JOURNAL
OF
TURFGRASS AND SPORTS SURFACE SCIENCE
(2002-2007)
Continues
Journal of the Board of Greenkeeping Research (1929-1950) The Journal of The Sports Turf Research
Institute (1951-1996) Journal of Turfgrass Science (1997-2001)
The Sports Turf Research Institute, STRI, is an
independent market leader in turfgrass research
and agronomy. Located in Bingley, West Yorkshire,
STRI is the UK’s National Centre for Sports
& Amenity Turf.
Established in 1929 by the Home Golf Unions and
the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews,
STRI undertook research and provided advisory services
for golf clubs. By the 1950’s the work of
the STRI had expanded to include sports turf and
amenity grass areas.
Today STRI is a recognized world centre for research and its nationwide network
of advisers visits over 2000 turf facilities a year
throughout the UK, Ireland and many other countries.
Advisory services include agronomy; sports facility
design and construction; irrigation; golf course
development; ecology and land management; laboratory
testing; pest, disease and weed I.D. and training.
In addition to the annual scientific journal, STRI
also publishes the International
Turfgrass Bulletin (formerly Sports
Turf Bulletin) plus a wide range of books, all available
on-line via the Turfgrass Titles of the
World
bookshop.
Research is carried out for governing bodies of
sports, commercial companies under contract and
the grass seed trade, which includes the national
testing system for amenity grass cultivars, the
results of which are published annually in Turfgrass
Seed. Details of STRI’s current research
projects including a golf research database. Research
in progress can be viewed here.
This archive offering, a cooperative
project of the Sports Turf Research Institute and
the Michigan State University Libraries, features all Journal and its predecessor publications' content from
1929 - 2007.