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About Mike Kenna, Ph.D.
Mike Kenna, Ph.D., is the retired director of research, USGA Green Section. Contact him at mpkenna@gmail.com.
Posts by Mike Kenna, Ph.D.
Mike Kenna, Ph.D., discusses new technology like USGA Deacon and others that help facilitate management decisions to make golf more affordable and enjoyable. Read more»
Mike Kenna, Ph.D., explains how Rutgers University and USGA are working together to release two new creeping bentgrasses and relays a history of bentgrass. Read more»
Golfdom Research Editor Mike Kenna, Ph.D., takes a moment to look back to the 1920s to the early day of turfgrass entomology. Read more»
Mike Kenna, Ph.D., gives his acceptance speech for the 2021 Colonel John Morley Distinguished Service Award, bestowed by the GCSAA. Read more»
Researchers from Ecuador and Oklahoma State University developed a molecular assay to ID three fungal species in the spring dead spot genus accurately. Read more»
Mike Kenna, Ph.D., explains how collaboration among universities will improve cold hardiness while providing a turfgrass that tolerates summer heat. Read more»