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Love it when irrigation hits a freshly sprayed wetting agent trial. Twitterless Daniel O’Brien conducting some awesome ⁦GCSAA⁩ sponsored research with me and ⁦⁦Mike Richardson⁩

My graduate student has been exploring the relative salinity tolerance of different bermudagrass cultivars. The findings indicate that the cultivars with higher salinity tolerance exhibit a more efficient excretion of salt crystals (a) through their salt glands (b).

Converting from existing to new bermudagrasses? 2 wks later, no visible differences among Roundup with or without various combos of Fusilade II, Segment II & Turflon Ester Ultra. Testing 1, 2, 3, or 4 apps on 3-wk intervals. Laid out new sister study at Victoria Club. GCSASC ⛳

Good things are worth waiting for. San Diego GCSA GCSASC ⛳ Hi-Lo Desert GCSA ⛳️ GCSACC GCSANC Sierra Nevada GCSA Suk-Jin Koo Moghu USA, LLC poacure.com/blogs/press-re…

For golf courses to benefit from improved bermudagrasses, they need effective strategies to eradicate old bermudagrass and make way for the new. Researchers UC Riverside are working to identify the best approaches and their preliminary findings are very interesting 👇

This is, was, will always be THE UCR Turfgrass Program.

BREAKING NEWS: USDA releases updated Plant Hardiness Zone Map. The 2023 map is more accurate, detailed, and incorporates data from 13,412 weather stations versus 7,983 used for the 2012 version—a 68 percent increase in these stations. bit.ly/2023PHZM #PHZM

This map is always of interest to those of us in the Transition Zone: New plant hardiness map, used by gardeners nationwide, is unveiled phys.org/news/2023-11-h…

I don't know about y'all, but I definitely feel more confident listening to James D. McCurdy and Amy Wilber teaching "Calibrate with Confidence" workshop GCSAA Conference and Trade Show

Easy to spot the zoysiagrass contamination on this bermudagrass research green by the lack of annual bluegrass. Turfgrass selection can be the foundation to a good weed control program.

Testing the climatic boundaries of Coachella, Presidio and 8 of our next generation hybrid bermudagrasses in New Mexico at high elevation. TifTuf and Tahoma 31 included for comparison. Christian S. Bowman Marta Pudzianowska Wendell Egelhoff

New info about oxadiazon reregistration. Thread...

📢new grant and 2 hires!!!🤓 My lab is opening new postdoc and researcher technician positions. Join us to find out how plant cells regulate endomembrane traffic. Details at tinyurl.com/58pff98d and tinyurl.com/yc4rt886

Our latest Editorial Overview in Current Opinion in Insect Science is available. The special issue presents compelling manuscripts on Recent Advances in Plant-derived Food Sources for Beneficial Insects and their potential to enhance Biological Control. [authors.elsevier.com/a/1jX9E7tYJFrE…]

Protecting bees from insecticide exposure! My student Navdeep Godara shows that common sense measures can dramatically reduce bee visitation to weedy turf prior to insecticide treatment. UV dye as proxy for insecticide. More glow indicates more bee visitation to weedy flowers.

To US sod growers out there: the sod checkoff voting period opens today and runs through Feb. 11th. Please utilize your position as a sod producer to vote! The program, if passed, can fund a national promotion program for natural turf, important research needs, etc.

📢Job opening!!! Searching for Research Associate in Turfgrass Breeding at Mississippi State University. We are looking for someone who can commit for longer, with possibility to pursue PhD in the future. Pros-working with me, cons-working with me. explore.msujobs.msstate.edu/en-us/job/5088…

There’s excellent information about sports field management, but it’s scattered across university extension websites and PDFs. What if we could make it easier to find answers? I built an LLM assistant that answers questions about sports turf management. maggiereiter.com/blog/sports-fi…

Check out our recent paper, "A Mineral Oil Plant Protection Product Improves Turfgrass Quality of Deficit Irrigated Bermudagrass”. It highlights how a mineral oil-based product helping save water while maintaining turf performance. journals.ashs.org/horttech/view/… CIVITAS TURF DEFENSE

Our paper is officially online! 📢 If you're looking for a product to improve turf quality while conserving water, check it out! 🌱💧Marco Schiavon Jim Baird Paweł Orliński