Cutting Edge Seminar Series: 2023-24
- Cutting Edge turfgrass research you can use.
- Superintendent Solutions to share innovative ideas to common turf management problems.
- Timely stories about topics within the turfgrass management industry.
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Introductory Turfgrass Science & Management Certificate
- Introductory turf science and management certificate program.
- 30+ hours of lectures offered by a dozen turf experts.
- 100% self-paced content and simple quizzes.
30h
10
9
Precision Turfgrass Management
- Use of data and models to support decision making.
- Technology to automate data collection and interpretation.
- Precision application technology
12h
3
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Putting Green Management
- This course content launches in January.
- Putting green cultivation practices.
- Hitting putting green performance goals.
6h
2
6
Programming Plant Growth Regulator Applications
- PGR classification and function
- Predicting PGR response
- Use of PGRs to obtain turf performance goals.
10h
4
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Causes and Management of Turf Stress
- Understand how & why environmental stresses reduce turfgrass health.
- Focuses on abiotic stresses including heat, cold, desiccation and light/shade stress.
- Management practices to control plant stress described.
12h
2
23
Integrated Pest Management in Turfgrass
- Pest Identification and disease epidemiology
- IPM strategies and resistance management
- Principles of disease management
8h
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Responsible Pesticide Use
- Integrated pest management implementation and documentation
- Alternative pesticides and application scheduling
- Reducing non-target injuries from pesticide applications
8h
1
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Mastering Management & Communication
- Course content launches later this winter.
- Targeting messages to staff and stakeholders.
- Influential leadership.
6h
2
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Diseases of Cool-Season Turfgrasses
- Turfgrass disease fundamentals
- Control strategies for diseases of cool-season grasses.
- Dollar spot, take-all patch, summer patch, Anthracnose, brown patch, Pythium, snow molds
12h
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Weed Identification and Control
- Weed ecology, IPM and control
- Herbicides and herbicide injury
- Crabgrass, annual bluegrass, nutsedge, dandelions, white clover, and thistle
18h
3
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Turf Soil Management
- Fundamentals of soil science
- Soil organic matter management
- Soil physical properties & constructed root zones
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Turfgrass Fertilization
- Nutrient requirements and cycling
- Nitrogen fertilizers
- Scheduling nitrogen fertilizer
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Understanding and Using Soil Testing
- Fundamentals of soil chemistry and fertility.
- Soil testing methodologies and interpretation methods (SLAN, MLSN, BCSR)
- Nutrient management planning
6h
3
11
Turfgrass Irrigation
- Soil water budgets and evapotranspiration
- Irrigation quantity, water quality and water conservation practices
- Use of wetting agents and other products to improve irrigation precision
6h
4
12
Turfgrass Drainage
- The hydrologic cycle
- Surface and subsurface drainage
- Sand-based root zone construction and maintenance.
6h
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