Research

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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Can’t see the forest for the trees

July 30, 2013 By and
I was heading to work and noticed the neighborhood kids waiting on the street corner for the school bus, as I had a thousand times before. Except this morning I was struck by the number of kids waiting. Where did ...

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Annual bluegrass control in golf turf

July 30, 2013 By
Spring is a wonderful time of year for superintendents. Grass growing conditions are often excellent, temperatures are moderate, heat and drought stress are usually absent, and golfers are just happy to be playing. However, there is one problem that annually ...

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Improving shade resistance in bermudagrass

July 30, 2013 By , , , , and
Superintendents know that bermudagrass is an important turfgrass on most golf courses in the South. It has excellent fine-turf characteristics that make it a popular grass for use on fairways, tees, roughs and putting greens. Bermudagrass has relatively good pest ...

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Bye bye, rye

July 29, 2013 By
As ryegrass availability declines and cost increases, superintendents overseed less The perennial ryegrass market has taken a beating in the past several years. There are two economic factors that have reduced the amount of ryegrass superintendents can use to overseed ...

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