| CO15 Turfgrass Science, Division C-5 |
| The Div. C-5 business meeting was called to order by Milt Engelke at 4:27 p.m., 23 Oct., 2001 by chair Milt Engelke with 165 in attendance. The minutes of the 2000 meeting were distributed via email and appeared in Crop Science; they were approved as reported by Roch Gaussoin, division secretary. |
| ASA Board Report, John Cisar. A dues increase appears imminent. Membership statistics reveals that 6% of Grad students are members and only 50% of the advisors are members. They’re also appears to be a significant number of presenters at the meeting which are not members. The Natural and Life Sciences Education Journal continues to lose money. Currently the Journal is distributed as two electronic and one hard copy. To save money the hard copy will be eliminated and possibly the cost absorbed into current membership dues. The status of Div. A-9; Production/Practitioner is no longer provisional. |
| CSSA Board Report, Milt Engelke. All C-5 feedback should be directed to Dr. Engelke for transfer to the CSSA Board. Costs of CSSA continue to escalate. CSSA currently has a net worth of 1.2 millin dollars. At the current income/debit rate it will operate in a deficit situation next year. Students memberships are down significantly. |
| Historian Report, Jeff Krans. Dr. Krans expressed the regrets of Historian Jim Beard who could not attend. The Historian report as prepared by Dr. Beard was distributed and approved with no additions or corrections. |
| Post ITS Report, Pam Charboneau. The ITS meeting in Toronto was attended by 388 people representing 22 countries. A Proceedings and Commemorative CD Rom will be mailed to all participants. Next Conference is scheduled in England in 2009. The Journal for this years meeting for nonmembers is available for $195.00. |
| NTEP Report, Kevin Morris. The status/formation of the USDA-ARS Turf Unit will be discussed at a meeting in Dallas, TX on 21-22 Jan. 2002. Input should be directed to Kevin Morris at NTEP |
| Committee Reports: |
| Special Symposia, Ali Harivandi. The Special Symposium; “Salinity and Turfgrass Culture” was held on Wednesday, 24 Oct. The 7 speakers at this Symposium, co-chaired by Ali Harivandi and Charlie Mancino, covered issues related to growing and managing turfgrasses under saline conditions. The 30 minute presentations by each speaker combined basic and applied science. By all accounts, this Symposium was a success. The speakers at the Symposium were: D.L. Suarez, USDA-ARS Salinity Lab., Riverside; K.B. Marcum, University of Hawaii; R.R. Duncan, University of Georgia-Griffin; M.J. Sellman, Simplot; D.A. Devitt, University of Nevada-Reno; M.T. Huck, United States Golf Association; M.A. Harivandi, University of California-Alameda. The Special Symposium Committee met briefly after the C-5 business meeting. Terms of three Committee members expired this year: Bridget Rummele, Peter Landschoot, and Bruce Clark. Two new members volunteered to join the Committee: Laurie Trenholm (Univ. of Florida, Gainsville), and Phil Busey (Univ. of Florida, Fort Lauderdale). Current Committee membership stands as follows, with the year following the name indicating the first year of three to work on the Symposium Committee:Marty Petrovic (00); Rob Golembiewski (00); Gwen Stahnke (00); Charlie Mancino (00); Ali Harivandi (01); Greg Bell (01); Scott Ebdon (01); Mike Richardson (01); Phil Busey (02); Laurie Trenholm (02). G. Stahnke, C. Mancino, M. Petrovic and R. Golembiewski will rotate off the Committee at the 2002 annual C-5 meeting. Mike Richardson and Greg Bell agreed to be co-chairs of the Special Symposium for 2002. Possible topics for the 2002 Symposium in Indianapolis. New Technologies for Measuring Turfgrass Parameters. Grass/Turfgrass Taxonomy; Black Layer/Organic Matter Management. Co-chairs Richardson and Bell, with the help of the Committee, will make the final selection and set-up of the Symposium. |
| Extension, Erik Ervin. The theme of the 2001 Extension Symposium was: Development and Funding of Unique Turfgrass Environmental Quality Programs. The program was held Sunday evening 21 Oct. with 50 in attendance. The 2001 Chair was Erik Ervin, with committee members; John Stier, Bryan Unruh, Matt Fagerness, Kevin Frank and Dave Han. The 2002 Chair will be Bryan Unruh, with committee members; Matt Fagerness, Kevin Frank, Dave Han, Erik Ervin, Laurie Trenholm, and Brian Horgan. The theme for 2002 will be: A Regional Survey of the Changing Face of Turfgrass Extension. The 2001 committee indicated a possibility of moving the meeting to a daytime session. |
| Evening Program, Mike Fidanza. The evening program was held on 22 Oct with 112 in attendance. Persons with ideas for next year’s program should contact Mike Fidanza. |
| Education, Al Turgeon. Followinng is a compiled list of web sites containing an array of learning resources, including course home pages, assembled from the members of our Education Committee. The committee met in room 216B at the Convention Center on Tuesday Oct 23 from 7-8 am to discuss how we might construct a site at which our collective efforts may be shared by the broader community of turfgrass educators. |
