Research

Jim Kerns Photo Courtesy: John Deere(top)/ Photos by: Seth Jones | Grant B. Gannon

Making fungicides work

November 21, 2016 By Curt Harler

“Performance of fungicides is determined by you and you alone,” says Jim Kerns, Ph.D., associate professor and extension specialist in plant pathology at North Carolina State University. “The products work.” Among the keys to successful disease control is getting an ...

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Hold the salt, please

November 18, 2016 By Curt Harler

Even with 20 to 25 percent less water than normal, desert turfgrass can do well as long as salts in the soil are managed properly. That’s the finding of Paul W. Brown, biometeorologist and extension specialist at the University of ...

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sUAS, sensors and golf courses

November 9, 2016 By Clark Throssell, Ph.D.

Dale Bremer, Ph.D., is a turfgrass scientist at Kansas State University, where he conducts research using small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS, commonly referred to as drones by laymen) and sensors on turfgrass research plots and golf courses to determine how ...

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The sun/nitrogen connection

November 9, 2016 By Bill Kreuser, Ph.D.

Plants need nitrogen (N) and sunlight to be healthy. Nitrogen allows leaves packed with chlorophyll to absorb the sun’s energy and ultimately turn CO2 into sugar. Nitrogen also stimulates growth and quality of light impacts turf health. The impact of ...

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An integrated strategy for controlling Poa trivialis

October 28, 2016 By Cole Thompson, Ph.D.

It’s a lot like annual bluegrass (Poa annua), but with real stolons, none of the hype, and almost no effective chemical control strategies in cool-season turf. Rough bluegrass (Poa trivialis) is a perennial cool-season grass that’s a problematic weed in ...

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Closer look: Indemnify, a new nematode control product

October 24, 2016 By Clark Throssell, Ph.D.

Rob Golembiewski, Ph.D., is a green solutions specialist with Bayer Crop Science. His responsibilities include assisting golf course superintendents, distributor sales reps and other end-users in solving problems and deciding how to effectively use Bayer products. Rob can be reached ...

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