Research

Getting the most from a Primo application

January 22, 2015 By Clark Throssell, Ph.D.

Dean Mosdell, Ph.D., is a technical manager in the Western U.S. for Syngenta. He has more than 25 years of golf course research experience with plant growth regulators and makes numerous golf course visits every year on behalf of Syngenta ...

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LebanonTurf to renew Emerald Isle Solutions product line

January 15, 2015 By Grant Gannon

The Pennslyvania-based company, LebanonTurf, announced a plan to revitalize its Emerald Isle Solutions foliar fertilizer product line through the development of product updates centered on enhanced agronomic solutions for superintendents and an overall expansion of the sales and marketing strategy. ...

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The “Lowe”– down on 2014

December 16, 2014 By Joel Jackson

In keeping with the theme of this issue, which is “Year in Review” according to my official 2014 Golfdom Editorial Calendar, I decided to contact Todd Lowe, senior agronomist with the USGA Green Section, to ask him not only about ...

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2014 All-Access Pass

December 16, 2014 By Seth Jones and Ken Moum

Golfdom traveled coast-to-coast this year covering the industry — here’s our end-of-year review of the best stories of the year. We’ll never take it for granted: the feeling we get when we walk into a major golf event’s media center ...

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PGR effects on bacterial etiolation in bentgrass greens caused by Acidovorax avenae

December 16, 2014 By Clark Throssell, Ph.D.

Bacterial etiolation, an unusual elongation and chlorosis of turfgrass stems and leaves, has developed into a predominant concern among turfgrass superintendents managing creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera L.) putting green turf. Recent research has shown that bacteria, Acidovorax avenae and Xanthomonas ...

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Interest rates explain disease epidemics

December 16, 2014 By Karl Danneberger, Ph.D.

The term ‘maverick’ often is applied to a person who does not conform to or play by the rules and often takes an unorthodox stand. As often as the word is used, few people know that maverick is associated with ...

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