yaling Qian – Colorado State Univ
Geunhwa Jung – Univ. of Massachusetts Doug Soldat – Univ. of Wisconsin
Douglas Karcher – Univ. of Arkansas Ben Wherley – Texas A&M
Joining in 2019
o Ambika Chandra – Texas A&M
o Scott Ebdon – Univ. of Massachusetts
o John Inguagiato – Univ. of Connecticut
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Crop, Forage and Turfgrass Management Report (R. Gaussoin)
Took over for Zach
Impact factor
o Combined into single journal Jan. 1, 2015 to increase numbers
o Three year data collection necessary for Impact factor
o Request to Web of Science denied, so more work is required
Submissions and acceptance in 2018 (thru Sept. 30, 2018) at 73% (same as 2017)
Year US Submissions Intl. Submissions Total % Intl. % Acceptance
2018* 77 3 80 4% 73%
2017* 86 4 90 4% 73%
2016 110 2 112 2% 61%
*Data from January 1 – September 30
2018 2017
Avg. days from submission to first decision 26 29
Avg. days from submission to final decision 91 84
Journal Full-text
downloads
Abstracts Table of
contents
Agronomy Journal 422,198 718,772 51,801
Crop Science 493,768 718,911 45,585
Soil Science Society of America Journal 442,410 859,182 37,500
Journal of Environmental Quality 399,255 667,535 36,517
Vadose Zone Journal 96,740 99,914 18,446
The Plant Genome 93,437 44,584 6218
Journal of Plant Registrations 20,829 24,475 5453
Natural Sciences Education 15,670 15,165 4425
Agricultural & Environmental Letters 21,989 10,944 4042
Meat and Muscle Biology 10,877 2633 3352
Crop, Forage & Turfgrass Management‡ 9178 9667 2883
Applied Turfgrass
Science
Crop Management Forage &
Grazinglands
Total to date
Research 4 12 7 23
Briefs 5 2 0 7
Reviews 0 0 0 0
Diagnostic Guides 0 2 0 2
Totals (includes
all)
0 0 0 32
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Journal of Animal Science 24,020 61,643 2364
Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment 2329 485 1778
The Plant Phenome Journal 1208 627 919
Urban Agriculture & Regional Food Systems 2796 626 873
Chief Editor Term Associate Editors Term
Peter Thomison (2018) 1st Clark Throssell (2019) 2nd
James Murphy (2019) 2nd
Technical Editors Term Lee Berndt (2019) 1st
Roch Gaussoin (2020) 1st Ben McGraw (2020) 1st
Kip Balkcom (2018) 1st Lee Miller (2020) 2nd
John Hendrickson (2019) 1st Aaron Patton (2020) 3rd
Jay McCurdy (2020) 1st
Jared Hoyle (2021) 1st
Agricultural and Environmental Letters (M. Richardson)
Relatively new; around 4 years now
Innovative, new ideas
Categories are unique
53 published papers (Acceptance rate is 55%)
Richardson rotating off, so new TE or AE
Food and Crop Blog through ASA-CSSA-SSSA
o 4 blog post out of C-5
o Thom Nickolai
o Adam Thoms about athletic field maintenance for World Series
o Richardson “Difference between Hay and Straw)
o Intent to be picked up by popular press
CSSA Fred V. Grau Award Committee Report (C. Bigelow)
First awarded in 1987
Significant accomplishments in Turf Science over previous 15 years
4 nominees
Kevin Morris awarded 2018 Grau
o Overseer of NTEP for many years
o Expanded into National Turfgrass Program (NTP)
o Brought turf to center stage at GrassRoots Exhibit
Committee members
o Ex officio immediate past C5 Chair, Cale Bigelow, Chair
o Ex officio current C5 Chair, Mike Fidanza
o Ex officio C5 Chair-elect, Frank Wong
o Ex officio C5 CSSA Board Rep, Michelle DaCosta
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Four complete nomination packets received this year
Standing C5 Committee Reports (3 minutes)
Awards and Professional Advancement (M. Fidanza)
o Richardson is rotating off committee
o C5 is effective at supporting nominations
o Evening program is in rest
Education (C. Bigelow)
o In rest this year
o Open to new members for the group
o FFA turf representation at National FFA-CDE Delegation, Indianapolis, IN October 24,
