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Outreach News and Advice

Light at the end of the tunnel (e.g., It's August) August 1, 2011 It's been a busy week for golf course superintendents in the region as diseases are in high gear and the heat and temperature stress are causing many golf course putting greens to decline. We are hearing a lot of reports of yellowing and discoloration to bentgrass putting greens, possible nematode issues, and the typical diseases that we would expect to see at this time of the year. Rain storms

Imprelis Update July 28, 2011 This is an important news update from Dupont related to the suspected issues surrounding Imprelis. Below is from their newly launched website called www.imprelis-facts.com. "DuPont is fully committed to making sure that our valued customers are satisfied with our products, and to ensuring the responsible stewardship of those products. We regret any injury to trees that our herbicide,

Dr. Vincelli's Chemical Control of Turfgrass Diseases July 21, 2011 For those of you who have not yet seen this reference from Dr. Paul Vincelli at the University of Kentucky, you will be excited about this post. Dr. Vincelli has been pulling data from the Plant Disease Management Reports (formerly F&N Tests) for a number of years and he continues to update this reference each year. I have to say that it is one of the best references available that continues to