Research

Plant Health Part 2: Victoria National is ready for play

June 12, 2015 By
With the Big 10 Championship one week, the Web.com Tour visiting the next, Indiana’s Victoria National maximizes plant health to get the course dialed-in and ready. A-one, a-two, a-three. Just how many licks does it take to get to the ...

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Suppression of Creeping Bentgrass With Sequential Applications of PGRs

June 12, 2015 By and
Some superintendents in Texas struggle with excessive shoot growth of creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera L.) in the summer, resulting in poor performance. Plant Growth Regulators (PGRs) are commonly used on greens to limit this. The objectives of this study were ...

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Dallisgrass growth, identification and control

June 12, 2015 By
Dallisgrass (Paspalum dilatatum Poir.) is a warm-season perennial grass native to South America that was introduced to the United States in the late 1800s. Tolerance to close mowing allows it to proliferate in golf course roughs and fairways. It is ...

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New website created for ALT 70 fungicide updates

June 11, 2015 By
A new website, ALT70info.com, has been established for news and information updates on ArmorTech ALT 70 fungicide following an investigation and stop sale by United Turf Alliance (UTA) after recent incidents of compromised turfgrass quality. “I understand the concerns and questions golf course superintendents and others ...

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Quiz: ‘Slow down’ and take a guess…

June 10, 2015 By
The orange “slow moving vehicle” triangle required to be displayed on the back of tractors, mowers and the like when taken on a highway was developed by: Ag engineers at The Ohio State University; the John Deere dealer consortium’s safety ...

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Bayer: Chipco Signature not related to alleged issues with ALT 70

June 9, 2015 By
To mitigate concerns with alleged issues regarding a generic fosetyl-aluminum (fosetyl-Al) fungicide, Environmental Science, a division of Bayer CropScience, has announced in a news release that Bayer does not manufacture — nor does it have any relationship with — ArmorTech ALT 70 fungicide. ALT 70 is a ...

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