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Introductory turf science and management certificate program.
30+ hours of lectures offered by a dozen turf experts.
100% self-paced content and simple quizzes.
Use of data and models to support decision making.
Technology to automate data collection and interpretation.
Precision application technology
PGR classification and function
Predicting PGR response
Use of PGRs to obtain turf performance goals.
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.
Pest Identification and disease epidemiology
IPM strategies and resistance management
Principles of disease management
Integrated pest management implementation and documentation
Alternative pesticides and application scheduling
Reducing non-target injuries from pesticide applications
Turfgrass disease fundamentals
Control strategies for diseases of cool-season grasses.
Dollar spot, take-all patch, summer patch, Anthracnose, brown patch, Pythium, snow molds
Weed ecology, IPM and control
Herbicides and herbicide injury
Crabgrass, annual bluegrass, nutsedge, dandelions, white clover, and thistle
Fundamentals of soil science
Soil organic matter management
Soil physical properties & constructed root zones
Nutrient requirements and cycling
Nitrogen fertilizers
Scheduling nitrogen fertilizer
Fundamentals of soil chemistry and fertility.
Soil testing methodologies and interpretation methods (SLAN, MLSN, BCSR)
Nutrient management planning
Soil water budgets and evapotranspiration
Irrigation quantity, water quality and water conservation practices
Use of wetting agents and other products to improve irrigation precision
The hydrologic cycle
Surface and subsurface drainage
Sand-based root zone construction and maintenance.