Pure Seed • Pure-Seed Testing • Tee-2-Green
33rd
Field Day
June 20, 2019 8:00AM
"Innovation is our heartbeat. It drives us to create noticeable advancements."
Come see those advancements on display on a private research tour of Pure-Seed Testing East located in Rolesville, NC. See the innovative research of both cool and warm season grass and learn from turfgrass breeders, University collaborators, and end-users. Get an update of PST West activities on the West Coast in Oregon. RSVP and book your travel today!
8:00AM
Registration
Coffee and Donuts
9:00AM
Research Tour
Bentgrass, Paspalum, PRG, TF, FF, KBG,
Rainout Shelter, Bermuda, and Special Guest Speakers
12:00PM
Lunch
BBQ & Drinks
Special guest speaker, Jan Stephenson
Yeti Cooler Raffle Drawing
Jan Stephenson
LPGA, PGA Class "A", OAM Professional Golfer, 2019 World Golf Hall of Fame Inductee, Jans Stephenson's Crossroads Foundation Founder
Jeff Salmond CSFM
Vice President of Projects/Corporate Development for United Turf and Track, Past Director of Athletic Field Management at the University of Oklahoma, 2016 STMA President
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Elizabeth Guertal, Ph.D.
Professor of turfgrass management and soil fertility at Auburn University. Awarded the Novartis Award in Agronomy for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching and Research from the American Society of Agronomy and Fulbright Fellowship from the University of Mauritius.
Student Speaker
Jada Powlen
Earned her Bachelors and Masters degrees from Purdue University. Currently a Turf Research Associate and will be pursuing her Ph.D. working on aspects of more sustainable turf systems starting this fall. She will be presenting on her research, "Water requirements of drought susceptible and tolerant Kentucky bluegrasses and tall fescues under deficit irrigation".
