Turfgrass Seed Variety Evaluation Process

There is an urgent need to update existing Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) turfgrass recommendation lists and also to develop a fair process for keeping lists updated with data-driven recommendations. The goal is to re-evaluate the list of MnDOT approved turfgrass varieties and determine if there are varieties that need to be removed due to underperformance in recent field trials and also to determine if additional varieties should be considered for inclusion on the approved varieties list. This project will also address the procedure to be used to approve future turf grass varieties to be considered for inclusion on the approved turf grass varieties list. If current lists are not updated, and a process isn't developed, MnDOT seed mixes will once again revert to being of low quality, thereby reducing roadside turfgrass establishment success on projects.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $59460
• Contract Numbers:

  1036342 WO#2

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Minnesota Department of Transportation

  395 John Ireland Boulevard
  St Paul, MN  United States  55155
• Performing Organizations:

  University of Minnesota, Horticultural Science

  970 Folwell Avenue
  St. Paul, MN  United States  55108
• Principal Investigators:

  Watkins, Eric

• Start Date: 20210219
• Expected Completion Date: 20230531
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Grasses; Roadside flora; Turf
• Geographic Terms: Minnesota
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01766086
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Minnesota Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 1036342 WO#2
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Feb 25 2021 1:22PM