| http://www.cas.psu.edu/docs/casdept/turf/education/Turgeon/directory.html |
| e-turf review, Bob Shearman. In 1999 C-5 established a Premier Web Site Committee Chaired by Bob Shearman with committee members; Bob Carrow, Pam Chrbonneau, Hannes Combest, Pete Cookingham, Ron Duncan, Kin Erusha, Roch Gaussoin, Tom Fermanian and Frank Rossi. The charge ofthe committee was to explore means of developing intensive information packages related to Turfgrass Science that would be web-based. Discussion within and outside the committee lead to a concept of an electronic journal entitled “Electronic Journal for Turfgrass Science” or “e-turf review.” The “e-turf review” replaces any previous discussion of the Premier Web Site. A document prepared by the committee on 15 Oct. was distributed with the structure and scope of the “e-turf review” described. Lengthy and lively discussion followed. Any action was tabled until new business. |
| Turf Monograph, Nick Christians. Discussion about the need for another Turfgrass Monograph indicated that there was interest in producing another monograph. The previous turfgrass monographs have been very popular and have resulted in profit for CSSA. A show of hands indicated that more than 50% of those in attendance felt the next monograph should also be available in electronic form. |
| New Journal-Plant Genomics, James E. Specht. A new journal of Plant Genomics was described. The C-5 division indicated unanimous support of the endeavor. |
| C-5 Web Site, Tom Fermanian. Address: http://c5turf.org. Committee members, T. Fermanian, Chair, R. Gaussoin, Z. Reicher, G. Stahnke. More than 2000 unique users in 2001. Discussion about the sites use and suggestions for improvement should be directed to any committee member. |
| Information Directory, Keith Karnok. The new edition will also be available on CD-Rom. Anyone interested in promotional brochure should contact Keith Karnok. |
| Slide Monograph, Keith Karnok. Currently assigned authors should contact Keith Karnok and indicate if they wish to continue to be involved. |
| Contemporary Issues, Haibo Liu. The committe, comprising Haibo Liu (Chair), George Hamilton, Jr., James McCrimmon, John Stier and David Williams distributed a survey to indentify issues for the committee. Results of the survey will be shared at the 2001 business meeting. |
| Poster , Brian Horgan. 1. Half size posters are an opportunity to display information for two days (instead of the traditional one day). This opportunity has both pro's and con's. For example, this method will deliver information more concisely. However, some of the people surveyed suggested that this is not necessarily a good thing considering the information may not be enough to understand the topic and since authors are only present one day, it may be difficult to get questions answered. 2. One potential problem is font size. It would be easy to shrink down the font size to fit more info, thus making it hard to read. 3. Maybe too crowded around the poster if both authors are present at the same time. Our recommendations as a committee are as follows: If half size posters are to be used the committee recommends the following: (1) a minimum font, (2) a printout or executive summary of the info on the poster table with contact information should the author not be present, (3) eliminate one of the three poster sessions to free up time and minimize overlapping and concurrent sessions, (4) stagger authors presence over the two-day period to minimize congestion next to the posters. |
| C-5 Associate Editors, Karl Danneberger. There are currently four associate editors. From 1 Aug. to 1 July 2001 42 manuscripts were submitted with 20 being released, resulting in a 52% acceptance. Currently C-5 does not use a Technical Editor. With current concerns about turn around time etc. a motion to have a Technical Editor from C-5 was moved, seconded and passed by a unanimous voice vote. |
| Nominating, Jeff Nus. The 2001 C-5 Nominations Committee comprising Jeff Nus (chair), Leah Brilman, Milt Engelke, and John Cisar selected two candidates to run for C-5 chair in the 2001 society elections. The candidates were Dr. Bruce Branham, University of Illinois, and Dr. Gwen Stahnke, Washington State University at the Puyallup Research Station. Dr. Gwen Stahnke was elected as the new C-5 Chair Elect and will follow Dr. Karl Danneberger as C-5 Chair following the C-5 Business Meeting during next year’s meetings in Indianapolis, November 10-14. |
| Awards & Professional Advancement, Jeff Nus. The 2002 C-5 Awards Committee comprised of Jeff Nus (chair), Leah Brilman, Milt Engelke, and John Cisar developed a list of C-5 members who warranted consideration for society-wide awards. The committee also identified colleagues at those same institutions that could serve as nominators for these distinguished C-5 members. Jeff Nus contacted each of these colleagues and requested that they serve as nominators. Several of these people indicated that they would do so and subsequently developed the nomination packages for most society awards. |
