Approved GCSAA Webcasts Updated September 2014
UPDATED SEPTEMBER 2014 - FOUR NEW WEBINARS ADDED!
The WCTA is working with the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America to accredit some of their education offerings for BC Pesticide Applicator Certificate (PAC) continuing education credits (CEC's). The following on-demand webcasts have been approved for CEC points by the BC Ministry of Environment.
More information on these webcasts can be found at http://www.gcsaa.org/Education/Webcasts.aspx and you don't even need to be a GCSAA member to participate! Non-GCSAA members pay $60 per webinar and can also enroll by calling 800-472-7878.
New!
Title: Herbicide Resistance in Turf : An Emerging Issue Facing Golf Course Superintendents
CEC’s / Category: 1.0 IPM, 0.5 Application Technology
Date: September 18, 2014
Time: 10:00am (Central)
Location: Online webcast
Event: Golf Course Superintendents Association of America
Length of Presentation: 90 minutes
Speaker: Jim Brosnan, Ph.D.
Speaker biography: Jim Brosnan, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the department of plant sciences as well as co-director of the Center for Athletic Field Safety at the University of Tennessee. He earned his B.S. in turfgrass science from Penn State University, an M.S. in plant, soil and insect sciences (turfgrass) from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and his Ph.D. in agronomy from Penn State University. Brosnan’s research focuses on effective and economical strategies for broadleaf and grassy weed control in various turfgrass systems, including golf courses, athletic fields, and residential landscapes. He is also interested in the effects of plant growth regulators on both warm and cool-season turfgrasses. Brosnan has previously taught conference seminars and webcasts for GCSAA
Synopsis: Herbicide resistance is an emerging problem facing golf course superintendents in the transitional and warm-climatic zones. Repeated use of similar weed management strategies has given rise to herbicide resistant weeds, predominantly annual bluegrass (Poa annua) and goosegrass (Eleusine indica). In this 90-minute webcast, Jim Brosnan, Ph.D., will use case studies to illustrate the current status of herbicide resistance in turf. In addition, the benefits of herbicide rotation and diversifying weed management strategies to control problematic turfgrass weeds will also be discussed in detail.
New!
Title: Today’s Turf is Creeping Bentgrass
CEC’s / Category: 1.0 IPM
Date: October 8, 2014
Time: 10:00am (Central)
Location: Online webcast
Event: Golf Course Superintendents Association of America
Length of Presentation: 90 minutes
Speaker: Doug Karcher, Ph.D
Speaker biography: Doug Karcher, Ph.D., is an associate professor at the University of Arkansas. He earned his B.S. from The Ohio State University and his M.S. and Ph.D. from Michigan State University. Karcher’s research interests focus on soil physical properties, water and organic matter management, cultural practices, fertility and technology. His university appointment includes 25% teaching and 75% research. In addition to maintaining an extensive research program, he serves on the Arkansas Turfgrass Association Board and as chair of the Turfgrass Science Division of the Crop Science Society of America. Karcher has lectured at numerous state and regional turf conferences across the US, in Spain, Germany, Italy and Thailand on topics ranging from water management to foliar fertility to soil cultivation. He has been a GCSAA faculty member since 2008 teaching both webcasts and at the annual education conference.
Synopsis: Doug Karcher, Ph.D., provides an overview of the improved creeping bentgrass cultivars and their management on putting greens in this 90-minute webcast. From his firsthand experience and research, Karcher outlines the practices to maximize creeping bentgrass putting green health and performance. Topics discussed will be:
• Cultivar selection, and an update on the development of new cultivars
• Management practices to manage organic matter accumulation
• Tips for providing a high-quality creeping bentgrass putting surface during summer stress conditions
New!
Title: Reducing Poa annua on Your Golf Course
CEC’s / Category: 1.5 IPM
Date: October 30, 2014
Time: 12:00pm (Central)
Location: Online webcast
Event: Golf Course Superintendents Association of America
Length of Presentation: 90 minutes
Speaker: Fred Yelverton, Ph.D
Speaker biography: Fred Yelverton, Ph.D., is a professor of crop science at North Carolina State University where he co-directs the Center for Turfgrass Environmental Research and Education. His research program focuses on PGRs and the development of environmentally sound weed management systems for both warm- and cool-season turfgrasses. In addition, he advises several graduate students in the area of turfgrass weed management and plant growth regulators. Yelverton has taught numerous seminars and sessions at GCSAA’s annual education conference as well as the popular webcast Dealing with Moss on Putting Greens.
