So proud of UT Turfgrass and our Herbert College of Agriculture UT Institute of Agriculture faculty and students who are bringing awesome turf science to a WORLDWIDE stage! ⚽️ 🌎

Working to produce the best possible pitches for the 2026 FIFA World Cup! 🏟

A FIFA delegation has visited the innovative FIFA Pitch Research Project in Tennessee, bringing together 250 pitch managers and industry leaders ahead of the tournament 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇸

FIFA World Cup Pitch Research Field Day has begun!! Attendees are learning about the ground-breaking research collaborative efforts between the MSU and UT Knoxville #turfgrass programs to bring #FIFAWorldCup to North America in 2026 for the biggest and best one yet!

Root-knot nematode infection of TifEagle bermudagrass. The terminal swellings (galls) contain the female nematodes. The roots rot off below that point

Many thanks to Eddie Harbaugh, CSFM with LincolnFinancialFld for coming on #TNTurfTuesday to talk bermudagrass use in Philly and more. If you missed the live broadcast, give it a listen below UT Turfgrass UT Plant Sciences UT Extension UT Institute of Agriculture TGCSA TN Valley Sports Field Management Association podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tn-…

We have crabgrass emergence in thin turf areas at the ETREC in Knoxville.

Excited for our new event UT Turfgrass that aims to connect all components of the industry with students, research, and more #BEACON24

Save the Date for #BEACON24 with UT Turfgrass. Day 1: a career-focused social event for #turfgrass employers to engage with students. Day 2: themed and thoughtful research field plot tours. Our goal: meaningful engagement and fellowship with our industry. More info coming soon.

My wild forsythia is getting close to full bloom. That means crabgrass is in on the way. If weather patterns hold and soil temps continue upward we should have crabgrass germinating in the Tennessee in the next 2-3 weeks.

Lots of questions about #PoaAnnua control this time of year, often on UDB greens. Plenty of good treatments in this trial and some that haven't met the challenge. #PicOfTheMonth for February UT Turfgrass

TGCSA members Jeff Kuhns, Adam Adkins, Justin Browning, and Paul Carter attended the USGA Annual Meeting in Nashville this weekend. Great opportunity to learn more about the programs and services of USGA & how we can work together to make golf better in Tennessee. Thanks USGA

Annual bluegrass filling in alleyways between plots from residual damaged areas from last year’s wetting agent trials. Weeds are opportunistic. Turfgrass science 101: a dense, healthy turfgrass = best weed control method.

The annual bluegrass epidemic is NOT an awesome new bluegrass band, and we cannot tell you how disappointed we are. Here’s what researchers have found about herbicide resistance in annual bluegrass, as well as some management options. 🪕 ow.ly/u3wk50QyZ0y

Should be great conditions this week for those making non-selective herbicide apps on dormant bermudagrass in East Tennessee TGCSA Tennessee Turfgrass TN Valley Sports Field Management Association UT Extension #TNturf

The power of plant competition. No herbicides here. Just overseeded perennial ryegrass to the right. #PicOfTheMonth for January UT Turfgrass. Photo credit- Greg Breeden

New UT Extension program for the turfgrass industry. Check it out Tennessee Turfgrass TN Valley Sports Field Management Association TGCSA #TNturf

Here are some of the low temperatures observed around the area this morning. A few locations in the Cumberland Plateau and the mountains recorded temperatures several degrees below zero. #mrxwx #tnwx

New HRAC mode of action classification poster.

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CALLING ALL TURF MANAGERS! Tomorrow is the deadline to weigh in on the proposed label changes to chlorothalonil (Daconil) by the EPA. I do not know anyone in this business that this will not effect. The link to submit comments to EPA is below. Repost! votervoice.net/mobile/GCSAA/C…

Need data to help make the case for irrigation system improvements TGCSA? Please take a few minutes to fill out this survey being led by Becky Bowling, PhD UT Extension #TNturf