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3rd ETS conference, Kristiansand / Landvik, Norway, June 2012. Bioforsk: Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research. Research Institute under Norwegian Ministry of Agriculture Approx. 450 employees 7 research centres; 13 locations all over Norway - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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3rd ETS conference, Kristiansand / Landvik,
Norway, June 2012
Bioforsk: Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research
• Research Institute under Norwegian Ministry of Agriculture
• Approx. 450 employees• 7 research centres; 13 locations
all over Norway• 1/3 of budget: From Government• 2/3 of budget: Projects for public
or private customers• Turfgrass research group: Two
locations four scientists and four technicians
Agnar Kvalbein
Tanja Espevig
Trygve S. Aamlid
Other Bioforsk units
Landvik
Wendy Waalen
Turfgrass Research
Apelsvoll
Most of Bioforsk’s turfgrass research
projects are funded (at least in part) by
Set up in 2001 by the Nordic Golf Federations
DENMARK
http://sterf.golf.se
Important areas of research
Evaluation of turfgrass species and varieties for
various purposes
BIOFORSK LANDVIK
TEAGASC
DUBLINBUNDESSORTENAMT Scharnhorst (2008)
BUNDESSORTENAMT
NOSSEN
CARNEAU Frères
ORCHIES
RAGT RODEZ
INRA LUSIGNAN
REGA VERNEUIL
CAO MONORIERDO
UNIVERSITY
Polytechnic of
VALENCE (sept.
2009)
GEVES
MONTPELLIERBARENBRUG
MAS GRENIER
LEGTA DOUAI
DLF LES ALLEUDS
Part of GEVES (France) Turf Network
BUNDESSORTENAMT Prenzlau (2009)
STERF project 2011-2014: Better Turfgrass Survial in a Changing winter climate
Landvik, 7 Feb. 2011
Ice damage
Landvik, 2 April 2011
Snow moulds
Landvik, 1 April 2008
STERF project 2009-2012: Turfgrass water use efficiency
and irrigation practises
E
Bygging av anlegget, juli-august 2003 Integrated pest
manage-ment and environmental impact
of fertilizer and pesticide use on turfgrass areas
Utility grasses for revegetation purposes
Oslo
Kristiansand
ETS Conference Venue:
Kristiansand: •Norway’s 5th largest city: 80.000 inhabitants
•Three daily ferry connections to Hirtshals, Denmark
•2-6 daily flight connections to Amsterdam, Copehagen, Oslo, Bergen and Stavanger
•10 daily bus or train connections to Oslo (4 h / 300 km)
•Three golf courses, one of them a new Robert Trent Jones course
•New football stadium: Sør Arena
•Beautiful coastal surroundings
•Norway’s biggest zoo and amusement park
•35 min drive from Bioforsk Turfgrass Research Centre Landvik
Stavanger
Bergen
Trondheim
Landvik
Kristiansand – the entry port to Norway
High quality golf courses
Sør Arena football stadium (built 2006)
Beautiful coastal surroundings
Let your family enjoy Kristiansand zoo and amusement park while you are at the conference !
Two-day post-conference tour, South Western fjords and mountains
Can’t wait until 2012 ?
Vistit the
2011 Bioforsk Turfgrass Field Day
Landvik, 12 June 2011
Confimed speakers:
Cale Bigelow, Purdue UniversityMike Fidanza, Penn State University
(More info will sone come on ETS web site)