Tag: Kentucky Bluegrass

Karl Danneberger, Ph.D

TurfMD: The rise of fungicide- resistant bluegrass

March 21, 2025 By
Early spring is like Christmas time in lawn and landscape stores across the country. Strolling through these stores, you’ll see a plethora of products designed to give you that green dense lawn or a new landscape. The products are brightly ...

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Barenbrug releases two new turf repair solutions

March 6, 2025 By
Barenbrug USA recently launched Pro Repair Sand and Pro Repair Compost. The company says the products were designed to seamlessly repair divots, bare spots and stressed turf areas. The Pro Repair products combine TurfMend and Barenbrug‘s grass seed with a ...

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Researchers at Purdue University evaluated the irrigation requirements of six cool-season turfgrass species and ten cultivars utilizing two distinct irrigation methods: 80 percent evapotranspiration (ETo) replacement and a green cover threshold (GCT) strategy. (Photo: Jada Powlen)

Reflecting on 2024: Exceptional research contributions of the year

December 8, 2024 By
As 2024 comes to a close, we’re looking back at the list of outstanding research articles that appeared in Golfdom this year. ...

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Billbug damage can be mistaken for spring dead spot, making it important to get up close and personal with your turf. (Photo: Doug RIchman)

Turf Pest of the Month: How to best mitigate potential billbug damage

June 10, 2024 By
A damaging turf pest, billbugs can be a golf course superintendent’s biggest foes. ...

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Researchers at Purdue University evaluated the irrigation requirements of six cool-season turfgrass species and ten cultivars utilizing two distinct irrigation methods: 80 percent evapotranspiration (ETo) replacement and a green cover threshold (GCT) strategy. (Photo: Jada Powlen)

Investigating irrigation requirements for cool-season fairway species

May 30, 2024 By and
Researchers at Purdue University evaluated the irrigation requirements of six cool-season turfgrass species and ten cultivars utilizing two distinct irrigation methods. ...

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Creeping bentgrass and Kentucky bluegrass fairway turf plots were maintained at different soil moisture thresholds (15, 30, 45, 60 or 75 percent plant available water) on Aug. 3 at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minn. (Photo: University of Minnesota)

The right way to irrigate for healthy and playable fairways

May 28, 2024 By
Researchers at the University of Minnesota are evaluating various measurement methods and devices that can quantify the physiological and physical responses of golf course fairways under dry-down conditions. ...

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