Tuesday, January 01, 2002
Under optimal conditions, carbon dioxide (CO2) makes up less than 2% of the gasses found in the soil...
Tuesday, January 01, 2002
Making sure that turf is receiving optimal nutrition is one the most important activities that turf ...
Monday, January 01, 2001
Golf courses around the country are increasingly facing turf management problems brought about throu...
Monday, January 01, 2001
During the summer of 2001, Poa annua greens across the country were hard-hit by anthracnose, a disea...
Monday, January 01, 2001
While nitrogen is critical for good turf health and growth, excessive levels in the soil can cause s...
Monday, January 01, 2001
Alkaline soils (pH above 7.0) are typically regarded as “problem soils” that require ame...
Monday, January 01, 2001
There’s no way around it—shade and turfgrass health are usually not compatible. Wh...
Monday, January 01, 2001
Even the most carefully planned greens overseeding programs can be ambushed by unpredictable factors...
Monday, January 01, 2001
With increasing pressures to use reclaimed water on golf courses, superintendents are faced with a n...
Monday, January 01, 2001
Plant parasitic nematodes are some of the most devastating and difficult to control pests in agricul...
Saturday, January 01, 2000
Despite some well-known weaknesses, Poa annua (annual bluegrass) is a resilient turf that is cultiva...
Saturday, January 01, 2000
Using some simple statistics is the final step in conducting a field experiment, and can sometime re...
Saturday, January 01, 2000
Properly designed tests can be invaluable in identifying the products and practices that are most us...
Saturday, January 01, 2000
Running your own testing program can help you to make technically sound decisions about which produc...
Saturday, January 01, 2000
The movement to conserve water resources has led to increasing pressure on golf courses to utilize l...
Saturday, January 01, 2000
There are three widely shared misconceptions about the small, photosynthetic microbes that produce d...
Saturday, January 01, 2000
The recent commercial introduction of several new fungicide active ingredients (azoxystrobin, flutol...
Saturday, January 01, 2000
Deciding whether overseeding is the right strategy for your golf course depends on an overwhelming n...
Saturday, January 01, 2000
Selecting a bunker sand sometimes seems like a no-win situation. This is partly because some o...
Friday, January 01, 1999
Genetic engineering is a tool that has the potential to dramatically change agriculture, and in so d...
Friday, January 01, 1999
The PACE Turfgrass Research Institute (PTRI) completed 16 research projects (see page 4 for listing)...
Friday, January 01, 1999
Symptoms caused by the fairy ring complex of fungi include the formation of dark green rings and cir...
Friday, January 01, 1999
The fungus Gaeumannomyces graminis causes several diseases that attack the roots of cool- and warm-s...
Friday, January 01, 1999
There are no miracle cures for control of annual bluegrass, one of the most troublesome and persiste...
Friday, January 01, 1999
White grubs continue to be some of the most difficult turf insect pests to control due to their cryp...