Research

Effect of FeSO4 and lightweight rolling on dollar spot suppression. (Photo: Travis Roberson)

Iron sulfate and lightweight rolling for dollar spot

October 14, 2019 By Wendell Hutchens, David McCall, Ph.D and Travis Roberson

Dollar spot (Clarireedia spp.) is one of the most damaging turfgrass diseases worldwide. Superintendents routinely apply a wide variety of broad spectrum and site-specific fungicides to suppress dollar spot, but there are increasing alternatives to traditional fungicides employed for dollar ...

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Experts’ Insights: Fall fertilization frenzy

October 7, 2019 By Golfdom Staff

One of the keys to healthy grass in the spring is to make sure it’s in good health before going dormant in the fall. One way to ensure this is to implement a fall fertilization program. Fall fertilization improves plant ...

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Prevent winter desiccation on creeping bentgrass

September 17, 2019 By Bill Kreuser, Ph.D.

Winter injury from desiccation is a leading cause of turf loss across the northern and central Great Plains. Desiccation occurs whenever turfgrass water loss exceeds its ability to acquire water from the soil. Desiccation can happen at any time of ...

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Fall broadleaf weed control in cool-season turf

September 17, 2019 By Clark Throssell, Ph.D.

Dave Gardner, Ph.D., is a turfgrass scientist at The Ohio State University. Dave has conducted numerous weed management and control research projects to help superintendents achieve effective broadleaf weed control. You may reach Dave at gardner.254@osu.edu for more information. Why ...

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Experts’ Insights: Shut down snow mold

September 5, 2019 By Sarah Webb

Snow mold is an umbrella term that encompasses pink snow mold, gray snow mold and speckled snow mold, according to Paul Koch, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It’s mostly found in ...

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Fall Proxy applications for Poa annua seedheads

August 6, 2019 By Clark Throssell, Ph.D.

Clark Throssell, Ph.D., interviews Zac Reicher, Ph.D., a technical specialist on the Green Solutions Team with Bayer Environmental Science. He has more than 30 years of turfgrass research experience and has conducted many annual bluegrass control experiments on research plots ...

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