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About Zac Reicher, Ph.D.

Reicher is a turfgrass scientist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he works with professional turf managers, teaches and conducts research. Each year Reicher conducts annual grass weed-control experiments that he uses to help formulate weed-control recommendations. Reicher can be reached at zreicher2@unl.edu for more information.

Posts by Zac Reicher, Ph.D.

Annual bluegrass control on greens Posted on 04 Dec 2015 in the Research categories.

Annual bluegrass (Poa annua L.) is probably the most troublesome weed on golf courses worldwide. In fairway-height turf, the growth regulators paclobutrazol (Trimmit), TGR (Paclobutrazol) or flurprimidol (Cutless) can be Read more»

DIY project: Building an accurate small-area sprayer Posted on 22 Jul 2015 in the Research categories.

Golf course superintendents often are required to accurately and uniformly apply low rates of pesticides over small areas where larger boom sprayers, handgun sprayers or even small hand cans do Read more»

Fall applied preemergence herbicides for crabgrass control in the North Posted on 22 Oct 2014 in the Research categories.

Q: What are the benefits of a preemergence herbicide application in the fall for crabgrass control? The primary benefit is shifting work that is normally done in spring to fall. Read more»