SPECIALIZATION AND AREAS OF INTEREST:  My ultimate goal is to use genetic and biotechnology approaches to identify and develop turfgrass germplasm with greater biotic and abiotic stress resistance. Three broad goals are: 

• To develop breeding methodologies and marker assisted selection for increased disease resistance and turf quality in different turfgrass species.

• To utilize intraspecific hybridization to obtain desirable characteristics in turfgrasses and the  integration of conventional breeding and modern biotechnology for increasing biotic and abiotic stress tolerance in turfgrasses.

• To understand the genetics of the cold tolerance mechanism in perennial ryegrass.

 FOCUS OF EXTENSION PROGRAM:

• Education and the promotion of science through local programs and activities.

• Turfgrass establishment.

• Establishment and promotion of grass seed production industry in Michigan.
   

Book Chapter:

Bughrara, S.S. 2002. Supina Bluegrass (Poa supina, Schard.). Invited Book Chapter In Turfgrass Biology, Genetics and Breeding, edited by M. Casler and R. Duncan. J. Wiley & Sons, Inc.,    Englewood Cliffs, NJ, p. 53-59. 

Refereed:

Vergara, G.V., S.S. Bughrara, G. Jung. 2004. Genetic Variability of Gray Snow Mold (Typhula incarnata Lasch). Mycological Research (in press).

Warnock, D.L., R.H. Leep, S.S. Bughrara, D.A. Min and T. S. Dietz. 2004. Cold Tolerance Evaluation of Improved Diploid and Tetraploid Cultivars of Perennial Ryegrass (on line). Crop Management Journal (in press).

Xu, Q., S.S. Bughrara, C.J. Nelson and J.H. Coutts. 2004. Mechanics of seed dormancy in Zoysia (Zoysia japonica Steud). Seed Science and Technology (in press)

Bughrara, S.S., D.R. Smitley, D. Cappaert, and A.N. Kravchenko. 2004. European chafer (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) consumption of roots of cool season turfgrasses: comparisons          among four turfgrass species and among three cultivars of each species. J.  Econ. Entomology 96(6):1898-1904.

Vergara, G.V. and S.S. Bughrara. 2004.  Genetic differentiation of tetraploid creeping bentgrass (A. stolonifera L.) and hexaploid redtop bentgrass (A. gigantea Roth.) genotypes by AFLP and their use in turfgrass breeding. Crop Science 44:ญญญญญ884-890.

Bumane, S., and S.S. Bughrara. 2003. Optimization of mineral nutrition for perennial ryegrass seed production. Proceedings of the Latvia University of Agriculture 8(303):70-73.

Vergara, G.V. and S. S. Bughrara. 2003. AFLP analyses of genetic diversity in bentgrass. Crop Science 43:2162-2171.

Wang, J.P., S.S. Bughrara, D.A. Sleper. 2003. Using SSR markers to assess introgressions of Fescue into ryegrass genome. Crop Science 43:2154-2161.

Warnock, D.L., R.H. Leep, S.S. Bughrara and D.A. Min. 2003. Evaluation of diploid and tetraploid cultivars of perennial ryegrass in monoculture and as a binary mixture with Ladino White Clover. Beef Cattle, Sheep and Forage Systems-Research & Demonstration Report 581.

Cao, M., S.S. Bughrara and D.A. Sleper. 2003.  Cytogenetic analysis of the Festuca species. Crop Science 43:1659-1662.

Leep, R., P. Jeramyama, S. Bughrara, T. Dietz, J. Isleib, and D-H Min. 2002. Grazing preference effects on yield and composition in grass-birdsfoot trefoil mixture. Agronomy J. 94:1257-1262.

Dunn, J. H., S. S. Bughrara, M. R. Warmund, and B. S. Fresenburg. 1999. Low temperature tolerance of zoysiagrass. HortScience 34(1):96-99.

Extension Bulletins at Michigan State University

Bughrara, S. S. 2004. Establishing a New Lawn Using Seed E-2910

Bughrara, S. S. 2004. Nine Steps for Establishing a New Lawn Using Sod E-2911

Bughrara, S.S. 2004. Turfgrass Species and Cultivar Selection E-2912

Bughrara, S.S. 2004. Performance of Kentucky Turfgrass Cultivars in Michigan: 2001-03 E-2924

Bughrara, S.S. 2004. Performance of Tall Fescue Turfgrass Cultivars in Michigan: 2002-2003 E-2923

Bughrara, S.S. 2004. Performance of Bentgrass Cultivars and Selection under Putting Green and Fairway Conditions in Michigan. E-2917

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