Author Archive

About Mike Kenna, Ph.D.
Mike Kenna, Ph.D., is the retired director of research, USGA Green Section. Contact him at mpkenna@gmail.com.
Posts by Mike Kenna, Ph.D.
Mike Kenna, Ph.D., shares a two-year experiment using the PACE model on creeping bentgrass growth response and corresponding N fertilizer usage. Read more»
Golfdom Research Editor Mike Kenna, Ph.D., gives an inside look at the golf industry's ongoing battle with nitrogen leaching. Read more»
Meloidogyne spp., root-knot nematodes, are among turfgrass’s most economically-important plant-parasitic nematodes in the U.S. Read more»
Mike Kenna, Ph.D., explains the challenges the USGA faced in researching alternative control for nematodes and what it discovered. Read more»
Mike Kenna, Ph.D., shares how lakes and ponds are golf course features that provide strategic value, aesthetics and habitat for wildlife. Read more»
Mike Kenna, Ph.D., shares how the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation helped the golf industry up its environmental game. Read more»