| This year, Dr. Jeff Krans, Professor of Agronomy in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences at Mississippi State University received the distinction of being selected CSSA Fellow. Dr. Kran’s research interests are in germplasm enhancement using in vitro cell selection techniques and turfgrass biology. He served on various committees in the Society and as Chair of Division C-5. |
| Dr. Wayne W. Hanna was selected to receive the 2001 Fred V. Grau Turfgrass Science Award. The award is presented in recognition of significant career contributions in turfgrass science. Dr. Hanna is a Research Geneticist and Research Leader with the USDA-ARS Crop Genetic and Breeding Research Unit at the Coastal Plain Experiment Station in Tifton, Georgia. Dr. Hanna’s research involves the breeding, genetics, and cytogenetics of warm-season grasses. His research unit has developed important forage and turf cultivars. |
| Old Business |
| None reported |
| New Business |
| Jeff Volenec, Editor in Chief of CSSA. CSSA is proposing an allocation of $30,000 for the publication of “Crop Management Today” targeted to Certified Crop Advisors and similar practitioners. Amotion was moved and seconded for ”C-5 to support the expenditure for the “ Crop Management Today” journal. Discussion resulted in a motion to amend the motion to include Turfgrass Management. The amendment was seconded and passed by a voice majority. The original motion, with amendent was also passed with a voice majority. |
| “e-turf review”. In continuation of the discussion on the proposed “e-turf review” the following motion moved and seconded, “Move that the C-5 Division become a cooperator in publication of the “e-turf review” journal, subject to approval by the CSSA executive committee, as described in the “e-turf review” committee document of 15 Oct. 2001". Motion passed by unanimous voice vote. |
| Graduate Student Outstanding Paper Awards, Jeff Nus. The 2001 Graduate Student Paper Contest was chaired by Jeff Nus and had 13 students participating in the oral paper contest and 17 students participating in the poster contest. Kevin Frank, Matt Fagerness, Dave Kopec, Dave Williams, and Clark Throssell judged two oral sessions. Judges for two poster sessions included Bryan Unruh, Barry Brecke, Ken Diesburg, Bingru Huang, Ron Smith, and Jeff Nus. First place finishers were awarded $250, second place finishers $150, and students winning third places received $100. The results of the 2001 C-5 Graduate Student Paper Contests were as follows: |
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Oral Papers: |
| First Place: Neil L. Heckman, University of Nebraska, Influence of Trinexapac-ethyl on Respiration of Isolated Mitochondria |
| Second Place:Brad Park, Penn State University, Effect of Dazomet on Poa annua Seedling Emergence on Putting Greens |
| Third Place (tie): J. S. McElroy, N.C. State University, Perennial Ryegrass Tolerance and Annual Bluegrass Control in Overseeded Bermudagrass |
| R. H. Snyder, University of Florida, Investigations of a Coated Sand for Use in USGA Putting Green Construction |
| Posters: |
| First Place: Brian E. Leach, Michigan State University, Water Relations in a Variable Depth Rootzone USGA Putting Green |
| Second Place: John C. Sorochan, Michigan State University, Exogenous Carbohydrate Sources on Turfgrass Under Reduced Light Conditions |
| Third Place: K. M. O’Reilly, Michigan State University, The Long-Term Fate of Nitrogen Applied to Kentucky Bluegrass |
| Organization of Affiliated Disciplines-APS-TPC, Larry Stowell. Report on the closely aligned disciplines such as Plant Pathology, Weed Science, etc. A special session in future meetings was proposed which would be discipline/program specific. No formal action was taken. |
| Announcements & Acknowledgments |
| Urban Agriculture Symposium, Vic Gibeault. An Urban Agriculture Symposium is scheduled for May 20-22 in Dallas, TX. The Mission Statement for the meeting is: To define and describe the components and issues of urban agriculture and examine the common ground and opportunities that exist between urban and rural communities. For more information go to: http://urbanag.tamu.edu. |
| Turfgrass Tour and C-5 Social Activity, Art Bruneau. Details concerning schedule and transportation logistics forth Turfgrass Tour and the C-5 social activity were described. Dean Mosdell also reported on the Sunday golf outing sponsered by Aventis, BASF, Sygenta and Scotts with 37 participants. |
| Book Distribution, Skip Dewald. A generous supply of new and popular titles was made available by Ann Arbor Press to instructors. |
| Division Recognition Awards, Milt Engelke and Karl Danneberger. Commemorative pens were awarded to individuals assisting in various activities of C-5. |
| Passing of the Gavel. Milt Engelke passed the “gavel” to incoming chair, Karl Danneberger. |
| Comments and Adjournment, Karl Danneberger. Dr. Danneberger expressed gratitude to Dr. Engelke for an excellent year. It was moved and seconded to adjourn the meeting. Meeting adjourned at 6:42 p.m.. |
| Respectively submitted,| |