Article By: John Willis, Shawn Askew

Whether you like it or not, overseeding bermudagrass is a necessity for some golf course superintendents and athletic field managers. Clientele using the overseeded playing surface see the result of much time and effort through early spring and summer without fully realizing the agronomic and...More>>

Article By: Cy Charles Fontanier, Kurt Steinke

In order to provide prime playing conditions throughout the winter, golf courses and sports fields in the southern United States frequently overseed warm-season turf with cool-season species such as annual and perennial ryegrass.More>>

Article By: Rick L. Brandenburg

If you happen to be a historian, you're aware that carefully studying and understanding the enemy have won many major battles. Knowing what to expect and when to expect it are the basic rules of warfare. This knowledge helps overcome vast numbers and superior weapons.More>>

Article By: Ana Legrand

The Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica, was first detected in Riverton, N.J., in 1916. It's believed this insect was accidentally introduced in infested nursery stock from Japan. Since then it has expanded its range, continuing to be a pest of ornamentals and turfgrass.More>>

Article By: Forrest Richardson

In or out? That has been the basic question ever since bunker rakes came into popularity about 70 years ago. However, there is the partially-in and partially-out option. My term for this is the propped position. It's amazing I can write an entire article about bunker positioning, but it's an...More>>

Article By: Adam C. Moeller, Cale A. Bigelow, Jared R. Nemitz

Unrepaired golf ball marks can leave localized necrotic scars, raised turf prone to mower scalping, loss of surface smoothness and the potential for weed (Poa annua) encroachment (Beard, 2002).More>>

Article By: Jared DeForest

Walking around on a perfectly manicured golf course, it's easy to forget most of the plant is below ground. It almost goes without saying that proper soil management is vital in turf management.More>>

Article By: Chenping Xu, Bingra Huang

Our limited knowledge of stress-associated protein metabolism in turfgrass plants remains a major gap in our understanding.More>>

Article By: Tom Sinclair, Benjamin Wherley

The survival of cool-season and warm-season varieties may be related to vapor pressure deficit sensitivity at elevated temperaturesMore>>

Article By: Golfdom Staff

As urban areas continue to expand into the rural landscape, agricultural land is converted to turfgrass cover in the form of golf courses, parks, athletic fields and lawns. With urbanization expected to increase 79 percent in the United States over the next 25 years (Alig et al, 2004), turfgrass...More>>