2018
Nursery Landscape COE
Turf bowl on steroids; relation to our industry with recruiting
Plant identification, but no turf identification at this point
Special Symposium (M. Fidanza)
o Karen Harris was chair of this group
o Chesapeake Bay symposium
Special Symposium – Martin and Ruth Massengale Lectureship (F. Wong)
Rick Brandenburg of NC State University discussed communication of science in today’s world
Chris Stiegler Graduate Student Travel Award (C. Bigelow/J. McCurdy)
Awarded 8 students this year
o Rachael Bernstein - Ph.D. candidate: University of Massachusetts – Major Professor:
Michelle DaCosta, Dissertation title: Characterizing traits associated with winter
survival in perennial ryegrass
o Devon Carroll - M.S. candidate:, Penn State University - Major Professor(s): John
Kaminski and Peter Landschoot, Thesis title: Influence of temperature and cultural
practice on germination and establishment of bentgrass cultivars salinity tolerance in
Kentucky bluegrass hybrids
o Katherine Cox - M.S. candidate: University of Florida - Major Professor: Kevin
Kenworthy, Thesis title: Using Polyethylene Glycol as a Screening Method for Drought
Tolerance in Zoysiagrass and the Impacts of Various Municipal Watering Restrictions on
Turfgrass
o Paul Harris - M.S. candidate: Utah State University - Major Professor: Paul Johnson,
Thesis title: Salinity tolerance in Kentucky bluegrass hybrids
o Garett Heineck - Ph.D. candidate: University of Minnesota - Major Professor(s): Eric
Watkins and Nancy Ehlke, Dissertation title: Optimizing selection methods and
identifying endophyte strains for improvement of perennial ryegrass
o Luqi Li - Ph.D. candidate: University of Nebraska – Major Professor: Roch E. Gaussoin
Dissertation title: Biology and genetics of yellow nutsedge.
o Yinjie Qiu - Ph.D. candidate: University of Minnesota – Major Professor(s): Eric
Watkins, Dissertation title: Leveraging High Throughput Sequencing for Fine Fescue
(Festuca spp.) Breeding and Genetics
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o Phillip Vines - Ph.D. candidate: Rutgers University – Major Professor(s): Stacy Bonos
and William Meyer, Dissertation title: Molecular breeding tools for improving
morphological traits and biotic and abiotic stress responses in perennial ryegrass
23 candidates applied for award
Lindsay Hoffman will join committee
Awardees receive
o Reimbursement of meeting registration
o A one-year complimentary membership to CSSA
o A $750 honorarium
o Approximately $1,200 per student
Stiegler Application Review Committee
o Jay McCurdy (Chair) rotating off
o David Gardner (2019 Chair)
o Cole Thompson
o Charles Fontanier
o Lindsey Hoffman (New member in 2019)
o Award Application Coordinator – Cale Bigelow
o Ex officio, Immediate past C5 Chair – Cale Bigelow
o Ex officio, Current C5 Chair – Mike Fidanza
o Ex officio, C5 Chair-elect – Frank Wong
Ad-hoc C5 Committee Reports (3 minutes)
Chris Stiegler Fellowship Golf Tournament (J. Kaminski/F. Wong)
o 4th Stiegler Golf Tournament
o Appreciation to sponsors for supporting the event
o Sparrow’s Point hosted the event
o Raised $41,200 with this year’s tournament
o Thank you to Sponsors of the event
Brandt
Bruce Williams
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Turfgrass Science Division (C5) Industry Committee
Carolinas GCSA
Davisson Golf, Inc.
Dryject
Corteva Agriscience
Eastern Shore Association of Golf Course Superintendents
GCSAA
Genesis Green Supply
Golf Course Industry Magazine
Green Research Services
Helena Agri-Enterprises
Intelligro
Lebanon Turf
Mark M. Mahady & Associates, Inc.
Mid-Atlantic Association of Golf Course Superintendents (MAAGCS)
Middle Fork Research (formerly Greenspace)
PoaCure
NCSU Turf
Ocean Organics
Pennington Seed
Penn State Turf Program
Pure-Seed Testing, Inc.
