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International Turfgrass
The Newsletter of the International Turfgrass Society
January 2016 Edition

2nd Call for Papers - 13th International Turfgrass Conference in
New Brunswick, New Jersey, 16-21 July 2017by Dr. James Murphy, Editor-in-Chief
Rutgers University, USA
The International Turfgrass Society announces the second call for papers to be presented at the 13th
International Turfgrass Research Conference (ITRC) in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, 16-21 July
2017. Title-summaries are needed to assist the Scientific Program Planning Committee with determining a
conference program as well as to initiate the process for publishing papers from the conference. The deadline
for online submission of title-summaries of title-summaries is 1 February 2016.
Papers in the discipline areas listed below are requested by the Scientific Program Planning Committee
for the conference theme, Meeting the Challenges of a Changing Environment.
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Conservation & Environmental Quality
Diseases (Plant Pathology)		
Ecosystem Services – Biodiversity		Establishment and Maintenance		
Genetics and Breeding		
Information Technology & Education

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Insect & Nematode Pests
Physiology and Stress Physiology
Soil Biology, Chemistry and Plant Nutrition
Soil Physics and Rootzone Construction
Weed Science
Information Technology & Education

The Scientific Program Planning Committee will inform authors regarding time for oral presentations
and make final decisions on presentation style (oral versus poster); you will be notified if presentation style ischanged. Check the International Turfgrass Society website (http://www.turfsociety.com/itrc2017) for moreprogram and conference details as these become available.
Please remember that at least one author of each
paper presented at the 13th ITRC must be a memberof the International Turfgrass Society. An author
cannot be the sole member on more than one paper
submission.

If you don’t know if you are a member, then go to
http://turfsociety.com/test/ismember.php and type inyour email address that you used when first registering
for ITS, and you will receive an instant response if you
are in good standing.
Also, if you have any newsworthy stories orinformation for readers of International Turfgrass, I
hope you will consider submitting an article for the next
newsletter in May 2016.

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2nd Call for Papers
Time line for Paper Submissions
2017 Graduate Student Competition
Annual Fall meeting of JSTS and IZS
5th ETS Conference 2016
In Memorial of Prof. Dr. Werner Skirde
Sponsorship opportunities
ITS Membership Application
Order form for past proceedings and journals
ITS Board Members

I hope you enjoy the very good articles in this edition.
Sincerely,
Nathan R. Walker

International Turfgrass Society - January 2016

Click here to join ITS
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During the online submission process, authors should be prepared with the following information about
each paper:
Information Needed for Each Submission(approximate order of entry)
Notes
Discipline / Subject Area
see table below
Presentation Style
Oral or Poster
Title of Paper
Author (submitter) email address
Corresponding author
Enter into Graduate Student Competition
Yes or No
Preference of Journal for Publishing
Please review standards for Journal of interest
Paper Type
Research, Review, Issue, Case Study, etc. Visit
guidelines URLs below for the specifics of eachjournalAuthor(s)Before adding a new name, search the database
to see if that name and contact information havealready been entered.
All papers presented at the ITRC require at leastone ITS member among the authors. See www.
turfsociety.com for membership form.

Abstract Text

Provide at least a one or two sentence summaryof the paper to help with placing paper in topicalsessions.

