The golf course superintendent and staff work diligently to provide the best playing conditions possible; however, proper course management today also requires conserving natural resources and protecting the environment. Forty-one projects are underway to evaluate reduced pesticide use, increase our understanding of plant disease and insect pests, provide better plant resistance to both pest and climatic stresses, and improve overall management techniques for new and improved turf cultivars.
Sustainable Management: General
USGA ID |
Project Title |
Institution |
2015-15-530 |
Excessive Winter Crown Dehydration Affects Creeping Bentgrass Cold Hardiness |
University of Nebraska |
| 2016-07-557 | Minimum Daily Light Integral Requirements for Warm-Season Fairway/Tee and Rough Cultivars: Mowing Height and Growth Regulator Interactions | Texas A&M University |
| 2017-10-620 | Determining Precise Light Requirements for Various Turfgrass Systems | University of Arkansas |
| 2016-10-560 | Reducing Ultradwarf Bermudagrass Putting Green Winter Injury with Covers and Wetting Agents | University of Arkansas |
| 2017-15-625 | Modeling GA Production Improves Prediction of Turf Growth and PGR Performance | University of Nebraska |
| 2017-20-630 | Chemical Priming to Improve Annual Bluegrass Responses to Ice Stress | Michigan State University |
Sustainable Management: Grass Testing
USGA ID |
Project Title |
Institution |
2015-18-533 |
Response of Seven Low-Maintenance Grasses to Less-Than-Optimum Irrigation |
University of Arizona |
| 2016-14-564 | Low-Input New Groundcover and Native Grass Species for Turfgrass Replacement in the Low Desert | University of Arizona |
| 2017-04-614 | Bermudagrass Rough Conversion to No-Mow, Low-Input Grass Area | University of California Cooperative Extension |
| 2017-06-616 | Establishment and Maintenance Practices for No-Mow Fine Fescue Golf Course Roughs | University of Minnesota |
| 2017-09-619 | Smart Tools to Improve and Accelerate the Turfgrass Evaluation Process | Oklahoma State University; Kansas State University |
| 2017-13-623 | Golfer Perception of Input-Limited Fairway Management in the Northcentral U.S. | University of Nebraska |
| 2017-19-629 | Multi-Location Trial to Establish Maintenance Requirements and Performance of New Bermudagrass Cultivars for Fairway Use | University of Florida |
Sustainable Management: Soil Problems
USGA ID |
Project Title |
Institution |
2014-05-494 |
Texas A&M University |
|
| 2016-06-556 | Effects of Finer-Textured Topdressing Sand on Creeping Bentgrass Putting Green Turf | Rutgers University |
| 2016-17-567 | Assessment of Topdressing Sands and Associated Cultural Practices Used to Manage Ultradwarf Bermudagrass Greens | Texas A&M University |
| 2015-14-529 | Genesis and Prevention of Iron-Cemented Layers in Sand Putting Green Soil Profiles | University of Nebraska |
| 2016-16-566 | How Does Clay Move and Accumulate in Sand Root Zones? | University of Nebraska |
| 2015-12-527 | A New Sodicity Index for Improving Risk Assessment and Management of Saline and Sodic Soils | University of Wisconsin |
| 2017-05-615 | Solvita® Soil Test Kits to Categorize Golf Course Fairway Responsiveness to Nitrogen Fertilization | University of Connecticut |
Sustainable Management: Water
Pathology
USGA ID |
Project Title |
Institution |
2015-04-519 |
Oklahoma State University |
|
| 2016-18-568 | Management Strategies of a Sclerotinia homoeocarpa Population with Multiple Fungicides Resistance and Multidrug Resistance | University of Massachusetts |
| 2016-21-571 | Bentgrass Tolerance, Disease Predictive Models, and Fungicide Timing to Control Dollar Spot on Fairway Turf | Rutgers University |
| 2017-16-626 | Fungicide Alternatives for the Management of Microdochium Patch | Oregon State University |
| 2017-18-628 | Effects of Winter-Applied Nitrogen, Phosphate, and Potassium Rates on Microdochium Patch | Oregon State University |
| 2016-20-570 | Comparative Control Methodology of Belonalaimus longicaudatus and Meloidogyne Species on Golf Course Putting Greens | North Carolina State University |
Entomology
USGA ID |
Project Title |
Institution |
2015-09-524 |
Biological Control of Black Cutworm in Turf with Baculovirus |
USDA/ARS/NCAUR; Purdue University |
| 2016-22-572 | Developing Optimal Management Programs for Annual Bluegrass Weevil Populations with Different Insecticide Resistance Levels | Rutgers University |
| 2016-23-573 | Effects of Mowing Height and Nitrogen Fertilization on Annual Bluegrass Weevil Oviposition, Larval Development, and Turfgrass Damage | Pennsylvania State University |
| 2017-08-618 | Biological Control of Annual Bluegrass Weevil with Novel Formulation Types and Application Systems for Entomopathogenic Fungi: Microsclerotia-Based Formulations and Hydrogels | Rutgers University |
Weed Science
USGA ID |
Project Title |
Institution |
2016-12-562 |
Developing a Rapid Method for Diagnosing Herbicide Resistance in Annual Bluegrass |
University of Tennessee |
| 2016-19-569 | Characterizing Growth and Life History of Silvery-Thread Moss in Cool-Season Putting Greens: Assessing Vulnerability to Stress in the Life Cycle | University of Nevada; Kansas State University |
| 2017-03-613 | Use of Fraze Mowing and Herbicides to Eradicate Bermudagrass in Putting Greens or Production Fields | University of Arkansas; University of Tennessee |