Spectrum Technologies
Simplot Partners
Syngenta
The Andersons
Turf Producers International
Turfgrass Water Conservation Alliance
University of Maryland Department of Plant Sciences and Landscape
Architecture
USGA
o 2018 Stiegler C5 National Champions
Brandon Horvath
Kevin Frank
Bradley Shaver
Anthony Koski
o 2018 Stiegler Golf Tournament Committee
Co-Chair John Kaminski
Co-Chair Frank Wong
Mark Mahady
Jim Kerns
Mike Richardson
Joe Roberts
Bradley Shaver
Industry (M. Giese/B. Shaver)
o Matt is outgoing chair of committee
o One spot still available
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Member Company Position
Brad Shaver Helena Chair
Jeff Atkinson Harrells Vice Chair
Josh Friell Toro Member
Christian Baldwin/Phil Dwyer Scotts Member
Frank Wong Bayer Member
Jamie Breuninger Corteva Member
Leah Brilman Seed Research of Oregon At Large
Gary Custis At Large
Matt Giese Syngenta Member
Mica McMillan Exacto Member
Renee Keese BASF Member
Ken Hutto FMC Member
Cole Thompson USGA New Member
o Industry session on Sunday night was a continued success
o Graduate student dine out helped 35 students attend dinner
Gary Custis – Organizer
Christian Baldwin (Scotts)
Jamie Breuninger (Corteva)
Ben Hamza (TruGreen)
Ken Hutto (FMC)
Josh Friell (Toro)
Matt Giese (Syngenta)
Brad Shaver (Helena)
Jeff Atkinson (Harrells)
Renee Keese (BASF)
Leah Brilman (Seed Research of Oregon)
o Sponsored hole at Stiegler and paid for some students to play in the event
o Next year
Looking for new opportunities for grad students
See you in San Antonio
Science Policy and Engagement
o No Report
Student Affairs Committee (B. Pease)
o Advisors are Elmore and Kreuser
o Seminar at 1:30 pm in 328 this year “Professional development for Graduate Students”
with a panel of speakers
o Thanks to the Industry committee for continued support
Web (J. Kaminski)
o No report
International Turfgrass Society (S. McElroy)
ITS will meet in 2021 in Copenhagen University July 11-16, 2021
Organized by Scandinavian group
o Maria Strandberg, STERF, Chair of conference planning committee
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o Bruno Hedlund, STERF, Conference sponsorship manager
o Trygve Aamlid, NIBIO, Editor in chief and responsible for scientific program
o Torben Kastrup Peterson, Danish Golf Union, Responsible for technical tours
o Anne-Mette Dahl Jensen, Copenhagen University, Responsible for technical tours and the
venue
o Agnar Kvalbeien, Turfgrass scientist, Responsible for the one-day seminar for
practitioners
o Hanne Kvalheim, CAP, Professional conference organizer
o Bruce Clarke, Rutgers University
Environmental impacts and sustainability
o Sustainable use of natural resources and chemicals
o Ecosystem services and enhanced biodiversity
o Adapting to a changing climate and minimizing factors affecting climate change
o Sustainable cities and communities
o Healthy lives and well-being for all ages
o Partnership for sustainable development and for new regulations
Agronomic practices presented
Technical tours are being developed for conference
July in Denmark, so weather is good
1-day practitioner seminar
o Make research results and new knowledge accessible to end users
o Provide support to implement changes, which is a prerequisite for achieving more
sustainable turfgrass management
o Discuss challenges that the turfgrass sector has to face from practitioner perspective
Deadlines for conference
o May 1, 2020, but title submission will come soon
o June 1, 2020: Full papers to be publish in Crop Science or Agronomy Journal
o September 1, 2020 Short communications, ITSRJ, Crop Science or Agronomy Journal
o Autumn 2020: Conference registration opens
o May 1, 2021: Final deadline for conference registration
European Turfgrass Society (B. Leinauer)
6th ETS conference was successful with comparable representation
o Manchester 2018 114 participants
