Development of a digital library for winter stress management of turf
Summary
Winter injuries are common in the Nordics, and golf course superintendents have gained a lot of experience on how to prepare and treat their greens to keep them alive through extreme winter conditions.
STERF has funded several research projects highly relevant to turfgrass winter stress management. This project sought to integrate practical experiences, research results and general science into synthesised texts accessible to professional turf managers.
Members of NIBIO’s turfgrass research group wrote the texts and provided illustrations. Turfgrass agronomists and golf course managers evaluated some of the texts during the process. Barb Manifold read the fact-sheet manuscripts on behalf of the Canadian Turfgrass Research Foundation.
The fact sheets can be found in the Library, under Fact sheets, Winter survival
Category: Overwintering
Status: Finished
Project period: August 2015 - December 2016
Fundings (kSEK)
| 2015 | 2016 | Total | |
| STERF | 80 | 149 | 229 |
| Other sources | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 80 | 149 | 229 |
Project objectives
To create a web-based library on topics related to winter stress management of turf grass with emphasis on golf greens.
Project participants
Agnar Kvalbein
Researcher & Consultant
Norwegian Institute for Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Section for Urban Greening and Environmental Technology. Landvik, Reddalsveien 215, 4886 Grimstad
About STERF
STERF is a research foundation that supports existing and future R&D efforts and delivers ‘ready-to-use research results’ that benefit the Nordic golf sector. STERF was set up in 2006 by the golf federations in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland and the Nordic Greenkeepers’ Associations.
