Natural defence systems I. Elicitors
Plants have different methods of natural defence, Elicitors are one of them. The health of our lawns depends in many cases on the proper functioning of the two levels of natural defence that exist....
View ArticleBenefits of lightweight-roll on golf greens
Lightweight-rolling is a popular practice among golf courses around the world. Its impact is not immediately visible, many people do not understand its use but its effects are tested. Let’s review it!...
View ArticlePhytfieldlab kit and the qPCR technics: key for a healthy grass
For decades, the qPCR technique has been a widely used and indispensable technique in both medical and biological laboratories. Today it is popularly known worldwide, the detection technique for...
View ArticleTurf Disease Detection II: Spring dead spot
Spring dead spot is the most important disease for Cynodon dactylon and its hybirids, like for Bermuda 4-19. Spring dead spot outbreaks happens to sport surfaces with high maintenance requirements....
View ArticleTurf Disease Detection IV. Pythium
Members of the genus Pythium belong to a group of organisms known as “oomycetes”, a group of filamentous protists belonging to the pseudofungi group, which survive year after year as oospores on our...
View ArticleTurf Disease Detection V. HELMINTHOSPORIUM COMPLEX. Drecheslera spp.
Detecting diseases in turfgrass is an arduous and difficult task. The common name of Helminthosporium comes from the old scientific name (Helminthosporium spp). Leaf, collar and root diseases, known as...
View ArticleTurf Disease Detection VI. Anthracnosis
Anthracnosis is a fungal disease caused by the fungus Colletotrichum Cereale, which survives on remains of soil organic matter. The most important damages take place on Poa Annua greens and sometimes...
View ArticleTurf Disease Detection III. Rhizoctonia
The first identification of Rhizoctonia was made in 1914 by C. D. Piper, director of the USGA, and the disease was called “Brown Patch”. These fungi usually survive naturally in all soils and are...
View ArticleTURF DISEASE DETECTION VIII. Dollar Spot
Dollar spot is one of the most damaging fungal diseases of sports turf. The causal agent was described in 1937 as Sclerotinia homeocarpa, however, phylogenetic evidence confirms that S. homeocarpa is...
View ArticleDelta T – How to calibrate a spray tank?
Tank spraying applications are our daily bread and butter in the field. Their use is so intensive that when there are problems with the spray bucket, the work schedule suffers. Frequent calibration is...
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