o Portugal 2016 113 participants
o Germany 2014 110 participants
PDF available online and 11 Agronomy journal manuscripts submitted
o 19 manuscripts were submitted
o John Stier and Mike Richardson served as Editors
o Thanks to Associate Editors and Anonymous reviewers
Future event at University of Padova Italy May 27-28
2020 conference at Amsterdam, Holland
Graduate Student Paper Competition Results (L. Brilman)
Issues with students thinking they are signing up for competition, but not included
o Make sure students are choosing C5 as main group
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o Email to ListServ to ensure students are in the competition prior to meeting
Winners for each division
Funding for student winners comes from Crop Science Society of America
2018 Student Competition Winners
Turf Ecology and Management (Oral)
1. Trent Tate – Rutgers University
2. Ryan Schuab – University of Minnesota
3. Raymond MacCauley – North Carolina State University
Turf Ecology and Management (Poster)
1. Jada Powlen – Purdue University
2. Tyler Carr – University of Arkansas
3. Katherine Cox – University of Florida
Genetics and Molecular (Oral)
1. Phillip Vines – Rutgers
2. Garret Heineck – University of Minnesota (tie 2nd place)
2. William Erickson – Rutgers University (tie 2nd place)
Genetics and Molecular (Poster)
1. Jamie Buhlman – University of Florida
2. Garret Heineck – University of Minnesota (tie 2nd place)
3. Phillip Vines – Rutgers University (tie 2nd place)
Golf Turf (Oral)
1. Daniel O’Brien – University of Arkansas
2. Clayton Rushford – University of Missouri
3. Cathryn Chapman – Rutgers University
Golf Turf (Poster)
1. Matthew Fleetwood – University of Missouri
2. Devon Carroll – Penn State University
3. Will Bowling – Texas A&M University
Industry Applied Pest Management (Oral)
1. Clint Mattox – Oregon State University
2. Cody Beckley – University of Maryland
3. Wendell Hutchens – North Carolina State University
Industry Applied Pest Management (Poster)
1. Cameron Stephens – North Carolina State University
2. Stephanie Rossi – Rutgers University
3. Daniel Freund – North Carolina State University
Thanks to all the judges of the Graduate Student Oral and Poster Competitions
Christian Baldwin Leslie Beck Dale Bremer Leah Brilman Shaun Bushman
Kyley Dickson Erik Ervin Matt Giese Lindsey Hoffman Kendall Hutto
John Inguagiato Paul Johnson Paul Koch David Kopec David McCall
Gerald Miller Dominic Petrella Frank Rossi Joseph Roberts Manuel Sanchez
Marco Schiavon Marta Pudzianowska Chrissie Segars Matteo Serena Florence Sessoms
Brad Shaver Chase Straw Kristina Walker Scott Warnke
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Nominations for Officer Elections: C-5 Chair and CSSA President (M. Fidanza)
2019 election for chair elect in 2020
o Kevin Frank
o Lee Berndt
Historian’s Report (J. Kaminski)
New hires and moves
o Sam Bauer – Bauer Turf Consulting
o Todd Lowe – Bayer Crop Science Green Solutions Team
o Cole Thompson – USGA Green Section Research
o Jesse Benelli – Bayer Crop Science Green Solutions Team
o Derek Settle – Territory Manager with SimPlot
o Paul Giordano – Bayer Crop Science Green Solutions Team
o Laura Chaves – Research Scientist at Scotts Miracle Gro
o Matthew Koch – Product Development at Scotts Miracle Gro
o Eric Koch – Senior Buyer at Scotts Miracle Gro
Academia Moves
o Dan Sandor – Post Doc Research Associate at University of Minnesota
o Travis Shaddox – Research Associate at University of Kentucky
o Rebecca Grubbs – Assistant Professor at Texas A&M (Extension)
o Lindsey Hoffman – Assistant Professor at Texas A&M in Dallas (Extension)
o Ross Braun – Post Doc Research Associate at Purdue University
o Manuel Chavarria – Research Associate at Olds College
Promotions
o Jose Milan – Bayer Crop Science
o John Inguagiato – University of Connecticut Associate Professor
