Research

Patent laws need to change for chemical, pharmaceutical companies

June 23, 2014 By Karl Danneberger, Ph.D.

Basel, Switzerland is a beautiful city that sits on the Swiss, French and German borders. It has a population just under 200,000 and has been around since 374 A.D. Basel has been home to chemical and pharmaceutical companies for centuries. ...

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A day with club managers: Committees managing golf courses

June 23, 2014 By Clark Throssell, Ph.D.

Guess who isn’t a big fan of committees to manage a golf club? Club managers. Or at least, the 40-plus club managers I had the pleasure of spending a couple of days with at a golf community in West Palm ...

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Grigg Brothers to launch plant nutrition products in Australia

June 9, 2014 By Joelle Harms

Grigg Brothers, a wholly owned subsidiary of Brandt Consolidated, Inc., is set to launch its plant nutrition products in Australia through Globe Australia, a division of Amgrow Group, this summer. More than ten products are included in the launch, including ...

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Hawaiian Turfgrass licenses SeaStar Paspalum

June 2, 2014 By Molly Gase

Hawaiian Turfgrass, O’ahu’s premier producer of certified, low water-use turf, licensed SeaStar Paspalum, a grass especially suited for the Hawaiian climate. SeaStar is used for golf courses, sports turf and home lawns. The grass was developed by the world’s leading ...

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Take it to the bank: Weed seed, that is

May 21, 2014 By Curt Harler

If we could take weeds to the bank, we’d all be millionaires. Because an important component of managing weeds is preventing the seeds released by weeds each autumn from becoming new plants, researchers set up what might be termed weed ...

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Turf Toughie: White grub control