Environmental Institute for Golf

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• Turfgrass Management
• Water Quality
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Completed research

GCSAA-funded projects since 2007

Supported by The Environmental Institute for Golf, the goal of the GCSAA research program is to fund research that is important to superintendents. Because growing conditions and the problems faced by superintendents vary greatly across the country, the research projects cover a wide range of topics.

Below is the list of applied agronomic, environmental and regulatory research funded by GCSAA, which provides golf facilities and golf course superintendents with the latest information to produce high-quality playing conditions in a manner that is compatible with the environment.

The research listed represents projects that were completed since 2007 and have been published in Golf Course Management magazine. Completed projects will be added each year once they have been published.

If you have questions regarding a specific research project, please contact Mark Johnson, GCSAA associate director, environmental programs.

Disease Management

• New Insight on Fairy Ring
• Treating Fairy Ring with Fungicides, New Soil Surfactant
• Distribution of Typhula Species and Varieties in Wisconsin, Utah, Michigan and Minnesota
• A Fresh Look at Fungicides for Snow Mold Control
• Minimum Fungicides Rates for Species-Specific Snow Mold Control
• Vertical Mowing and Mowing Height Affect Anthracnose Basal Rot
• Nitrogen Fertility and Anthracnose Basal Rot in Putting Greens
• Mowing and Rolling Strategies to Manage Anthracnose on Annual Bluegrass Greens
• Effects of Nitrogen and Primo Maxx on Brown Ring Patch Development
• Chemical Control of Brown Ring Patch
• Preventive Fairy Ring Control on Putting Greens
• Turfgrasses Evaluated for Tolerance to Rapid Blight
• Snow Mold Fungicide Persistence

Insect Management

• Suppressing Sting Nematodes using Botanical Extracts
• May or June Beetles Infesting Oklahoma Turf
• Geographic Distribution and Local Incidence of Invasive Crane Flies in the Northeast
• Insecticidal Control of Invasive Crane Flies in the Northeastern U.S.
• Seasonality, Development and Cultural Control of the Hunting Billbug
• Nematodes for Control of Annual Bluegrass Weevil
• Annual Bluegrass Weevils: Distribution and Damage
• War of the Worlds: Bacteria vs. Nematodes

Turfgrass Management

• Soil Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Aging Golf Greens
• Water Retention of Sand-Based Root Zones with Organic and Inorganic Amendments
• Adding Inorganic Amendments to a Poorly Performing Green
• Grasses for Overseeding Bermudagrass Fairways
• Fine Fescues and Colonial Bentgrasses for Fairways
• Warm-Season Native Grasses for Playable Roughs
• Turf Covers for Winter Protection of Bermudagrass Greens
• Field Evaluation of Winterkill in Annual Bluegrass and Creeping Bentgrass
• Painting Dormant Bermudagrass Putting Greens
• Foliar vs. Granular Fertilization on Creeping Bentgrass
• The Nature and Control of Black Layer
• Controlling Roughstalk Bluegrass
• Bringing IPM to the Next Level
• Overseeded Bermudagrass: Improving Turf Aesthetics During Spring Transition
• Perennial Ryegrass Competition Affects Bermudagrass Health
• Reducing Annual Bluegrass During Fairway Conversion to Kentucky Bluegrass
• Physical Water Conditioners for Managing Turfgrasses
• Managing Thatch with Fungal Laccase
• Overseeding Preparation Techniques for Fairway Seashore Paspalum
• Frequent Venting of Bermudagrass Greens: Effects on Infiltration and Water Content

Water Management

• Surface Water-Quality Monitoring on Golf Courses in the Pacific Northwest
• Pesticide Runoff from Simulated Golf Turf
• Removing Nitrate and Phosphate in Drain Tile Leachate
• Conserve Water Through Infrequent Irrigation of Bentgrass Fairways
• Quantitative Analysis of 20-Plus Years of Golf Course Monitoring Studies
• Deficit Irrigation of Seashore Paspalum and Bermudagrass
• Water-use Efficiency in Golf-An Economic Analysis of Colorado Golf Courses
• Wetting Agent Effects on Root-zone Moisture Distribution
• Field-Scale Monitoring of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products Applied to Active Golf Courses via Recycled Water