Research

All things water and irrigation

August 20, 2013 By and
After a long, hot summer during which your irrigation system has been tested, it’s time to assess all things related to water and irrigation. Do the assessment now. The evidence — turfgrass performance — is right in front of you, ...

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A special summer job

August 20, 2013 By and
For many high school and college students, having a summer job helped pay for school, a car or just a night out. Unfortunately, most students who had a job this past summer had little beyond pay to add to one’s ...

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What should an internship pay?

August 19, 2013 By
If you are like many of us in this business, an internship opened the doors to your current career. Were you well paid? Or were you paid in experience and contacts? According to a recent lawsuit, the latter is not ...

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Turf toughie: Soil pH versus buffer pH

August 19, 2013 By
Sometimes, a soils professor gets the same question tossed his way time and again. That’s when you know you have a true “turf toughie.” Joseph R. Heckman, Ph.D., extension specialist in soil fertility in the Department of Plant Biology and ...

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The 17-year cicadas are overrated

August 19, 2013 By
So what happened to all those 17-year cicadas that were supposed to emerge from the dirt, blotting out the sun with their sheer numbers? And, more important, what did they do on golf courses? Brood II of the cicadas started ...

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Trinexapac-ethyl applications and growing degree days

July 30, 2013 By and
Doug Soldat, Ph.D., is an associate professor of turfgrass science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research has focused on turfgrass and soil problems. He can be reached at djsoldat@wisc.edu. Question: How did you become interested in investigating the timing ...

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