Tag: zoysiagrass

Dark purple fairway due to Meyer zoysiagrass seedhead production (Photo: Aaron Patton)

Suppressing Meyer zoysiagrass seedheads

November 12, 2018 By Aaron Patton, Ph.D., Jared Hoyle, Ph.D., Zac Reicher, Ph.D. and Mike Harrell, Ph.D.

Zoysiagrass (Zoysia spp.) is on about 25,000 acres of golf course turf in the United States. It provides golfers with an excellent ball lie when used in fairways, and its wear and divot tolerance, low nutritional requirement and tolerance to ...

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Woman burying oats in thatch. Photos Courtsey of Megan Kennelly and Jack Fry (Figure 3B)

Don’t get overmatched: Dispatch that large patch

July 30, 2018 By Megan Kennelly, Ph.D. and Jack Fry, Ph.D.

Large patch is a fungal disease of zoysiagrass (Zoysia japonica, Z. matrella, Z. pacifica and various Zoysia hybrids) and several other warm-season grasses. This article focuses on the disease in zoysiagrass, which is becoming more popular in warm and transitional ...

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Suppressing zoysiagrass in cool-season turf

November 2, 2017 By Aaron Patton, Ph.D. and Daniel Weisenberger

Zoysiagrass (Zoysia japonica) is a desirable turfgrass for golf courses in the Transition Zone because of its low maintenance requirement, but it can become invasive when it spreads via rhizomes and stolons into adjacent areas where it is unwanted. Further, ...

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Help Team Zoysia name two zoysia varieties at GIS

January 13, 2017 By Golfdom Staff

Team Zoysia is asking attendees of the 2017 Golf Industry Show to suggest names for two new zoysiagrass golf green varieties from Bladerunner Farms, and one attendee will win a new Scotty Cameron putter for participating. The two new zoysia greens ...

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Dormant sprigging of bermudagrass and zoysiagrass

July 22, 2015 By Mike Richardson, Ph.D. and Juming Zhang, Ph.D.

Many bermudagrass and zoysiagrass cultivars cannot be seeded and are commonly planted vegetatively using sprigs, especially for sod production or in sand-based systems such as athletic fields and putting greens. Traditionally, sprig planting has been accomplished during the warm-season growing ...

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Dallisgrass growth, identification and control

June 12, 2015 By Mathew Elmore, Ph.D.

Dallisgrass (Paspalum dilatatum Poir.) is a warm-season perennial grass native to South America that was introduced to the United States in the late 1800s. Tolerance to close mowing allows it to proliferate in golf course roughs and fairways. It is ...

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