Synopsis: Annual bluegrass (Poa annua) continues to be the most problematic weed on golf courses worldwide. This cool-season plant is typically a winter annual but can adapt to a perennial life cycle. Selective removal in cool-season grasses has always been a challenge. In warm-season grasses, there are a great deal more effective herbicide options but due to the diversity of this species, resistance to herbicides has become a common problem. In this 90-minute webcast, Fred Yelverton, Ph.D., will cover ecological adaptations of Poa annua on golf courses as well as selective removal and suppression. Programs that discourage the development of herbicide resistance will also be discussed.
New!
Title: Increase the Precision of Your Nitrogen Application
CEC’s / Category: 0.5 IPM
Date: November 19, 2014
Time: 10:00am (Central)
Location: Online webcast
Event: Golf Course Superintendents Association of America
Length of Presentation: 90 minutes
Speaker: Bill Kreuser, Ph.D
Speaker biography: Bill Kreuser, Ph.D., is an extension specialist and assistant professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees at University of Wisconsin-Madison and his Ph.D. at Cornell University. Kreuser’s research focuses on winter desiccation and spring green-up, iron layer formation in sand putting greens, and nitrogen fertilization management. His appointment at UNL is 60% extension, 40% research. Kreuser worked as research manager at UW-Madison where he developed a GDD model to apply PGRs. During his time at Cornell, he also worked as spray technician at the Robert Trent Jones Golf course. He co-taught with Frank Rossi, Ph.D., at the 2014 GCSAA Education Conference in Orlando.
Synopsis: Utilization of soil moisture probes for irrigation, environmental models for seed head and pest control, and GDD models to schedule PGR applications have increased the precision of turfgrass management over the past decade. Nitrogen fertilization scheduling, however, is still largely based on historical management practices and qualitative observations. Large-scale production agriculture has embraced remote plant sensing and soil testing to increase the precision of nitrogen application. Can you use these new technologies to increase the precision of nitrogen fertilization on your turfgrass? In this 90-minute webcast, Bill Kreuser, Ph.D., highlights current research in the area of nitrogen management and investigates the potential for technology to improve application precision on creeping bentgrass golf turf.
Title: Realities of Organic Golf
CEC’s / Category: 0.5 IPM
Date: On-demand
Time: On-demand
Location: Online webcast
Event: Golf Course Superintendents Association of America
Length of Presentation: 90 minutes
Speaker: John Stier, Ph.D.
Speaker biography: John Stier, Ph.D., is the assistant dean for the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources at the University of Tennessee. He earned his bachelor of science and master of science degrees at The Ohio State University and his doctorate at Michigan State University. Stier’s research revolves around various environmental issues and management of turfgrass (e.g., nutrient and pesticide fate, invasive grasses, carbon sequestration), shade and cold stress, herbicides, and weed management. Stier has lectured in Argentina on shaded turf and joined the GCSAA faculty in 2012.
Synopsis: An increasing proportion of the public and industries are promoting organic food, plant and animal production and management. This webcast will review the legal aspects of organic regulations, including regulation development and fines for noncompliance. The complexity of turf fertilizers and pest control products, with regard to what is truly considered organic, and their efficacy, costs and future outlook, will be covered using specific products and examples. John Stier, Ph.D., will conclude the webcast with some suggested action steps to ensure golf turf management remains logistically viable as new regulations are enacted.
Title: Best Management Practices for the Control of Anthracnose on Annual Bluegrass Putting Greens
CEC’s / Category: 0.5 IPM
Date: On-demand
Time: On-demand
Location: Online webcast
Event: Golf Course Superintendents Association of America
Length of Presentation: 90 minutes
Speaker: Bruce Clarke, Ph.D., and Jim Murphy, Ph.D.
Speaker biography: Bruce B. Clarke, Ph.D., is an extension specialist in turfgrass pathology at Rutgers University. He earned his bachelor of science degree and doctorate from Rutgers. Clarke’s research focuses on foliar and root-infecting diseases of cool-season turfgrass. Clarke’s excellence in the turfgrass industry has been well-documented through the numerous awards he has received, including the Distinguished Service Award, GCSA of New Jersey; John Reid Lifetime Achievement Award, Metropolitan GCSA; Extension Excellence Award, Rutgers Cooperative Extension; and Hall of Fame Award, New Jersey Turfgrass Association. Clarke has taught identification and control of foliar and root-infecting diseases of cool-season turfgrass in China, Europe, South America, Australia and Asia. He has been a GCSAA faculty member since 1993.
