Research

Turf toughie: Soil pH versus buffer pH

August 19, 2013 By Curt Harler

Sometimes, a soils professor gets the same question tossed his way time and again. That’s when you know you have a true “turf toughie.” Joseph R. Heckman, Ph.D., extension specialist in soil fertility in the Department of Plant Biology and ...

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The 17-year cicadas are overrated

August 19, 2013 By Curt Harler

So what happened to all those 17-year cicadas that were supposed to emerge from the dirt, blotting out the sun with their sheer numbers? And, more important, what did they do on golf courses? Brood II of the cicadas started ...

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Trinexapac-ethyl applications and growing degree days

July 30, 2013 By Clark Throssell, Ph.D. and Kelly Limpert

Doug Soldat, Ph.D., is an associate professor of turfgrass science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research has focused on turfgrass and soil problems. He can be reached at djsoldat@wisc.edu. Question: How did you become interested in investigating the timing ...

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Can’t see the forest for the trees

July 30, 2013 By Karl Danneberger, Ph.D. and Kelly Limpert

I was heading to work and noticed the neighborhood kids waiting on the street corner for the school bus, as I had a thousand times before. Except this morning I was struck by the number of kids waiting. Where did ...

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Annual bluegrass control in golf turf

July 30, 2013 By Bruce Branham, Ph.D.

Spring is a wonderful time of year for superintendents. Grass growing conditions are often excellent, temperatures are moderate, heat and drought stress are usually absent, and golfers are just happy to be playing. However, there is one problem that annually ...

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Improving shade resistance in bermudagrass

July 30, 2013 By Gregory E. Bell, Ph.D., Yanqi Wu, Ph.D., Dennis L. Martin, Ph.D.,, Justin Q. Moss, Ph.D., Kyungjoon Koh, M.S. and Kelly Limpert

Superintendents know that bermudagrass is an important turfgrass on most golf courses in the South. It has excellent fine-turf characteristics that make it a popular grass for use on fairways, tees, roughs and putting greens. Bermudagrass has relatively good pest ...

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