o John Kaminski – Penn State University Professor and Associate Department Head
Leadership
o Scotts Miracle Gro 150 year
o Dan Sandor – 2018 Tri-Societies Future Leaders in Science Program
o Trey Rogers – 30 years of service and started Florida Gulf Coast University Golf Course
Management Program
o Joseph Vargas – 50 years of service to Michigan State University
o Douglas Linde – Keynote speaker at Longwood Gardens Professional Gardening
Program
o John Stier – University of Tennessee Inaugural Executive Leadership Institute at UT
System to develop Executive Leaders of College Campuses
Regional Awards
o Kevin Kenworthy – Award of Merit from Turfgrass Producers of Florida
o Bernd Leinauer – New Mexico State’s Regents Professorship (Highest honor bestowed
on faculty)
o Jay McCurdy – Excellence in Extension Programming
o Mike Richardson – Top 10 finalist for UARK Outstanding Faculty Award; 20 years of
service to Arkansas Turfgrass Association; 20 years of service to Univ. of Arkansas
o Phil Busey – Florida Turf Association Wreath of Grass Award
o Kai Umeda – Fellow in Western Society of Weed Science
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National Awards
o RISE volunteer for service – Frank Wong (Bayer), Jim Jensen (NuFarm), Jill Holihan
(FMC)
o Jose Milan – RISE National Award
o Patrick Burgess – Musser Award of Excellence
o Erik Watkins – CSSA Teaching Award
o Mike Goatley – ASA Fellow
o Kevin Morris – Fred V. Grau Turfgrass Science Award
o Col. John Morley Distinguished Service Award – Rick Latin (Purdue University) and
Leah Brilman (Seed Research of Oregon and DLF Pickseed)
Retirements
o Kirk Hurto, TruGreen
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o David Kopec, University of Arizona
o Rick Latin, Purdue University
o Bruce Martin, Clemson University
Passings
o Roy Vardeman Sturgeon, Oklahoma State University
Army Air Corps 1943
29 Years of service at OK State
1st Extension Plant Pathologist at OK State
Developed 1st Diagnostic Clinic and Mobile Lab at OK State
Field Consultant for Peanut Commission
Executive Secretary for Oklahoma Turfgrass Research Foundation
o Timothy Murphy, University of Georgia
28 years of service to UGA
Professor Emeritus and Extension Agronomist – UGA Griffin Campus
Lifetime Achievement Award in Academia/Extension – Georgia Crop Production
Alliance
o Noel Jackson, University of Rhode Island
60 years of service to the industry
Sports Turf Research Institute, 1958
University of Rhode Island, 1965
World-Renowned Turfgrass Pathologist
1999 USGA Green Section Award
o James B. Beard, Texas A&M University
63 years of service to the industry
Michigan State University/Texas A&M University
Veitch Honour Medal of the Royal Horticultural Society
Honorary Doctorate of Agriculture honoris causa from Purdue University
James B. Beard Turfgrass Collection dedicated at Michigan State University
Library
Distinguished Alumni Award from The Ohio State University
American Library Association Oberly Award
9 Books, Dozens of Manuals, Hundreds of Articles/Manuscripts
Old Business (8 minutes)
GCSAA Report (M. Johnson)
o Thanks to C5 for education, research that helps GCSAA
o National Golf Day – May 1, 2019 will be 12th year (We Are Golf website)
o Positive feedback from government agencies on scientists being present
o 6 projects funded in 2017 for funding $112,500
o 8 projects submitted to board in 2018 for funding of $127,000 TBD Dec. 2018
Still look to increase funding in future years
19 applications submitted
o BMP Template Program
Only 6 states remain not receiving funding for development
Need and want participation from everyone to develop these BMP’s
Science-based information helps give justification
Starting facility BMP workshops
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Advocate for golf and green industry overall
Bryan Unruh and Mark Johnson will have a webinar available for C5.
