Current Research Projects
Foundation Research Committee
James Spindler, C.P.Ag.
Dr. James Watson
Dr. Donald Waddington
Dr. Paul Rieke
Dr. Clark Throssell
Dr. Sarah William
Research Projects Supported 2006
Cultural Factors Affecting Endophyte Expression in Turf-type Tall Fescue Lawn Turf Areas
By Dr. Cale A. Bigelow
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana
Total Scheduled Funding Amount: $30,000
Project Duration: 3 years
Graduate Students:
Disease Management Strategies for Controlling Spring Dead Spot of Bermudagrass
By Dr. Maria Tomase-Peterson, Assistant Research Professor
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, Mississippi
Total Scheduled Funding Amount: $42,147
Project Duration: 3 years ending after 2007
Graduate Students: Yes
Evaluating and Selection of Salt Tolerant Cool-Season Turfgrasses
By Dr. Stacy Bonos, Associate Professor
Cook College at Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Current Funding Amount: $7,500
Project Duration:
Graduate Students:
Genome Linkage Map Construction and Identification of Quantitative Trait Loci Associated with Dollar Spot Resistance in Creeping Bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifer L.)
By Dr. Stacy Bonos, Associate Professor
Cook College at Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Total Scheduled Funding Amount: $44,742
Project Duration: 3 years ending after 2006
Graduate Students: None
Michigan State University Library
Mr. Peter Cookingham
A standing fund to purchase books of value for the O. J. Noer Memorial Collection, which was the seed that grew into the Turfgrass Information File
O.J. Noer Turfgrass
Research Foundation
Dedicated to Supporting Research in Turf Since 1958
Over $1 million in grants to Turfgrass Research
