By: Carl Schimenti, Urban Environmental Scientist Most readers may not be familiar with my favorite conference event of the year called CANVAS. Also known as the “Tri-Societies” conference, this is gathering of agronomy, soil ...
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Join Cornell’s School of Integrative Plant Sciences and the Horticulture Weekly Section Seminar for a lecture from Frank Rossi. In Person/Zoom: Monday, October 27, 2025, at 12:20 PM. 404 Plant Science, Cornell Ithaca Campus. ...
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Sustainability in turfgrass science can be measured through input efficiency, reduced labor, lower emissions, biological pest control, environmental protection and even the social benefit of keeping recreational greenspaces open to the public. The Cornell ...
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By: Frank S. Rossi, Ph.D. (September 15th ShortCUTT) The last month has been very dry and on the cool side. Those with a functional irrigation system are enjoying the lack of other stresses, beyond ...
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By: Carl Schimenti, Urban Environmental Scientist Turfgrass has shaped our landscape — and finally, our research too. I recently came across this Penn State News article that discussed the surprising role of turfgrass in ...
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By: Carl Schimenti, Urban Environmental Scientist In the past few weeks, I had the pleasure of attending turfgrass field days at both UMass and Rutgers. It was my first time seeing the research underway ...
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Carl Schimenti serves as the Urban Environmental Specialist for the Cornell Turfgrass Team, a role he’s held since 2022 after joining the team in 2016. He manages a broad portfolio of research projects, including ...
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The summer heat and drought reveal the differences in the growth habits of bentgrass and Poa. It’s the one time of year when even golfers can see the difference between grass varieties on the ...
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By: Carl Schimenti, Urban Environmental Scientist In my golfing travels so far this year, I’ve heard many comments from golfers about slow greens. I don’t really trust individual golfers (especially during their poor rounds) ...
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By: Guest Writer, Dr. Lynn Sosnoskie, Assistant Professor of Weed Ecology and Management in Specialty Crops at Cornell Agritech Anyone who has heard me speak knows that I see great promise in the integration ...
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