By Mario Lanthier
I just finished spraying and the rain started. Darn. Do I have to spray again?
Here is a slightly different story. I started early this morning so I could spray while nobody was around. We forgot to tell the irrigation crew. Now the water is running where I sprayed. Will it wash away the spray residue?
by Peter Sorokovsky, Chair
First and foremost I would like to thank my fellow members on the 2015 research committee: David Davidson, Dave Duncan, Dave Woodske, Brian Holl, Steve Kerbrat, Ladd Lygett, and Elizabeth Hudgins. We have been a very consistent team over the past 3 years. I would also like to thank the BCGSA, the KPU Turf Club Students, our Industry Partners and all of you who so generously donated $5 to the “Give me 5bucks” for supporting turfgrass research with your donations.
Prepared and submitted by Deborah Henderson, PhD
LEEF Regional Innovation Chair
Director, Institute for Sustainable Horticulture
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Background
Local strains of beneficial fungi have been little studied in Canada for development as biopesticides, however it is expected that many native isolates exist.
Read more: Survey for Beneficial Fungi in Turf Soils: Trichoderma
The WCTA is pleased to announce our 2015 Silent Auction raised $4,797 to help fund turf management research projects. Thanks must go out to all donors who generously supplied auction items, without whom this fundraising effort would not be possible. And of course, congratulations to all the bid winners!
Read more: WCTA 16th Annual Turf Research Silent Auction Results
Frank S. Rossi, Ph.D. and Jennifer A. Grant, Ph.D. Cornell University
The golf course industry has been under scrutiny for pesticide use in NY for more than 25 years. The publication of “Toxic Fairways; Risking groundwater contamination from pesticides on Long Island golf courses” in 1991 inflamed the debate that would culminate a decade later in landmark legislation proposed to ban pesticide use on municipal golf courses in Suffolk County.
Read more: What We’ve Learned From a Decade of Reducing Pesticide Use