SCANGREEN 2015-2018: Turfgrass species, varieties, seed blends and mixtures for integrated pest management of Scandinavian putting greens
Summary
Thirty-four pure varieties and nine seed blends/mixtures were evaluated on USGA greens at NIBIO Apelsvoll and Reykjavik GC in the northern zone, and NIBIO Landvik and Sydsjælland GC in the southern climate zone of Scandinavia. The trials were cut to 3-5 mm 3 times per wk and managed according to good greenkeeping practice. Plots were evaluated monthly and species, varieties within species and seed blends/mixtures were ranked, first for decreasing turf quality, second for increasing winter damage and third for increasing susceptibility to diseases.
See the articles and final reports of the findings from the project below!
Trygve S Aamlid
Trygve S. Aamlid, Norwegian Institute for Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Department for Urban Greening and Environmental Technology, Turfgrass Research Group, Landvik, Reddalsveien 215, 4886 Grimstad, Phone: +47 90 52 83 78. E-mail: trygve.aamlid@nibio.no
Category: Turfgrass
Status: Finished
Project period: January 2015 - December 2018
Fundings (kSEK)
| |
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | Total |
| STERF | 481 | 638 | 563 | 569 | 2 251 |
| Other sources | 225 | 80 | 80 | 180 | 565 |
| Total | 706 | 718 | 643 | 749 | 2 816 |
Project objectives
• To clarify which varieties of Agrostis, Festuca, Poa and Lolium are best suited for integrated pest management of putting greens at four experimental sites representing the two major climate zones in the Nordic countries.
• To investigate the effect on visual quality and uniformity in space and time of using traditional an untraditional seed mixtures and blends on putting greens.
• To create meeting places for discussions between plant breeders, seed companies and greenkeepers in order to encourage variety awareness, integrated pest management and continued efforts into turfgrass breeding for northern environments.
- SCANGREEN 2015-2016 - Results for STERF web.pdf (pdf) 2.7 MB
- Markrapp eller flerårig raigras som ‘hjelpegress’ ved resåing etter vinterskade.pdf (pdf) 1 MB
- Artikkel - Arter med vekt på engrapp SCANGREEN 2015-16.pdf (pdf) 943.9 KB
- Turfgrass seed for the nordic countries 2017 2018k (pdf) 2.3 MB
- Scangreen 2015 2018 norsk.pdf (pdf) 998.1 KB
- Scangreen 2015 2018 svensk.pdf (pdf) 961.4 KB
- NIBIO REPORT_scangreen_2015-18_kjh tsaa FINAL 161219.pdf (pdf) 11.1 MB
- Scangreen 2015 2018 english.pdf (pdf) 866.5 KB
- Scangreen 2015 2018 dansk.pdf (pdf) 6.8 MB
- Heinälajit ja-lajikkeet golfviheriöille Pohjoismaissa SCANGREEN 2015-2018 (pdf) 6.8 MB
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.
