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Things are picking up FAST!
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Yesterday (this was meant for yesterday, but new disease activity today [Tuesday] has me posting a day late) I had the pleasure of hanging out at the Rutger’s Annual Golf Classic which raises funds for their research program. I even got to play a little golf with our Midwest blogger Jim Kerns. Having left State College on Sunday and not really seeing much of anything on the disease front at Penn State, I was excited to find out if there were any actual turf diseases in the field…we hit the jackpot in North Jersey. While certain diseases like anthracnose, leaf...
Plenty of snow mold in the Northeast
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View of St. Francis Links and St. Francis Bay in South Africa Things have been very hectic around here so I have not had much of a chance to post anything in a while. Following a week long trip to South Africa (more on this next weekend), I fired up the old (actually it is only a few months old) computer to have it completely crash on me. That was about 10 days ago and I have yet to get it back. Shouldn’t there be some sort of insurance on these things for lost work time. If I were running...
Poa annua management strategies (Part 2)
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Last week I introduced the topic of annual bluegrass management practices that are gaining momentum in the United States and other parts of the world. While these practices have been met with some controversy, they have also made us as researchers spend a little more time investigating the implications of these practices for golf course superintendents. One program that has emerged among many superintendents (many with a strong voice on twitter including @nccturf, @MinikahdaTurf, among others) is the incorporation of various management techniques that seek to favor the bentgrass over the weaker Poa annua spp. While there is much variation...
Lot's of talk about Poa this spring
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Winter damage can be a big problem in Poa. While some golf course superintendents are still seeing the last remaining traces of snow on their turf, most are starting to assess the impact of winter and potential damage. With the predominance of Poa annua as the primary species on many golf courses throughout the region, the potential for winter damage is always high and it appears that the winter of 2010/2011 may be as damaging as that in the summer of “the year that shall not be spoken“. According to a recent Northeast Regional update from the USGA’s Adam Moeller,...
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Practical Guide to Turfgrass Fungicides (new book)
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The arrival of Dr. Latin’s new fungicide book for the turfgrass industry has been highly anticipated and was basically unveiled at the Golf Industry Show last week. I was fortunate enough to get a copy of the book from the bookstore before copies ran out and even more fortunate to have Dr. Latin sign a copy (although I interrupted an interview he was having with a potential grad student to get it). As with any profession, continued education is a must and this is definitely one book that you want to have on your shelf. You can purchase your copy...
Cold throughout the Northeast
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I just returned from a trip to the British International Golf Greenkeepers Association (BIGGA) meeting in Harrogate, England and can say that I was unpleasantly surprised by the extreme cold temperatures upon my return. I never thought that I would have to go all the way to the UK in the winter for better weather. Back in the Northeastern United States, snow fell throughout much of the area while I was gone and now we are in the midst of another potential major snow storm starting this week and lasting for a few days. Not that anyone puts any faith...
Top 10 Visits by Country
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As mentioned earlier in the week, we had visitors from 130 different countries or territories. While the majority by a long shot are from the United States, here is a round up of the top 10 visits by country in 2010: #1 United States #2 Canada  #3 United Kingdom #4 Thailand  #5 Australia #6 Japan #7 Turkey #8 Ireland #9 Germany  #10 South Korea...
Top 5 Blog Posts of 2010
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There’s no doubt about it, 2010 was a tough year for golf course superintendents. Here’s a look back and what was most important or relevant to you from our site last year. #1 Bacterial wilt of bentgrass…This was the posting of a letter from Dr. Mitkowski of the University of Rhode Island in which he talks about his recent finding of bacterial wilt in bentgrass. Definitely a hot (and controversial) topic in 2010. #2 Summer fungicide programs for cool-season putting greensThere is no doubt that those growing bentgrass in the Southeast United States had their hands full this summer. In...
100,000 Page Views Reached!
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Just a short post today to say THANK YOU to all of our readers out there in cyberspace. I hadn’t checked in a while, but when I checked today, I realized that we had passed the 100,000 page views. Not sure if this is good or not, but I was impressed none the less.  Thanks again for all of our readers and contributors and thanks to Syngenta who was our sole sponsor for the year. Their support of our Turfgrass Compendium Giveaway contest helped to raise money for the Student Travel Fund within the American Phytopathological Society which helps to...
Concert (chlorothalonil + propiconazole)
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Concert is a “Pre-Mix” (yes I know many of you hate the term Pre-Mix, but this is my blog page and I can do whatever I want so take that Mr. Hoff essentially this is a prepacked version of Daconil and Banner MAXX) fungicide from Syngenta which combines the active ingredients of chlorothalonil and propiconazole. The new formulation for this mixture is similar to what Jim referred to earlier as a SE or suspoemulsion. According to Syngenta (slideshow below), the SE is a “water-based formulation that contains both suspended solids and emulsion droplets. Below is my summary of some research...
Interface (Iprodione + Trifloxystrobin)
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Interface® is a relatively new Pre-Mix fungicide from Bayer Environmental Science and contains the two active ingredients iprodione (found in Chipco 26GT and others) and trifloxystrobin (Compass). While some of us have worked with the individual products for many years, it is only recently that I (and probably many others) have worked with the Pre-Mix version. Below you will find data from a recent fungicide trial with Interface®, a statement from Bayer on the strengths of the product and my concluding thoughts. 2010 Dollar Spot Trial and Turfgrass Quality: Dollar spot. Active dollar spot symptoms began to appear shortly after...
Theme Week: "New" Fungicide Reviews
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As a way to increase our postings during the winter months and keep providing relevant information to golf course superintendents, the Turf Disease Blog has decided to do a series of “Theme” weeks in which each blogger tackles a topic within the theme.  Thanks to Dr. Tredway for coming up with the idea. Our first theme is going to focus on reviews of individual fungicides that are relatively new to the market. Each blogger has simply been told what fungicide to review and what day to post. Other than that, there are no restrictions or guidelines as to the material...
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