German scientists discovered the original strobilurin in 1977. Named strobilurin A initially, this fungal antibiotic was produced by the pine cone fungus Strobilurus tenacellus. It’s believed this wood-rotting fungus and similar fungi produced strobilurin to help protect it from microbes present...More>>

Intermittent ice formation on golf course greens and fairways is a common event in the North. Ice cover is often considered part of winter injury caused directly by a continuous ice cover or as part of freeze injury (low temperature kill).More>>

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Spring is the time for turf renewal and rejuvenation. Poa annua is part of that spring ritual - often appearing surprisingly out of nowhere and in full bloom. Poa annua is the most seductive of all the plants with which we deal. How can you better explain spending one's entire professional life...More>>

The advancement in insecticide chemistry since the early 1970s has been spectacularMore>>

Fertilization terminology can be confusing. What a term means to one might not mean the same to anotherMore>>