Research

Recovering from spring dead spot damage

February 10, 2013 By Clark Throssell, Ph.D.

Dennis Martin, Ph.D., is a professor of turfgrass science at Oklahoma State University and is well versed in spring dead spot through his more than 20 years of research and extension activities addressing the disease. Martin can be reached at ...

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Taking action: How Daconil shaped Lee Kozsey’s career

February 1, 2013 By Curt Harler

Imagine being present at the “aha!” moment when fiberglass woods were dreamed up. Or when the internet was invented. Or, if you’re Lee Kozsey, when Daconil fungicide was in its first days. “It’s been exciting,” Kozsey says. “Daconil has been ...

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PoaCure herbicide tested on greens in AZ

February 1, 2013 By Clark Throssell, Ph.D.

PoaCure (methiozoline) is an experimental use permit herbicide that has high activity against annual bluegrass (Poa annua) on greens. Several tests are being conducted on creeping bentgrass greens at both low and high elevation locations in Arizona. The research objective ...

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Glyphosate resistance in turf: A problem on the horizon

February 1, 2013 By Clark Throssell, Ph.D.

By James T. Brosnan, Ph.D., and Gregory K. Breeden The prevalence of herbicide-resistant weed biotypes is an issue challenging all agricultural producers. Currently, there are 396 biotypes across 210 weed species that exhibit some degree of herbicide resistance (Heap 2013) ...

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The plant and the pathogen

February 1, 2013 By Karl Danneberger, Ph.D.

When discussing whether golf courses are sustainable or not, the focus is almost always on the putting green. The putting green quality expected by golfers requires an intensive level of management. In temperate regions, creeping bentgrass is the putting green ...

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Iron layering in two-tiered putting greens

January 6, 2013 By Joelle Harms

By Glen R. Obear, M.S. Candidate, University of Wisconsin-Madison When was the last time you sampled the full profile of your sand-based putting greens? Many people rarely, if ever, sample the profile all the way down to the pea gravel ...

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