<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div>There are upcoming turf events so mark your calendars for the following:</div><div><br></div><div>View the 2013-14 season's overseeding experimental field trials openhouse at the UA Karsten Turf Research Center on March 4, Tuesday. Details are at: <a href="http://turf.arizona.edu/OVERSEED%20OPEN%20HOUSE%20flyer.pdf">http://turf.arizona.edu/OVERSEED%20OPEN%20HOUSE%20flyer.pdf</a> </div><div>RSVP directly to David Kopec, Extension Turf Specialist at <a href="mailto:dkopec@cals.arizona.edu">dkopec@cals.arizona.edu</a> or call 520-241-7450.</div><div><br></div><div>The Annual Spring Turfgrass Seminar will be April 10 at the Maricopa County Cooperative Extension with the featured topics of “how to do all the math and calculations for pesticide and fertilizer applications, determine irrigation audit efficiency, and soil salinity". Details will be coming shortly.</div><div><br></div><div>Plans are being finalized for the UA Turf Field Day at the Karsten Turf Research Center on May 7.</div><div><br></div><div>Some recent press coverage of our turfgrass research featured Dr. Mohammad Pessarakli and buffalograss in a video on Arizona Public Media about “AZ Residents Look to Alternative Types of Grass for Sustainability” <a href="https://www.azpm.org/p/home-featured/2013/12/9/29002-az-residents-look-to-alt-types-of-grass-for-sustainability/">https://www.azpm.org/p/home-featured/2013/12/9/29002-az-residents-look-to-alt-types-of-grass-for-sustainability/</a> </div><div>Dr. Paul Brown was featured in UA NEWS for a story on “UA Science Keeps Fairways Green with Less Water” <a href="http://uanews.org/story/ua-science-keeps-fairways-green-with-less-water">http://uanews.org/story/ua-science-keeps-fairways-green-with-less-water</a> </div><div><br></div><div>Our Turfgrass Research, Education, and Extension website’s publications page lists some newly revised bulletins in the Turf Irrigation Management series; the New and Most Recent Presentations from the Tree Care Workshop at the UA Maricopa Ag Center are available; and results of weed control experiments are available in a link to the Western Society of Weed Science Research Progress Reports <a href="http://turf.arizona.edu/publications.htm">http://turf.arizona.edu/publications.htm</a> </div><div><br></div><div>Undergraduate students interested in pursuing a career in turfgrass science can major in an interdepartmental Sustainable Plant Systems program <a href="http://turf.arizona.edu/education.htm">http://turf.arizona.edu/education.htm</a> </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Kai Umeda</span></div><div apple-content-edited="true"><div style="letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; 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