The KSU Turfgrass Pages

1996 KSU TURFGRASS RESEARCH REPORT


Below are selected reports from the 1996 research report. For a full printed copy of the report, contact Christy Nagel at the Kansas Turfgrass Foundation.

Irrigation Management and Other Turfgrass Cultural Practices

Variability in Turfgrass Evapotranspiration on a Golf Course

Irrigation Practices and Their Effects on Disease and Weed Incidence in a
Perennial Ryegrass Fairway



Turfgrass Disease Management

Genetic Diversity in Ophiosphaerella herpotricha, a Cause of Spring
Dead Spot of Bermudagrass

Effects of Summer Aerification, Verticutting, and Sod Stripping on
Severity of Spring Dead Spot of Bermudagrass

Preventive Fall Fungicide Applications for Control of Rhizoctonia Large
Patch Disease of Zoysiagrass

Preventive Fall Fungicide Applications for Control of Yellow Patch of
Bentgrass

Turfgrass Weed Control and Plant Growth Regulation

Suppression of Bermudagrass in Cool-Season Turf with Turflon Ester
and Acclaim

Control of Crabgrass in Cool-Season Turf with Barricade Applied at
Nontraditional Times

Control of Crabgrass in Cool-Season Turf with Various Preemergence
Herbicides

Effects of Plant Growth Regulators on Perennial Ryegrass Growth
and Drought Resistance

Effects of Primo plus Various Adjuvants on Density, Quality, and
Clipping Yields of 'Glade' Kentucky Bluegrass and 'Amigo'
Tall Fescue


Turfgrass Cultivar Trials

Request a printed copy from the Kansas Turfgrass Foundation to get information on best -performing Kentucky bluegrass, fine fescue, creeping bentgrass, perennial ryegrass, zoysiagrass, buffalograss, and bermudagrass cultivars