Tag: Off the Record

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Off the Record: Can a golf course function without pesticides?

April 20, 2023 By
Retired Director of Research for the USGA, Mike Kenna, Ph.D., examines a research project that questions what a course without pesticides would look like. ...

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Photomicrographs of Pasteuria usage attached to sting nematode (Belonolaimus longicaudatus): A) male sting nematode with >30 spores, B) close-up of the spore-encumbered head region, C) close-up of attached spores, D) close-up of attached spore showing microfiber surface coating, and E) close-up of spent spore where the top of outer spore coat has become dislodged. (Photo: Journal of Nematology 33(4):227-238)

Off the record: USGA nematode control research leads to a new discovery

March 2, 2023 By
Mike Kenna, Ph.D., explains the challenges the USGA faced in researching alternative control for nematodes and what it discovered. ...

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