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About Ben McGraw, Ph.D.
Ben McGraw, Ph.D., is an associate professor of turfgrass entomology at The Pennsylvania State University. He can be reached at bam53@psu.edu.
Posts by Ben McGraw, Ph.D.
Mike Kenna offers a look at all of the best turfgrass research that has been published by Golfdom within the past year of 2020. Read more»
The annual bluegrass weevil (Listronotus maculicollis) is the most destructive insect pest of golf course turf in eastern North America. At Penn State University, we observed putting greens are rarely Read more»
As if growing turf in the Mojave Desert (the area surrounding southeastern California, southern Nevada, southwest Utah and northwest Arizona) isn’t difficult enough, turfgrass managers in the region may be Read more»
Many turfgrass managers in northeastern North America would rather forget the 2018 growing season. Record-breaking rainfall throughout the region affected most aspects of turfgrass management, including insect pest control. The Read more»
Over the span of nearly half a century, the annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) or “Hyerodes weevil” (Listronotus maculicollis), has become the most important insect pest of golf course turfgrass in Read more»
The annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) is the most destructive insect pest of golf course turf in the mid-Atlantic and northeastern United States and eastern Canadian provinces. The insect is believed Read more»