Soil Wetting Agent Research The use of soil wetting agents or soil surfactants, has become increasingly popular as they improve water efficiencies and turf quality. This soil wetting agent research is on nine soil wetting agents, and their affects on Turf Quality,...
Scarab Beetle. Sadly, people often class every adult scarab beetle or Curl grub they see as a “bad guy’. This is far from the truth, and every scarab beetle is not necessarily an African Black beetle (ABB) or a cockchafer. In fact there are only a few that cause...
Preventing Insecticide Resistance. A key tool for Turf Managers are Insecticides to prevent or minimize insect damage to Turfgrass, and preventing insecticide resistance is vital to continue to use these. Globally there are over 20 different modes of action...
Not all granular gypsum is the same As we head towards Spring thoughts for some will be turning towards applying gypsum. In the turf industry several companies supply granular gypsum products. Spreading gypsum is a lot easier when it is a granule, and this is the...
Turf Weeds and Climate Change. Turf Weeds and Climate Change are directly linked, and may well have serious implications on turf management in Australia. Unfortunately, Climate Change and its increases in carbon dioxide and temperature are going to affect herbicide...
Plant Biostimulant Research. Turf managers in Australia are under pressure to produce high quality surfaces within a budget. As well as this, sports grounds are being subjected to increased levels of use and expectations from end users. We investigate the use of a...