Tag: Syngenta

Syngenta launches Velista fungicide

February 25, 2015 By Grant Gannon

Syngenta has launched Velista fungicide for control of turf diseases such as brown patch, dollar spot and anthracnose. Velista, a dehydrogenase inhibitor (SDHI) class fungicide, cleans up diseases during transition times from spring to summer and fall to winter on all turf types. Velista can be applied ...

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Getting the most from a Primo application

January 22, 2015 By Clark Throssell, Ph.D.

Dean Mosdell, Ph.D., is a technical manager in the Western U.S. for Syngenta. He has more than 25 years of golf course research experience with plant growth regulators and makes numerous golf course visits every year on behalf of Syngenta ...

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Syngenta: Ference insecticide

December 3, 2014 By Joelle Harms

Ference insecticide by Syngenta controls the annual bluegrass weevil (ABW). Ference provides systemic control of all larval stages of ABW, according to Syngenta, which is critical to control asynchronous ABW populations. Syngenta says the active ingredient Cyantraniliprole stops turf-feeding damage ...

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Syngenta: Avid + Heritage

October 28, 2014 By Joelle Harms

As a hidden pest that can be difficult to detect, nematodes damage turf roots, which also increases disease risk. Syngenta offers Avid miticide/insecticide to control sting and ring nematodes through systemic and contact activity with a low use rate. Avid ...

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A sustainable message: Golf environmental experts meet in South Carolina

October 22, 2014 By Anthony Williams

Some of the golf industry’s most celebrated environmental experts gathered in Hilton Head, S.C., last month to be a part of the Sustainability in Golf/the Business of Green conference. Hosted by Experience Green and its founder/executive director Teresa Wade, the ...

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Golfdom 2014 Early Order Program Guide

October 22, 2014 By Joelle Harms

Maintaining a golf course is big business. No one knows that better than Golfdom’s readers. Being a superintendent isn’t just about growing grass. It’s about being a leader. It’s about being a manager. It’s about being a scientist. It’s about ...

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