2022 Allied Turfgrass Research Funding Call for Proposals
via Canadian Turf Research Foundation
August 26, 2021
Dear Turf Researchers,
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Rolling to Prevent, Control and Reduce Microdochium Patch
By Karin Juul Hesselsøe (NIBIO), Martin Nilsson (Copenhagen GC), Trond Pettersen, Atle Beisland and Tatsiana Espevig (NIBIO)
It is well known that rolling can reduce dollar spot (fungal disease caused by Clarireedia spp.). It is less known that it can have a preventative effect on microdochium patch (formerly called fusarium/pink snow mold, caused by the fungus Microdochium nivale), but experiments at Copenhagen Golf Club and research at NIBIO Landvik suggests it.
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Understanding and Predicting Pesticide Use on Golf Courses Using Deep Machine Learning
Interim report - July 2021
by Guillaume Grégoire, Ph.D.
Assistant professor, Département de phytologie
Universite Laval
Executive summary
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Ice-Breaker: Positive News About Winter Covers
By Trygve S. Aamlid,Wendy Waalen, Pia Heltoft, Marte Skattebu and Jan Tangsveen, NIBIO
Results from NIBIO Apelsvoll confirm superintendents’ positive experiences with impermeable plastic covers during the winter on annual bluegrass, creeping bentgrass and red fescue putting greens.
2021 Turfgrass Research Summary Report
One of the primary mandates of the Western Canada Turfgrass Association, along with many of our allied groups, is to foster turfgrass research for the betterment of the entire sports turf and golf course management industry.