| January 19-22, 1998 |
Volume #27 |
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Cover |
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Welcome Letter |
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Table of Contents |
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Turfgrass Research for High Trafficked Areas |
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J.N. Rogers, III, J.C. Sorochan |
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-[I. Developement of Establishment Techniques for Sod Production Utilizing a Refined Wood Fiber Mat (Ecomat) as the Growth Media Over an Impermeable Plastic Barrier)] |
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-[II. Determining the Performance of Poa Supina Grown in Varying Media for Athletic Field Conditions Under Reduced Light Conditions] |
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Turfgrass Soil Management Research Report - 1997 |
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P.E. Rieke, T.A. Nikolai, D.E. Karcher, N.T. McVay |
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-[I. Golf Spike Survey] |
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-[II. Green Soil Mix cultural Practices Study] |
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-[III. Phosphorous soil Test Correlation on Sand: Peat Green] |
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-[IV. Nitrogen Effects on Weeds in Kentucky Bluegrass] |
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-[VI. Bentgrass Green High Potassium Study] |
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Continuing Nitrogen Injection Research |
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Perennial Report to the Michigan Turfgrass Conference General Session |
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David M. Gilstrap |
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Turfgrass Environmental Education Program 1997 Update |
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Gregory T. Lyman |
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Turfgrass Physiology, Herbicide, and PGR Research Update |
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James H. Baird, Ronald Calhoun |
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-[I. General Preemergence Crabgrass] |
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-[II. Comparing Non-selective Herbicides] |
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-[III. Postemergence Crabgrass Control Trial] |
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-[IV. The Effect of Granular vs. Sprayable Formations on PGR on Clipping Yield of Fairway Height Creeping Bentgrass] |
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-[V. Creeping Speedwell Control] |
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Spatial Distribution of Ataenius Spretulus, Aphodius Granarius and Predaceous Insects Across Golf Course Fairways and Roughs |
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D.R. Smitley, T.W. Davis, N.L. Rothwell |
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Turfgrass Disease Management Report 1996-97 |
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Dr J.M. Vargas, R. Detweiler, N. Dykema, D. Taube |
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-[I. Snow Mold Fungicide Studies] |
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-[II. Dollar Spot Fungicide Trial - 1997] |
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-[III. Brown Patch Fungicide Study - 1997] |
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-[IV. 1997 Pythium blight Fungicide Study] |
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-[V. Biological Control of Dollar Spot on Annual Bluegrass - 1997] |
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-[VI. Bentgrass Decline Field Trial - 1997] |
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-[VII. Summer Decline on Poa annua - 1997] |
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Leaf Mulch Forum "Research and Real-World Techniques" |
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T.A. Nikolai, P.E. Rieke, N.T. McVay |
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-[I. Research] |
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-[II. Real World] |
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Planting & Maintenance of Native Prairie Grasses |
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Tom Smith |
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25 Years of Mistakes Part II |
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Gordon Witteveen |
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The Magic Microbes: Myth or Reality? |
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Toni Koski |
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Crown-Rotting Anthracnose |
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Brandon Horvath |
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Low Maintenance Grasses for Golf Course Roughs |
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Richard Hurley |
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Engineering Properties and Maintenance of Golf Putting Greens |
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James R. Crum, John N. Rogers III, Thomas F. Wolff, Eldor A. Paul, Joseph M. Vargas, Jr., Fred S. Warner |
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High Tech, High Touch |
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William Carlson |
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Challenges to Continued Pesticide Use in Urban Areas |
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Allen James |
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Constitution Gardens: The Making of Urban Park |
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James C. Patterson |
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Recent Advances in Insect Control in Lawns |
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Amy Sugars |
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Successful Biological Control and Fungicide Combinations for Control of Dollar Spot on Poa |
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Philip J. Dwyer Jr., Joseph M. Vargas Jr. |
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The New Poa's: Are They for Real? |
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Toni Koski |
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The 1997 Year End Review |
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Robert Vavrek |
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Practical Research in the Field |
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Kathy Antaya |
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Tree/Turf Interactions |
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James Kielbaso |
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Diagnosing and Overcoming Urban Soil Problems |
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James Patterson |
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Efficiency for the One Man Grounds Staff |
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Floyd Perry |
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Effects of PGR'S and Rolling on Three Putting Green Construction Methods |
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John A. Hardy, John N. Rogers, III |
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Subground Irrigation on Greens and Tees |
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Bernd Leinauer |
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Best Management Practices for the Golf Course: What's New and What's Not |
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Dr. Charles H. Peacock |
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Biological Control of Poa Trivialis |
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Nancy Dykema, Ron Detweiler, Joe Vargas, Jr., Jon Powell |
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Introducing the Michigan Turfgrass Environmental Stewardship Program |
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Greg Lyman |
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The Red River Valley Flood - 1997 |
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Robert Vavrek |
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Fungicide Use on DMI-Resistant Dollar Spot |
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David Gilstrap, Joe Vargas, Jr., Oliver Schabenberger, Rob Golembiewski |
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Pink Snow Mold (Microdochium Patch) |
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Jon F. Powell |
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Red Run Golf Club Summary of Experience with Microdochium |
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Gary Thommes, CGCS |
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Dollars and Sense: Managing Time and Company Cost |
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Tom Smith |
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Seed For Sites |
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Richard Hurley |
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"Michigan Horticulture Industries Self-Insured Workers' Compensation Fund: Profiting From Safety" |
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Laurie Robison, Sharon Novasel |
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Nutrient Management for Grounds and Commercial Turf |
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Dr. Charles Peacock |
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Sites and Proper Shrub Selection |
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Susan Gruber |
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Liability Issues |
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Floyd Perry |
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Disease Management for Athletic Fields: A Michigan Perspective |
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David M. Gilstrap |
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Problem Solving Efforts on the Spartan Football Practice Field |
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Jason Henderson |
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Managing Poa Supina Schrad. (Supina Bluegrass) in Michigan |
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J.C. Sorochan, J.N. Rogers, III. |
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Poa Supina on Both Sides of the Pond: The European Perspective |
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Bernd Leinauer |
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Is It Safe to Go in There? Exposure to Turf Applied Pesticides |
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Gregory T. Lyman |
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