James A Murphy, Ph.D., is an extension specialist in turfgrass management Rutgers University. He earned his bachelor's degree at Western Illinois University and master of science degree and doctorate at Michigan State University. Murphy’s research interests include understanding and improving the stress tolerance and persistence of turf particularly as related to the cultural management practices. Murphy serves as the Rutgers University liaison to both the New Jersey Turfgrass Association and the Golf Course Superintendents Association of New Jersey and his excellence in the turfgrass industry has been well-documented through the many awards he has received, including the Hall of Fame Award from the New Jersey Turfgrass Association, the Rutgers Cooperative Extension Team Research/Outreach Award, and the Seed Research of Oregon, Inc. Excellence in Research Award. Murphy has lectured in China, Japan and Norway on turf management issues. He has been a GCSAA faculty member since the mid-1990s.
Synopsis: Controlling anthracnose is more than just spraying fungicides. It requires good cultural practices, such as providing adequate fertility and irrigation quantity, adjusting mowing heights and frequencies, rolling, topdressing, and using plant growth regulators to reduce seedhead formation and improve stress management, as well as utilizing proper chemical control strategies. In this webcast, Jim Murphy, Ph.D., and Bruce Clarke, Ph.D., will discuss the latest research that has been used to develop the most current set of best management practices for the control of anthracnose on annual bluegrass greens
Title: Dollar Spot Resistance & Management Strategies
CEC’s / Category: 0.5 IPM
Date: On-demand
Time: On-demand
Location: Online webcast
Event: Golf Course Superintendents Association of America
Length of Presentation: 90 minutes
Speaker: Rob Golembiewski, Ph.D., and Frank Wong, Ph.D.
Speaker biography: Rob Golembiewski, Ph.D., is a green solutions specialist at Bayer Environmental Science and is based in Columbus, Ohio. Prior to joining Bayer in March 2012, Golembiewksi was an assistant professor in the Department of Horticulture at Oregon State University with the responsibility of teaching and directing the turf management program. He earned both his bachelor's degree in crop and soil science and master's degree in botany and plant pathology from Michigan State University, and his doctorate in agronomy from Ohio State University. Prior to joining the faculty at Oregon State, Golembiewski spent two years with the University of Minnesota at Crookston as an assistant professor, and prior to that he was co-owner of Paramount Landscape for six years. He has been a GCSAA faculty member since 2008.
Frank Wong, Ph.D., is a technical service specialist at Bayer Environmental Science and is based in the Washington, D.C., area. Prior to joining Bayer in 2011, Wong was an associate professor and extension specialist at the University of California, Riverside, where he had statewide turf pathology responsibilities since 2001. He earned a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from the University of California, Davis, and a doctorate in plant pathology from Cornell University. Wong’s research interests revolve around turfgrass diseases and management, and he currently has national responsibilities for technical service for Bayer's fungicide portfolio for turfgrass use. He has been a GCSAA faculty member since 2003.
Synopsis: Do you know your fungicides? What about all of the new products that contain multiple active ingredients? How effective are these fungicides against dollar spot, and what are the best approaches for preventing or delaying fungicide resistance? Dollar spot is the 800-pound gorilla of fungicide resistance. Cases of dollar spot fungicide resistance have been chronicled for over 30 years. This 90-minute webcast will provide a review of resistance terminology, a brief historical look at documented resistance cases, an update on new fungicides, and management strategies to extend the life of fungicides and control dollar spot.
Title: Options for your Weed Control Plan (NEW)
CEC’s / Category: 0.5 IPM & 0.5 Application Technology
Date: On-demand
Time: On-demand
Location: Online webcast
Event: Golf Course Superintendents Association of America
Length of Presentation: 90 minutes
Speaker: Bert McCarty, Ph.D
Speaker biography: Bert is a professor of horticulture at Clemson University, and he holds degrees from Clemson and North Carolina State universities. McCarty’s research focuses on weed management, PGR use and environmental stress physiology issues affecting turfgrass managers. His appointment at Clemson includes a blend of teaching, research and extension. McCarty’s excellence in the turf industry has been well-documented through numerous awards he has received, including a Service Merit Award from the Carolinas GCSA and an Outstanding Extension Publication Award from the American Society for Horticultural Science. His research is widely published, and he’s given presentations around the globe, including teaching at the GCSAA annual education conference for many years.
Synopsis: This webcast provides options for pre- and post-emergent applications on hard-to-control weeds. Included is a look at how to determine your pre-emergent timing depending upon your location in the U.S. Research presented includes comparison of various products on tough-to-control weeds like dallisgrass, signalgrass, goosegrass, swinecress and sedges. Suggestions for both warm- and cool-season turf are included as well as efficacy depending upon frequency of application. Biology, ecology and lifecycles of major turfgrass weeds will be touched on as will advantages of an IPM approach.