Patrick McCullough

While everyone seems interested in ball roll on bentgrass greens, ball roll on bermudagrass greens has received no prior research.

Successful course management is based on turfgrass quality and not total yield. Turf managers fertilize putting greens to promote color and plant health. However, luxuriant growth often disrupts surface uniformity and decreases green speeds. Inhibiting undesirable shoot growth with plant growth...more >>

Bermudagrass putting greens have the highest nitrogen fertilization requirements of all grasses in the turf industry.

Part 3 of a three-part series on ultradwarf bermudagrass deals with pre-emergent herbicide safety.

Superintendents managing ultradwarf bermudagrass should be aware of the potential harmful effects of pre-emergent herbicides. The authors discuss why cell division interference may lead to potential genetic alterations.

Concerns exist over the potential of genetic instabilities of traditional hybrid bermudagrass putting greens. Superintendents face new challenges in bermudagrass management. Part 1 of a two-part series.

In this study, the researchers provided initial screening of PGRs on ultradwarf bermudagrass for future field and greenhouse research; compared labeled PGR rates of traditional bermudagrass and creeping bentgrass greens on ultradwarf bermudagrass; and examined morphological responses of ultradwarf...more >>