Research

Who says there’s no disease?

July 21, 2015 By Curt Harler

What happens when you send in a stunted or wilted turf sample and the report comes back negative for disease? That is not all that uncommon, says Jim Kerns, Ph.D., assistant professor and extension specialist in plant pathology at North ...

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Vegetable dye part of the fun at Army course

July 21, 2015 By Curt Harler

The last place one might expect to be told there are “too many rules” is at a U.S. Army base. But that’s the case at the Piney Valley Golf Course at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. Go to Piney Valley’s website ...

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ArmorTech ALT 70, Viceroy 70DF recalls extended to all batches

July 1, 2015 By Joelle Harms

NovaSource, a business unit of Tessenderlo Kerley Inc., has announced it is voluntarily recalling all of its turf fungicide formulation product marketed under the brand names of ArmorTech ALT 70 by United Turf Alliance (UTA) and Viceroy 70DF by United Phosphorus Inc. ...

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FMC introduces new Solitare WSL herbicide formulation

June 17, 2015 By Joelle Harms

\FMC has made available Solitare WSL, a new water soluble liquid herbicide formulation for control of more than 40 weeds. The new Solitare formulation contains a surfactant for faster plant penetration and will not settle out or separate when mixed ...

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FMC launches Triple Crown Golf insecticide Twitter giveaway

June 17, 2015 By Joelle Harms

Eight qualified golf course superintendents will win a free one-gallon jug of FMC‘s Triple Crown Golf insecticide during the month of June by retweeting a message from @FMCturf. Two winners per week will be selected in random drawings throughout the month. ...

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Capture that “P”

June 15, 2015 By Curt Harler

With the horrific pictures of green drinking water in Lake Erie this past summer, attention has returned to farms and golf courses as the major culprit in what TV pundits term “algae blooms,” but really are explosions of Cyanobacteria (bacteria ...

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