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Author(s):Zaurov, David E.; Murphy, James A.; Funk, C. Reed; Meyer, William A.; Astanov, Ruslan; Narkulov, Usman; Rogova, Natalya A.; Beyshenbaeva, Roza A.; Sodombekov, Ishenbay
Author Affiliation:Zaurov, Murphy, Funk, and Meyer: Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Astanov and Narkulov: Tashkent State Agrarian University, The Republic of Uzbekistan; Rogova, Beyshenbaeva, and Sodombekov: Botanical Garden of National Academy of Sciences of Kyrgyzstan, the Kyrgyz Republic
Title:A summary of 10 years of turfgrass germplasm collection in central Asia
Section:Poster presentations
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Meeting Info.:New Brunswick, NJ: January 10-11, 2008
Source:Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Rutgers Turfgrass Symposium. 2008, p. 59-60.
Publishing Information:New Brunswick, NJ: Center for Turfgrass Science, Cook College, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
# of Pages:2
Keywords:TIC Keywords: Germplasm; Tashkent State Agrarian University; Rutgers University; Communications; Breeding improvement; Grazing; Research; Heat resistance; Drought resistance; Disease resistance; Insect resistance; Shade resistance
Abstract/Contents:"For more than ten years Rutgers University has been increasing cooperative ties with the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Kyrgyz Republic. Rutgers University now has reciprocal germplasm exchange agreements with several prominent Uzbek research institutions and five scientific institutes of the Kyrgyz Agrarian Academy of Sciences. The first turf grass collection was organized in 1997 by Drs. David Zaurov and James Murphy. In the same year, Dr. Murphy became the first U.S. scientist to present a seminar about turf science in Uzbekistan. In 1998, Dr. C. Reed Funk visited Uzbekistan and presented a seminar about turf grass breeding. In recognition of their achievements in the field of turf science, their role in introducing this field of study to Central Asia and their help in building scientific infrastructure, Drs. Murphy and Funk were recognized by Uzbek academic institutions. In 1998, Dr. Murphy was awarded an Honorary Professorship at Tashkent State Agrarian University and in 1999 Dr. C. Reed Funk was made an Honorary Academician of National Academy of Science of the Republic of Uzbekistan. In 2000, Dr. William A. Meyer and Dr. Funk were made Honorary Academicians of the Agricultural Academy of Science of Kyrgyz Republic. A successful strategy for the genetic improvement of North American turfgrass species has been by the introduction, evaluation, and incorporation of desirable traits from unique accessions from around the world. Until recently, turfgrass germplasm from Central Asian has been not well represented in U. S. collections. The 2003 - 2005 joint turfgrass project between Rutgers University and Tashkent State Agrarian University was the first official exchange approved by both the Uzbek Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources and the USDA. Through this project, scientists from Rutgers and Uzbekistan have successfully collected and obtained potentially valuable turfgrass germplasm from Central Asia. Turfgrass breeders from both the U.S. and Central Asia continue to focus on collecting heat, drought, disease and insect resistant germplasm, as well as shade tolerant grasses, and grasses that appear productive on marginal, overgrazed lands. Through these efforts, Rutgers University currently possesses the largest and most diverse collection of Central Asian turfgrass germplasm in the U. S. From 1997 to date, 3,511 accessions of turfgrass have been collected in Central Asia and evaluated by breeders at Rutgers University (Table 1). For the first time, field trials of North American cultivars have been evaluated in Uzbekistan as part of a USDA grant supervised by Drs. Reed Funk and William Meyer. This is the first turfgrass breeding and evaluation program in Central Asia. For these trials, the U. S. scientists provided seeds of turfgrass cultivars, equipment and technical assistance in setting up the field plots for partners in Uzbekistan. The results of this trial have been published in International Agronomy Journal of Uzbekistan and in Rutgers Turfgrass Proceedings. The joint agreements have allowed Rutgers University to host delegations from both Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan for a special mini-training program. Visiting researchers toured the Rutgers research facilities and were provided with methods for establishment of a turfgrass collection, nursery, breeding program. This cooperative exchange has provided Rutgers scientists with access to unique germplasm that is now incorporated into the turf breeding collection and, more importantly, has been a successful international collaboration. Acknowledgements: We wish to express our appreciation to both the Rutgers Center for Turfgrass Science and the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station for their support." and
Language:English
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See Also:Other items relating to: Disasters - Drought
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ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Zaurov, D. E., J. A. Murphy, C. R. Funk, W. A. Meyer, R. Astanov, U. Narkulov, et al. 2008. A summary of 10 years of turfgrass germplasm collection in central Asia. Proc. Annu. Rutgers Turfgrass Symp. p. 59-60.
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