Receipt of title-summary forms will be acknowledged along with further instructions to authors aboutmanuscript submission. If necessary, you can make changes to your submission between now and thedeadline of Monday, February 1, 2016.
Please note that at least one author of each paper presented at the 13th ITRC must be a member in goodstanding of the International Turfgrass Society. An author cannot be the sole member on more than one paper
submission.
Journal Options for Publishing. The ITS Board approved new publishing options for the 2017 ITRC
at the 2015 mid-term Board meeting. Papers at the 2017 ITRC will be published in one of three peer-reviewed
journals based on subject matter and successful review: International Turfgrass Research Journal (ITSRJ),
Crop Science or Agronomy Journal. Please review the standards of each journal (see URLs listed below) to
determine the appropriate selection for your paper.
ITSRJ (http://www.turfsociety.com/2015/20151020Standards-for-Publishing-ITSRJ.pdf)
Crop Science (https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/files/publications/cs/cs-instructions-to-authors.pdf)
Agronomy Journal (https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/aj/instructions-to-authors)
Please note that the standards for Crop Science and the Agronomy Journal are more rigorous than the
ITSRJ but also realize that both Crop Science and the Agronomy Journal have an impact factor whereas the
ITSRJ does not. Additionally, if a paper submitted to Crop Science or Agronomy Journal is not accepted,
authors may have it considered for publication in the ITSRJ.
Page charges to authors will be as low as $0 for articles that do not exceed the page length specificto the journal. Charges for the ITSRJ will be $0 for 5 pages plus $100 per page for 6+ pages. Charges for
Crop Science will be $0 for 7 pages plus $50 per page for 8+ pages. And charges for Agronomy Journal willbe $0 for 7 pages plus $100 per page for 8+ pages for ASA members or $200 per page for 8+ pages for nonmembers of ASA. All papers published in the ITSRJ, Crop Science and Agronomy Journal will be included
on an electronic (flash drive) proceedings provided to delegates at the conference. The electronic proceedings
will also be available through members-only section of the ITS website.
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Page 2Delegates interested in presenting a paper(s) at the conference can submit a title-summary online at or byvisiting the 2017 ITRC website at http://www.turfsociety.com/itrc2017. Looking forward to seeing you at the2017 ITRC.

Timeline for the submission, review, and publication of papers presented at the 2017
International Turfgrass Research Conference in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
Paper TypeTime line Research, Review, Issue and Case Study

Short Communications and Notes

2016
Last date for receipt of title-summaries
1 Feb.		
		Submit at https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2017trc/cfp.cgi
1 May		

Manuscript submission due

1 July		Manuscript reviews due back to authors

1 Sep.		

Revised manuscript (if necessary) due

Short Communication submission closes
Abstract to 2 page length

1 Nov.		
Revised manuscript reviews due back to		authors
2017
Final manuscript versions due
1 Feb.		

Short communication reviews due back toauthors

1 July		
ITRC registration confirmed before papers
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ITRC registration confirmed before papers
Published

16 July				Final version due

Published on USB drive and handed out todelegates on 16 July

Papers Published

Re-announcing the Graduate Student Competition at the 2017
ITRC
Paul Koch1 (chair), Erik Ervin2, and Kelly Kopp3
ITRC Graduate Student Competition Committee
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University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
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Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
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Utah State University, Logan, UTThe ITRC will host a graduate student
competition for both oral and poster presentations.
Students can submit manuscripts for consideration
as an oral or poster presentation under any of thefollowing categories: 1) Pest management strategies,
2) Turfgrass physiology and soil health, 3) Genetics
and breeding, and 4) Environmental aspects of
turfgrass management. Contestants will be judged
on the innovativeness of their research goals, theInternational Turfgrass Society - January 2016robustness of their scientific methods, and the deliveryof their oral presentation or appearance of theirposter. Modest cash prizes and a complimentary ITS
membership will be made available to the top threecontestants in each category. Only one submission
per student is allowed, and contestants must be
enrolled as an active graduate student at the time of
the meeting to be eligible for the competition.
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Fall 2015 Annual Meeting of JSTS and IZS held in Naha City,
Okinawa, JapanBy Yoshi Ikemura
Shizuoka Prefectural Research Institute of Agriculture and Forestry
Japanese Society of Turfgrass Science
The Japanese Society of Turfgrass Science(JSTS) held their 2015 fall annual meeting andInternational Zoysiagrass Symposium (IZS) in Naha
City, Okinawa, Japan on November 20-23 at the
Okinawa Jichi Kaikan. Okinawa is the southernmost
prefecture and is a humid subtropical island with ayearly average temperature of above 20 C (68 F).
Most of us enjoyed the warm, welcoming weather
during the visit.
On the first day of the meeting, the attendees
either joined JSTS’s technical tour or played golf.
The technical tour group visited Koganenomori
field, Shurei Country Club, and Okinawa Cellular
Stadium. At Shurei Country Club, we observed thewell maintained bentgrass greens. The golfing groupwent to Okinawa Country Club, The Southern Links
Golf Club, Palm Hills Golf Resort, or Naha Golf Club
to play.

