Research

Take it to the bank: Weed seed, that is

May 21, 2014 By
If we could take weeds to the bank, we’d all be millionaires. Because an important component of managing weeds is preventing the seeds released by weeds each autumn from becoming new plants, researchers set up what might be termed weed ...

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Turf Toughie: White grub control

May 21, 2014 By
Rick Brandenberg, professor of entomology, can almost guarantee that his students at North Carolina State University will screw up this simple pest control question. Will you? Your course has a white grub problem, he states. You know you have to ...

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Where to place moisture sensors

May 21, 2014 By
Right now, extension specialists like Dr. Kevin Frank at Michigan State University recommend irrigation sensors as a good way to ride herd on the amount of water required for a green or fairway. However, Frank cautions that – even just ...

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Mother Nature’s Polar Vortex fools golf turf managers

May 13, 2014 By
The old saying, “It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature,” was a real oxymoron this year as she pulled the plug on turf managers north of the Mason-Dixon line. Mother Nature did all the fooling around with a new toy ...

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Plant Health Part 1 of 3: What the buzzword means to golf course superintendents

May 13, 2014 By
Maximizing turf’s ability to handle and recover from stress quickly takes a lot of the basics, as well as some help from Plant Health products The human body is comprised of many components that, when working in unison, perform perfectly ...

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Hydraulic oil spills on hybrid bermudagrass greens

May 13, 2014 By
By William L. Berndt, Ph.D. Hydraulic oil injures turf. Vegetable-based hydraulic oil is marketed as being less toxic to turf than petroleum-based hydraulic oil. If this is true, then healing times from vegetable-based hydraulic oil spills should be shorter. Research ...

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