Agenda

7:00 am           Registration and Trade Show

8:00                Welcome and Announcements
                       Peggy Mauk and Jim Baird

8:20–9:40        Field Tour Rotation #1 (20 minutes/stop)

Stop #1: NTEP Perennial Ryegrass Ancillary Traffic Test
Brent Barnes

Stop #2: Groundcovers for Water Conserving Landscapes
Don Merhaut and Dennis Pittenger

Stop #3: Everything Buffalograss – Weeds, Traffic, Management
David Shaw

Stop #4: Overview of DWR Project to Document Health of 30 Mixed-Species Landscape Sites Throughout CA Under 3 ET Regimes
Janet Hartin

9:40–10:20   Break, Refreshments, and Trade Show

10:20–11:40  Field Tour Rotation #2 (20 minutes/stop)

Stop #5: Management of Anthracnose and Dollar Spot Diseases
Tyler Mock, Ryan Nichols and Peggy Mauk

Stop #6: Evaluation of Products for Salinity Management
Brent Barnes

Pathogenicity and Virulence of a Coachella Valley Root-Knot Nematode Population on Bentgrass
Hannes Witte, Antoon Ploeg, and J. Ole Becker

Stop #7: Evaluation of Products for Water Stress Management Using a Linear Gradient Irrigation System
Chris Hohn and Nick Hoisington

Stop #8: Drought and Irrigation Salinity Effects on Perennial Ryegrass
Alea Miehls, Don Suarez and David Crowley

Stop #9: Tall Fescue and Bermudagrass Establishment and Management Using Drip vs. Overhead Irrigation
Bernd Leinauer and Matteo Serena

11:45–12:45 What’s Happening Under the Tent?

Stop #10: California Laws and Regulations
Bob Krieger

12:45–2:00   Barbeque Lunch and Trade Show

1:30–2:00     Kikuyugrass Anonymous (van transportation to and from Kikuyugrass research area)

Stop #11: Cultural and Chemical Management Factors Affecting Kikuyugrass Quality and Performance
Tyler Mock, Jim Baird and Larry Stowell

DPR Credits Applied for: 2 hours
Trade Show Time: 2 hours, 30 minutes