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GCSAA Research Synopsis

Completed projects funded by The Institute
published between 2007–2010

The research highlighted in the GCSAA Research Synopsis represents projects that were completed between 2007 and 2010, and have been published in Golf Course Management (GCM) magazine.

For a more in-depth description of each project in this synopsis, GCSAA members can access past issues of GCM that are available through TGIF at Michigan State University.

Research summaries

Disease management	Insect management
Turfgrass management	Water quality

Disease management

New Insight on Fairy Ring Michael Fidanza, Ph.D. The Pennsylvania State University, Reading Published March 2007	Treating Fairy Ring with Fungicides, New Soil Surfactant Michael Fidanza, Ph.D. The Pennsylvania State University, Reading Published May 2007
*Distribution of Typhula* Species and Varieties in Wisconsin, Utah, Michigan and Minnesota** Geunhwa Jung, Ph.D. University of Massachusetts, Amherst Published January 2008	A Fresh Look at Fungicides for Snow Mold Control Geunhwa Jung, Ph.D. University of Massachusetts, Amherst Published July 2007
Minimum Fungicides Rates for Species-Specific Snow Mold Control Geunhwa Jung, Ph.D. University of Massachusetts, Amherst Published November 2008	Vertical Mowing and Mowing Height Affect Anthracnose Basal Rot Wakar Uddin, Ph.D. The Pennsylvania State University Published November 2008
Nitrogen Fertility and Anthracnose Basal Rot in Putting Greens Wakar Uddin, Ph.D. The Pennsylvania State University Published March 2009	Mowing and Rolling Strategies to Manage Anthracnose on Annual Bluegrass Greens James Murphy, Ph.D. and and Bruce Clark, Ph.D. Rutgers University Published May 2009
Chemical Control of Brown Ring Patch Frank Wong, Ph.D. University of California, Riverside and Larry Stowell, Ph.D. PACE Turf Published August 2009	Effects of Nitrogen and Primo Maxx on Brown Ring Patch Development Chemical Control of Brown Ring Patch Frank Wong, Ph.D. University of California, Riverside and Larry Stowell, Ph.D. PACE Turf Published May 2009

Insect management

Suppressing Sting Nematodes Using Botanical Extracts Bert McCarty, Ph.D. Clemson University Published September 2007	May or June Beetles Infesting Oklahoma Turf Tom Royer, Ph.D. Oklahoma State University Published September 2007 November 2007
Geographic Distribution and Local Incidence of Invasive Crane Flies in the Northeast Daniel Peck, Ph.D. Cornell University Published April 2009	Insecticidal Control of Invasive Crane Flies in the Northeastern U.S. Daniel Peck, Ph.D. Cornell University Published March 2009
Seasonality, Development and Cultural Control of the Hunting Billbug Eileen Buss, Ph.D. University of Florida, Gainesville Published in October 2009

Turfgrass management

Soil Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Aging Golf Greens Roch Gaussoin, Ph.D. University of Nebraska – Lincoln Published January 2007	Water Retention of Sand-Based Root Zones with Organic and Inorganic Amendments Doug Karcher, Ph.D. University of Arkansas Published February 2007
Adding Inorganic Amendments to a Poorly Performing Green Elizabeth Guertal, Ph.D. Auburn University and Clint Waltz, Ph.D. University of Georgia Published May 2008	Grasses for Overseeding Bermudagrass Fairways Kevin Morris National Turfgrass Evaluation Program Published March 2007
Fine Fescues and Colonial summaries/Bentgrasses for Fairways Brian Horgan, Ph.D. University of Minnesota Published May 2007	Warm-Season Native Grasses for Playable Roughs Tom Voigt, Ph.D. University of Illinois, Urbana Published January 2009
Turf Covers for Winter Protection of Bermudagrass Greens Mike Goatley, Ph.D. Virginia Tech and Pat Sneed, CGCS, Mississippi State University Published August 2007	Field Evaluation of Winterkill in Annual Bluegrass and Creeping Bentgrass David Minner, Ph.D. Iowa State University Published September 2007
Painting Dormant Bermudagrass Putting Greens Haibo Liu, Ph.D. Clemson University Published November 2007	Foliar vs. Granular Fertilization on Creeping Bentgrass Haibo Liu, Ph.D. Clemson University Published October 2009
The Nature and Control of Black Layer William L. Berndt, Ph.D. Florida Gulf Coast University and Joseph M. Vargas Jr., Ph.D. Michigan State University Published April 2010	Controlling Roughstalk Bluegrass James Rutledge Bayer Crop Science, Dan Weisenberger Purdue University and Zac Reicher, Ph.D. University of Nebraska, Lincoln Published April 2010
Bringing IPM to the Next Level Wendy Gelernter, Ph.D. Larry Stowell, Ph.D. Rick Brandenburg, Ph.D. Dave Kopec, Ph.D. Kai Umeda, M.S. Fred Yelverton, Ph.D. PACE Turf Published July 2010	Overseeded Bermudagrass: Improving Turf Aesthetics During Spring Transition Shawn Askew, Ph.D. Virginia Tech Published September 2010
Perennial Ryegrass Competition Affects Bermudagrass Health Shawn Askew, Ph.D. Virginia Tech Published October 2010

Water quality

Surface Water Quality Monitoring on Golf Courses in the Pacific Northwest Eric Miltner, Ph.D. Washington State University, Puyallup Published June 2009	Pesticide Runoff from Simulated Golf Turf Mark J. Carroll, Ph.D. University of Maryland Published November 2009
Removing Nitrate and Phosphate in Drain Tile Leachate Adam Nichols and Erik Ervin, Ph.D. Virginia Tech Published May 2010	Conserve Water Through Infrequent Irrigation of Bentgrass Fairways Stephen E. McCann, Ph.D. Monsanto Company and Bingru Huang, Ph.D. Rutgers University Published October 2010
Quantitative Analysis of 20-Plus Years of Golf Course Monitoring Studies Stuart Z. Cohen, Ph.D., CGWP Environmental Turf Services Published November 2010

Questions?
If you have questions regarding a specific research project, please contact the scientist who
conducted the project at the email address listed or Greg Lyman, GCSAA’s director of environmental programs, at 517-669-8452.



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