Attendees at the IZS in Naha City.
zoysiagrass use, research efforts, taxonomy, andmore. We also had a speech contest and discussion
session. At the speech contest, Dr. Tanaka won firstplace presenting analysis of genetic diversity andmorphological traits of Zoysia spp. In Japan, Ms.
Okazaki and Dr. Hayakawa were also presented
awards. At the discussion section, future research on
zoysiagrass was discussed.
On the last day, the attendees chose IZS’stechnical tour or to play golf. The technical tour
visited Ocean Expo Park and Cape Manzamo. Cape
Manzamo is a national park and is the native habitat
for Zoysiagrasses. The golf group played at Ocean
Castle Country Club or Kise Country Club. The next
JSTS meeting will be held at the University of Chiba
from May 27th to 29th in 2016.

Attendees at Shurei Country Club observe a bentgrass
green.
The fall annual meeting of the JSTS was
held on the second day. During the morning; golfcourse, ground cover plants, school turf, and parksand open spaces’ sectional meetings were held. In
the afternoon, the symposium with the various topics
related to turfgrass in Okinawa were presented.
The IZS meeting was held on the third day.
Dr. Don Loch, Dr. Joon Soo Choi, Dr. Liebao Han,
and Mr. Makoto Kobayashi gave presentations about

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Dr. Akamine explains about mites in turf.

Page 45th ETS CONFERENCE 2016
"Turfgrass – Towards sustainability and perfection for aesthetic, recreational and sports"
Call for Abstracts
University of Algarve - Salgados - Albufeira, Portugal

JournalMain topics

5th ETSC Algarve – PUBLISHING OPTIONSETSC Proceedings

All turfgrass-related
turfgrass

Urban Forestry and
Urban Greening (UFUG)
Urban green areas andurban horticulture

Crop Science (CS)All turfgrass-related(emphasis on agronomy,
physiology and genetics)
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no limit

Impact Factor (2014)
none
2.11
Max. n. of publishedno limit
12
articlesArticle length (pages)2
5-6 (max. 7500 words)
7*
Abstract length (words)
200
300
200
Abstract submission
December 15th 2015
deadline
Full paper submission
April 15th 2016deadline
Publication feesnone*
Max. articles/1st author
1 oral + 1 poster* For Crop Science: pages 0-7
7 free, pages 8+ $50/page; open access option $1000/paper. All extra fees tobe met by the Authors.

