Verdure: Shining a light on shade October 2024 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 October 2024 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 September 2024 Featured research focuses on herbicide resistance and plant growth regulators.
Can native grasses and ground covers be drought-tolerant turf alternatives? September 2024 Field experiments in the Southwest were conducted with 17 plant species.
Verdure: Snow-mold-tolerant turf species September 2024 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 September 2024 Research focused on creeping bentgrass, colonial bentgrass, perennial ryegrass and turf-type tall fescue.
Is fake science a real thing? August 2024 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 August 2024 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 August 2024 Scientists selected a diverse population of plants to ensure a successful genome-wide association study.
Summer patch at the White House August 2024 A look back at a historic example of turf disease on the White House lawn.
Suppressing Innovation zoysiagrass seedheads with ethephon July 2024 Researchers found that applying ethephon in September suppressed at least 60% of Innovation zoysiagrass seedheads.
What controls African bermudagrass leaf blade and stem morphology? July 2024 Researchers found six genomic regions associated with morphological traits.
Talking about snow mold July 2024 Typhula blight was described as a severe problem on creeping bentgrass and annual bluegrass in northern Michigan.
Can targeted application technology save on herbicide use? July 2024 Researchers used ground-based machine vision technology to detect complex spotted spurge patches blended with highly infested bermudagrass.
Cutting Edge: Poa annua control and data-informed pest control June 2024 Studies on data science-informed turfgrass pest control and glufosinate for poa annua control make up this month's featured research.
Surveying American flea beetles in the southwest June 2024 Researchers are monitoring flea beetle populations at golf courses in Utah, Nevada and Arizona
to learn about biology and ecology.
Verdure: Rolling for optimum ultradwarf bermudagrass June 2024 What's the best combination of trinexapac-ethyl and lightweight rolling for maximum ball roll on ultradwarf bermuda greens?
How do mowing height and nitrogen fertilizer effect centipedegrass? June 2024 Researchers evaluated mowing heights from 1 to 4 inches to understand the relationship between cultural practices and drought avoidance.
Cutting Edge: beer yeast biostimulants, updated nematode guide May 2024 Featured research includes a novel biostimulant and new info on nematode treatment.
Take-all root rot, fungicide selection and application timing May 2024 Researchers investigated the efficacy of fungicide on take-all root rot using field and in vivo studies.