Industry News

2 Professors honored with Musser Awards of Excellence

April 13, 2015 By
The Musser International Turfgrass Foundation has selected Joseph Roberts, Ph.D., and Matthew Elmore, Ph.D., as its 2015 Award of Excellence winners. The prestigious award is given to outstanding Ph.D. candidates who, in the final phase of their graduate studies, demonstrate ...

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Integrity Golf now oversees Florida’s Kissimmee Oaks

April 13, 2015 By
Integrity Golf Company has added Kissimmee (Fla.) Oaks Golf Course to the various courses the company operators or owns. Kissimmee Oaks is a 6,902-yard, par-72 golf course located just minutes from Walt Disney World. The Central Florida facility, designed by famed ...

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USGA to host golf course architecture forum

April 13, 2015 By
The USGA (United States Golf Association) will host a free public symposium about golf course architecture from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. EDT on April 18 at its campus in Far Hills, N.J. The panel discussion will feature four guest ...

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Toro renews equipment relationship with U.S. Army

April 9, 2015 By
The Toro Company has been selected by the U.S. Army Installation Management Command (IMCOM) to provide golf course maintenance equipment to help maintain nearly 50 golf facilities at installations worldwide. The contract award renews a relationship with the U.S. Army ...

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Aquatrols teams up with German university on rhizosphere research

April 9, 2015 By
Aquatrols has made an agreement with Andrea Carminati, Ph.D., and the University of Göttingen (Germany) to acquire its soil-plant-water research. Carminati is the junior professor of soil hydrology in the department of crop sciences at the university. He and his ...

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Syngenta enhances WeevilTrak for ABW management

April 7, 2015 By
Syngenta has added several new updates to WeevilTrak, its interactive online monitoring tool for annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) tracking and control recommendations. The enhancements include a research blog updated in real time, new ABW research sites and the addition of Ference ...

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