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In Memorial of Prof. Dr. Werner Skirde
Translation provided by Alex Richter
Richter Rasen GmbH
Vienna Austria
work to DIN 18035-2 to 4 (sports fields) and DIN
18917-18920 {Vegetation technology in landscaping}.
For 40 years he also advised the German Football
Federation (DFB) on the subject of football turf,
where he headed the working group of the grass
sports ground Construction Committee and was
instrumental in the preparation of the compendium
Construction and Maintenance of Sports fields.
In 1970 Werner Skirde took over together
with P. Boeker the publication of the magazine
Lawn-Turf-Gazon and initiated in 1975, the working
group Vegetation technology, sports and leisurefacilities, from which in 1979 the Support Societyof Landscape- and Sportsfield construction Research
Giessen eV {FLSF) emerged. The FLSF promoted
directly and efficiently to carry out tests, experiments
and research projects and supported institutionally
After serious illness Prof. Dr. Werner Skirde, until 1994 applied research of the Department ofhonorary member of The Landscape Development Landscaping at the Institute of Soil Science and Soil
Society (FLL), passed away on 30 November 2015, Conservation of JLU Giessen.
aged 86 years. As a committed scientist, he advanced
the green industry, especially the landscaping andSince 1968 more than 35 years the annual
vegetation technology, preceded by pioneering work. International Turfgrass Kolloquia took place in
His broad and in-depth knowledge he passed on not several European countries, with large professional
only to his many undergraduate and graduate students, encouragement. The last one was organized in
but to all interested professionals of the profession. Denmark in 2004. It was later followed up by theHis application-oriented research and teaching foundation of the European Turfgrass Society (ETS).
extended to a broad range of topics in horticulture,landscaping and sports field construction, among
In 1979 Dr. Werner Skirde was the impetus
other things, with a focus on turfgrass, biodiversity for carrying out a policy and evaluation of suitability
for erosion control, tree plantings, vegetation bearing tests on pre-finished soil mixtures for sports turf
layers, waste recycling, reclamation and nutrient surfaces {REBR} to develop and publish. In the same
dynamics.
year he took over together with H. J. Liesecke at thePatzer publishing company the series “Technologie
After graduation and training for agronomist, of Landscaping and Vegetation” and brought out
Werner Skirde earned a doctorated in 1958 as volumes 1 and 2,“Technologie in Vegetation - Turf
an assistant at the institute for Agronomy of the and Hydroseeding” as well as “Maintenance ofUniversity of Rostock. He then moved to the Justus Sportsturf”.
Liebig University (JLU) Gießen, The Institute for
Grassland Management.
In March 1980 Dr. Werner Skirde wasappointed professor for landscape development As early as 1967 he organized there the landscaping - Vegetation technology at Justus Liebig
first Research Centre in Germany and directed the University Giessen and was co-founder of the field ofExperimental Station Großen Linden. From 1968 the study program „Environment assurance and Ruralon, he brought over decades across his expertise and Development”, the oldest environmental program at ascientific knowledge prevail in the standardization
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German university.
Until his retirement in 1994 his research and work
mainly focused on the following areas.
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Equipment, supply and ecology of landscaping
permanent crops (extensive and sometimes longterm field trials in areas intensive turf / sports turf,
mixing, levels of care, rooting trials, extensive
turf, extreme surface greening), bioengineering,and improving the structure of soils and interaction
soil/plant.

The results of the research have been publishedin many journals and especially 1978-1990 in the“Journal of Technology in Vegetation, Landscaping
and Sportsfield construction”.

During his time as a professor at the JustusLiebig-University Giessen Prof. Dr. Werner Skirde
was in charge of more than 60 undergraduates and 5
Ph.D.’s. From 1965 to 1994 more than 200 technicalpapers and 12 journals were authored by him. But
even after that he stayed in this profession as an
Biodiversity for recreation areas with local expert and consultant for a long time, as an author
wildflowers seed and special planting methods.
and valuable discussion partner.
Planning. Construction and maintenance ofProf. Dr. Werner Skirde engaged ingolf courses (publication of the guideline for professional and private life intensively for ourconstruction of golf courses in the FLL 1990, profession and has made an enormous contribution toextended version 2000).
it.
Contributors: Dr. Paul Baader, Prof. Dr. Ellen
Organic additives and soil improvement for
Kausch ( JLU), Dr. Frank Molder, Otto Weilenmann,vegetation-rootzones. Nutrient output and nitrate
Alexander Richter
problems as well as characterization of fertilizers.

