Research

Iron layering in two-tiered putting greens

January 6, 2013 By
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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Pre-emergent herbicides for golf turf

January 6, 2013 By
By Zac Reicher, Ph.D. Little has changed in pre‑emergent herbicides (PREs) for use on cool-season turfgrasses over the last 20 years. The primary products for golf turf are still dithiopyr (Dimension, Dithiopyr), prodiamine (Barricade and others) and pendimethalin (Pendulum, PRE-M ...

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Navigating the information overload

January 1, 2013 By
With the arrival of the New Year, we always think about things we can change. Here at Golfdom that change is evident with the new look of the magazine. And on a personal note, my profile picture has been updated, ...

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The Golfdom Report: 2013

January 1, 2013 By and
From the January 2013 issue of Golfdom, readers share their thoughts and feelings on the state of their profession – from feelings on the Obama administration to job satisfaction. Good news, bad news. You still love your job, but you don’t expect ...

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Seth’s Travelogue: Northwest Golf and Environment meeting, Portland, Ore.

November 26, 2012 By
How I ended up on this All-Star bill is anyone’s guess! A report from the Oregon GCSA meeting. By Seth Jones When a trip starts with an explosion, that’s typically a bad thing. Unless that explosion is the Jon Spencer ...

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EPA approves certain PCNB registrations

November 30, 2011 By
American Vanguard Corporation announced on Nov. 23 that EPA has approved certain registrations for AVC’s pentachloronitrobenzene (PCNB) product line for all major commercial uses. Consequently, American Vanguard Corporation’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Amvac Chemical Corporation (Amvac), is again permitted to sell PCNB ...

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