Does adaptive golf cart traffic impact putting green smoothness and trueness?

Cool-season grasses activate drought stress defenses earlier than thought

Researchers examined damage and stress-protection mechanisms that grasses use to protect photosynthesis during drought stress responses.

Getting to the (grass) roots of the matter

Research examined how mowing height and plant growth regulators affected roots in creeping bentgrass.

Multistate study offers recommendations for keeping bermudagrass greener all season

Researchers in six states collaborated on ways to keep bermudagrass in the Mid-Atlantic hardier in cold weather.

Ethofumesate-resistant annual bluegrass development on U.S. golf courses

Resistance cases to the herbicide suggests an environmental relationship between annual bluegrass herbicide resistance and warm climates 

Cutting Edge: Dye effect on ryegrass, winterkill research project

Winter weather effects on turfgrass are behind current analysis and a research project seeking superintendent input.

Testing shade performance for Scotts ProVista and conventional Kentucky bluegrass

Scientists hypothesized Scotts ProVista would have improved quality under shade conditions and lower light requirements as compared to conventional KBG.

Verdure: Shining a light on shade

What are the effects of shade on turfgrass? Learn about disease management, shade-tolerant turfgrasses and more.

How silvery-thread moss responds to carfentrazone-ethyl

Research supports incorporating the strategic use of carfentrazone-ethyl when attempting to manage a silvery-thread moss infestation.

Cutting Edge: Glufosinate resistance in bahiagrass, goosegrass ecotypes

Featured research focuses on herbicide resistance and plant growth regulators. 

Can native grasses and ground covers be drought-tolerant turf alternatives?

Field experiments in the Southwest were conducted with 17 plant species.

Verdure: Snow-mold-tolerant turf species

Trouble with snow mold? Creeping bentgrass, followed by colonial bentgrass may present the best consistent resistance

Brown patch severity among turfgrass species, cultivars and nitrogen rates

Research focused on creeping bentgrass, colonial bentgrass, perennial ryegrass and turf-type tall fescue.

Is fake science a real thing?

The problem of turfgrass pseudoscience is real. Try these tips to separate the real results from the pretenders.

Cutting edge: Fraise mowing and silicon fertilization

Improved playing conditions and annual bluegrass weevil resistance are the objectives behind two current research projects.

Hard fescue molecular markers, shade tolerance and gray snow mold resistance

Scientists selected a diverse population of plants to ensure a successful genome-wide association study.

Summer patch at the White House

A look back at a historic example of turf disease on the White House lawn.

Suppressing Innovation zoysiagrass seedheads with ethephon

What controls African bermudagrass leaf blade and stem morphology?

Researchers found six genomic regions associated with morphological traits.

Talking about snow mold

Typhula blight was described as a severe problem on creeping bentgrass and annual bluegrass in northern Michigan.