Our lawns suffered variously this past winter from El Nino driven weather. Bare patches from fungus disease and erosion need repair. Some lawn areas have washed out. Weed seeds from next door and ...
Turfgrasses are emerging from their winter dormancy, turning green and growing once again — and so are warm-season weeds. As you get back into the habit of lawn maintenance this spring, think about ...
The proceedings of a CAST-sponsored workshop,is composed of presentations from 16 specialists and an executive summary written by James Beard and Mike Kenna, the Task Force Co-chairs. This information ...
Editor's note: this week's column is a reprint from 2009. Guest writer is Bernd Leinauer, NMSU extension turfgrass specialist. Question: I want to plant a lawn with a grass that uses less water than ...
In the United States, turfgrasses occupy 1.9 percent of the continental surface and cover an area three times larger than any irrigated crop. Turfgrasses provide functional benefits such as water ...
Cities around the world are working to limit emissions of climate-warming greenhouse gases, but there have been few ways of measuring whether those gases are actually decreasing in any given ...
Turfgrasses are divided into two categories based on their photosynthetic pathway and climatic adaptations. The growth potential of cool-season grasses (C3) is highest in the spring and fall, with ...
A research team reviewed the physiological and morphological changes in cool-season turfgrasses under high temperature stress, alongside advances in molecular characterization of their temperature ...
With spring rains, warm-season turfgrasses such as bermudagrass and zoysiagrass are at risk of a fungal disease called large patch that can leave a lawn marked with large brown areas of dead and dying ...
Cities around the world are working to limit emissions of climate-warming greenhouse gases, but there have been few ways of measuring whether those gases are actually decreasing in any given ...
The USGA helped sponsor a Council for Agricultural and Scientific Technology (CAST) workshop on water quality and quantity issues in January 2006. The workshop proceedings provide a science-based ...