Research

Mother Nature’s Polar Vortex fools golf turf managers

May 13, 2014 By Joel Jackson

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 Molly Gase

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 Clark Throssell, Ph.D.

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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Factors affecting fungicide performance Part 3 of 3: Depletion factors

May 13, 2014 By Joelle Harms

Editor’s note: This is third of three articles by Dr. Kerns on disease management and control. By Jim Kerns Ph.D. In the two previous articles we discussed the importance of fungicide selection, application rate, application timing, disease pressure and fungicide ...

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Resisting climate change in golf course turf systems

May 13, 2014 By Karl Danneberger, Ph.D.

Climate change induced by global warming has greatly impacted the stability of the world’s ecosystems. Weather patterns resulting from climate change have become more extreme. Whether it is too hot or too cold, too wet or too dry, a “normal” ...

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Timing your insecticide applications for annual bluegrass weevil control