Sponsorship opportunities for the 13th International Turfgrass
Conference in New Brunswick, New Jersey, 16-21 July 2017
Sponsorship packages are now available toorganizations as an opportunity to show their support •for the 13th ITRC and the turfgrass industry that itsupports. Funds generated from such sponsorships
will help reduce the cost of registration for attendees
from around the world, provide travel scholarships •to students studying turfgrass science, and will help
improve the quality and impact of this conference for
hundreds of individuals.
We invite you to become a sponsor for thisexciting international conference. It’s a unique
opportunity to showcase your organization as amajor supporter of turfgrass science and education
to conference attendees. The conference will bring
together researchers, technical experts, consultants,high level turfgrass managers, top industry delegatesand government officials. Meet your current and futurecolleagues,business partners, and customers face-toface at one of the largest and most comprehensive
gathering of turfgrass professionals anywhere in theworld.
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Attendees will include academic and company
delegates from all continents who represent the
who’s-who of international turfgrass experts.
An electronic proceedings will be available tosponsors and attendees on a flash drive at thestart of the conference, and will be permanently
archived on the ITS website.
The meeting will be extensively marketed worldwide and will highlight your commitment to theturfgrass scientific community and turfgrass
industry.

Position your organization as a world leader bybecoming a conference sponsor today!
Don’t miss out on the #1 marketing andnetworking opportunity for the international
turfgrass research community and industry in 2017!

Go to http://www.turfsociety.com/itrc2017/pdf/
Approximately 350-500 participants from 26 ITRC-Sponsorship.pdf for more information
countries are expected to participate.

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Revised Aug 2010

Page 9Officers

ITS Board Members 2014 - 2017

President
Bruce Clarke
Rutgers University
Dept of Plant Biology andPathology
Foran Hall/Cook Campus
59 Dudley Road
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
USA
PH: +1 848 932 6295
clarke@aesop.rutgers.edu

Treasurer
John Cisar
11400 NW 23rd St.
Plantation, FL 33323-2027
USA
PH: +1 954 257 5500

HistorianRichard Gibbs
STRI
St Ives Estate
Bingley BD16 1AUUK
PH: +44 (0)1274 565131
MOB: +44 (0) 7880 738881
FAX: +44 (0) 1274 561891
richard.gibbs@stri.co.uk

Vice-President
Don Loch
University of Queensland
St. Lucia
Queensland 4072
Australia
PH: +61 7 3824 5440
MOB: +61 407 679 340
d.loch1@uq.edu.au

Secretary
Mike Fidanza
Pennsylvania State University
Berks Campus
111 Luerssen Building
Reading, PA 19610
USA
PH: +1 610 396 6330
fidanza@psu.edu

Past President
Liebao Han
Institute of Turfgrass Science
Beijing Forestry University
No.35 Qinghua East Road
Beijing, 100083
China
PH: +86 (10) 6233 7982
hanliebao@163.com

Austria: Ulrike Pitha
China: Shuxia Yin
Germany: Fritz Lord
Italy: Simone Magni
Norway: Trygve Aamlid
Sweden: Maria Strandberg
USA: Gwen Stahnke

Canada: Tom Hsiang
China: Zhaolong Wang
Germany: Wolfgang Praemassing
Japan: Hideaki Tonogi
Spain: Diego Gomez de Barreda Ferraz
United Kingdom: Ruth Manncisarturfdoc@gmail.com

President ElectMaria Strandberg
STERF (Scandinavian Turfgrass &Environment Research Foundation)
Box 84, SE-182 11 Danderyd
Sweden
PH: +46 (8) 622 15 27
MOB: + 46 70 620 17 87
maria.strandberg@golf.se

Directors
Australia: Don Loch		
Chile: Alejandra Acuna
Denmark: Mogens Toft Jensen
Greece: Nikolaos Ntoulas
New Zealand: Alan Stewart
Switzerland: Otto Weilenmann
USA: Jim Murphy

Newsletter Editor
Nathan R. Walker
Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK 74078
Tel. +1 405 744 6830
E-mail: nathan.walker@okstate.edu
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Become a member here
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Please send comments, feedback, and turfgrassnews articles for future issues to the editor.
If you know any non-members, new faculty, staff,
and new personnel involved in turfgrass research
who might be interested in joining ITS pleaseforward their e-mail address to me and I will send acomplimentary copy of the next Triannual issue ofInternational Turfgrass.
The deadline for submissions for the next newsletter
is December 15, 2015
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