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Making fungicides work Posted on 21 Nov 2016 in the Research categories.

“Performance of fungicides is determined by you and you alone,” says Jim Kerns, Ph.D., associate professor and extension specialist in plant pathology at North Carolina State University. “The products work.” Read more»

Hold the salt, please Posted on 18 Nov 2016 in the Research categories.

Even with 20 to 25 percent less water than normal, desert turfgrass can do well as long as salts in the soil are managed properly. That’s the finding of Paul Read more»

In-tents course management Posted on 01 Nov 2016 in the Columns & Featured & Home Feature & Maintenance categories.

It’s a unique golf course that allows tent camping on its fairways. What kind of a management team actually invites campers to bed down for a week on the course? Read more»

Turf toughie: nitrogen and fertilizers Posted on 22 Jul 2015 in the Research categories.

Doug Soldat, soil scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, poses a deceptively simple question to his students: Of the nitrogen in a grass plant, how much comes from applied fertilizer Read more»

Who says there’s no disease? Posted on 21 Jul 2015 in the Research categories.

What happens when you send in a stunted or wilted turf sample and the report comes back negative for disease? That is not all that uncommon, says Jim Kerns, Ph.D., Read more»

Vegetable dye part of the fun at Army course Posted on 21 Jul 2015 in the Research categories.

The last place one might expect to be told there are “too many rules” is at a U.S. Army base. But that’s the case at the Piney Valley Golf Course Read more»