Grass Roots Exhibit, and US Nat’l Arboretum and Nat’l Mall Tour (G. Rinehart)
o C5 Turf Tour
o Geoffrey is rotating off of GrassRoots role, but will stay in connection with new
leadership
o C5 Turf Tour
32 participants on Turf Tour
Arlington Cemetery
National Mall under renovation
GrassRoots Exhibit
NTEP Report (K. Morris)
o Recognition to others regarding Dr. Grau
o New Trials
Bermudagrass
Zoysiagrass
Warm-season putting green
o Database project with SCRI project of Erik Watson
Survey of usage for data
o Lobbying with National Turfgrass Federation
Short and long-term priorities
Language added to Farm Bill to show importance
Farm Bill is out of Committee and will need to pass House and Senate
Financial support for genome sequencing through USDA-ARS
Federal funding or matching funding opportunities directly for turf
o EPA WaterSense programs
Water saving label of turf varieties
US EPA program is congressional approval passed (creates line item)
o SCRI Program
5 turf projects funded since 2008 Farm Bill
New project on Annual Bluegrass control
Need to apply
Acceptance rate is 9-10%
Think Big with projects; turf has a group involved with
STMA Report (M. Fidanza on behalf of STMA K. Althouse)
o 2700 members
o Strategic plan to grow support
Grow membership by 4%
Enhance Education
Promote Professionalism
Sustainability for the long-term
International outreach
o Future locations
2019 Phoenix AZ (January 22-25, 2019)
2020 West Palm Beach, FL (January 14-17, 2020)
2021 Palm Springs, CA (January 10-15, 2021)
2022 Atlanta, GA
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o Public relations and social media
TGIF Report (M. Fidanza for P. Cookingham)
o TGIF will provide 300,000 documents with 64% full text versions
o Staffing Changes
Andrew Lundeen – 2nd Tenure Stream Librarian
Nicholas DeVolder – 2nd Administrative/Professional Library Assistant
Elisabeth Mabie – TIC Unit Manager
o New University Librarian at Michigan State – Dr. Joe Salem previously at Penn State
o 50th Anniversary of the establishment of the O.J. Noer Memorial Turfgrass Collection
o Current Challenges are related to imbedded accessibility processing with online content
o Condolences offered to Dr. Jim Beard following passing
TPI Report (C. Reynolds)
o Complimentary TPI Educator Membership Category
o Public relations on Facebook and Twitter (@TPITurfTalk)
o TPI looking to update information on the following
Research based facts on oxygen production
Cooling capacity
Carbon sequestration
Looking for faculty to collaborate with on producing this information
o Sod exemption by Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in question; TPI is
working to resolve the issue for constituents
o Call for proposals to The Lawn Institute due Nov. 30
o 2019 conference in Charlotte, NC Feb. 18-20 and summer conference in Minneapolis,
MN July 23-25, 2019
o Contact TPI Executive Director Casey Reynolds ([email protected] ) or 919-
618-0375
USGA Report (M. Kenna)
o Hire Cole Thompson, Assistant director of research
o 42 proposals submitted to USGA (down slightly)
Funding 17 proposals
o Turf and Environmental Research Program
Look at past research
Develop strategic plan moving forward
Higher priority items in RFP
o USGA Internship Program
14 students traveled with staff
Application materials have been sent
o Thanks to all the researchers and the work you are doing
New Business (3 minutes)
Abstracts (M. Fidanza)
o Note the importance of abstract
o Keep information thorough
o Presentation of abstracts should be equivalent to an abstract for publication where the
research is summarized; Incorrect examples to avoid
Results will be discussed
Results will be summarized and presented
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Data collected will be analyzed and presented
Breeder’s Cup (E. Watkins)
o Turf Breeder of the Year – Yanqi Wu
o Latitude 36 breeder from Oklahoma State
NCSU Research Symposium (S. Milla-Lewis)
December 6, 2018 streamed live to anyone from 8:00 am to 3:30 pm eastern time
GCSAA credit available
Keynotes: Lane Tredway (Syngenta), Casey Reynolds (Turfgrass Producers International), Vance
Crowe (Director of Millennial Engagement at Bayer)
Register at website
New Business
Richard White Retirement from Texas A&M University (B. Grubbs)
Level of science to students is recognized (D. Kopec)
Conclusion of 2018 term (M. Fidanza)
C5 pins, mugs, and beverage holders available for all members and graduate students
2018 C5 Supplement posted on the C5 listserv
Expression of appreciate and gratitude to everyone in C5
Comments/Adjournment - 2019 Chair (F. Wong)
Appreciation and acceptance from C5
Look to see young people reach this level in the future
Motion to adjourn
Moved by Leah Brilman
2nd by Bruce Clarke
Meeting adjourned at 12:07 pm
