Dr. David M. Kopec
Specialist

Forbes Building, Room 303
P.O. Box 210036
Tucson, AZ 85721-0036
Phone: (520) 318-7142
Email: dkopec@ag.arizona.edu

 

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Background and Interests
 
David Kopec received a Ph.D. in Turfgrass Science Breeding, Science and Culture from the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. He also has a Master's Degree in Turfgrass Breeding and Pathology which he received from Rutgers University. Here at the University of Arizona he teaches Golf and Sports Turf Management, Bermudagrass Greens Management, Irrigation Scheduling and Irrigation Water Quality. His research interests include weed control, specie and variety adaptation, overseeding and spring transition, new specie development and desert turf management. Dr. Kopec's work has been seen in several publications including Turfgrass Science and the Agronomy Journal.

 
Publications
 
Devitt D.A., R.L. Morris, D. Kopec and M. Henry. Golf Course superintendents' attitudes and perceptions toward using reuse water for irrigation in the southwestern United States. 2004. HortTechnology 14(4):1-7.

Growth Responses of Saltgrass (Distichlis spicata) to Salinity Stress. Journal of Plant Nutrition (In press).

Relative Salinity Tolerance of 21 Turf-Type Desert Saltgrasses Compared to Bermudagrass. Marcum, K.B., M. Pessarakli, and D.M. Kopec. 2005. HortSci. J. (In press).

Growth Responses of Bermudagrass and Sea Shore Paspalum to Different Levels of FerroGrow, Multinutrient fertilizer. Journal of Agriculture, Food, and Environment, Vol. 2, No. 4 (In press).

Historical Perspecive of Turf Water Use in the Desert. Brown, P.W., Mancino C.F. and D.M. Kopec. Crop Science.

Penman Monteith Crop Coefficients for Use With Desert Turf Systems. Crop Science. Brown, P.W., C.F. Mancino, M.H. Young, T.L. Thompson, P.W. Wierenge, and D.M. Kopec. 2001. Penman Monteith Crop Coefficients for Use with Desert Turf Systems. Crop Science. (41) 1197-1206.



 

       
 
 


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