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The Heat is On!


Posted by Damon Smith on 11 Jul 2011 / 0 Comment


You “Beverly Hills Cop” fans will recognize that title from the soundtrack of the 1984 hit movie that Eddie Murphy starred in. This song also seems appropriate for much of the mid-west and southern plains, as the number of turfgrass samples coming in to the OSU Turfgrass Diagnostic Laboratory has increased over the last several [...]

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Civitas, Nematodes, and Heat in the Southern Plains


Posted by Damon Smith on 30 Jun 2011 / 0 Comment


As I mentioned the last time I posted, I promised to summarize some information that was presented at our Turfgrass Pest Management Field day held on June 15th in subsequent posts.So here goes… One of the fungicide trials that we toured during field day included several different fungicide formulations for control of dollar spot and [...]

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dollar spot, brown patch, a bit of heat, and what do you do when you don't have a sprayer?


Posted by Megan Kennelly on 17 Jun 2011 / 4 Comments


Hello, I am back in the US after an agriculture development trip to Tajikistan. If any of you are curious about that, you can check out this website where I have some notes and photos. The photo above is me with the Tajikistan-Afghanistan border mountains in the background.. . https://picasaweb.google.com/mmkennelly/TajikistanVisit2011?authkey=Gv1sRgCMvxxJn_moCCKg . .Anyway, back here on [...]

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