Research

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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Managing ants on putting greens

June 1, 2013 By
Dan Potter, Ph.D., is a professor of entomology at the University of Kentucky. He has conducted research on numerous turfgrass-damaging insects and beneficial insects. He can be reached at dapotter@uky.edu. Q: Are ants on putting greens becoming more of a problem? ...

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Buffalograss can stand the heat, drought

June 1, 2013 By
By Keenan Amundsen, Ph.D. Drought, regulatory restrictions, limited resources, implementation of conscientious efforts to save water, and the appeal of reduced irrigation costs are some of the factors driving the turfgrass industry toward reduced irrigation input. The use of species ...

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