Research

Rolling plus biological control of Microdochium patch

July 18, 2017 By Clint Mattox, Ph.D., Alec Kowalewski, Ph.D. and Brian McDonald

Microdochium patch (Microdochium nivale) is a major turfgrass disease in cool, humid regions that causes extensive damage to annual bluegrass (Poa annua L.) putting greens in the absence of fungicides. Increasing restrictions on fungicide use and fungicide resistance has sparked ...

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Where a full house always wins

July 17, 2017 By Seth Jones

Forget the royal flushes, Rhodes Ranch Golf Club in Las Vegas goes all in on a packed tee sheet. Roy Smith, general manager at Rhodes Ranch Golf Club in Las Vegas, remembers playing the course he now manages some six ...

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Topramezone and Chelated Iron for Goosegrass Control

June 23, 2017 By Adam Boyd and Scott McElroy, Ph.D.

Goosegrass (Eleusine indica) is one of the most problematic grassy weeds of turfgrass. Management can be difficult because of goosegrasses’ ability to thrive in extreme environments and the lack of available post emergent herbicides offering acceptable control. Monosodium methanearsonate (MSMA) ...

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James A. Murphy, Ph.D., James Hempfling, Ruying Wang, and Bruce B. Clarke, Ph.D.

Fight aging (in your greens)

June 21, 2017 By Curt Harler

Aging is tough. It’s just as tough on greens as it is on superintendents. And, just as a superintendent might put on a few pounds under his belt every year, organic matter accumulates as greens age. Superintendents know that applying ...

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Are you driving fertility on one axle?

June 20, 2017 By Curt Harler

When time and budgets are tight, a superintendent might be tempted to choose between soil testing and more involved plant tissue analysis. Don’t. “Soil testing and plant analyses are like tandem axles under vehicles and trailers,” says Cliff Snyder, nitrogen ...

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Soil testing under the microscope

June 19, 2017 By Douglas Soldat, Ph.D.

In the first chapter of the Soil Science Society of America’s 1990 book, “Soil Testing and Plant Analysis,” authors Peck and Soltanpour write that “Success or failure of soil testing varies depending upon the amount and quality of research data ...

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