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Penn State Turfgrass Alum Completes GCSAA ASCS Program
Congratulations to Raul Iurk, Penn State Turfgrass alum and Carmel Country Club assistant-in-training, on completing all four ASCS certificates.
Bayer Commits $5.6 Billion to Glyphosate Alternatives
Bayer AG will pump about $5.6 billion dollars of its research and development budget into alternatives to its weedkiller glyphosate over the next decade.
Save the Date for the Golf Turf Conference
Penn State and the Pennsylvania Turfgrass Council are pleased to announce that the annual Penn State Golf Turf Conference will be held from November 19th through the 21st in the Nittany Lion Inn in State College, PA.
Annual Bluegrass Research at Penn State – Survey Sites Needed
The Penn State Turfgrass Program is looking for turfgrass managers to assist with a research project focusing on annual bluegrass throughout Pennsylvania. The primary goal of this project is to address potential herbicide resistance in annual bluegrass in managed turf systems. John Kaminski (Professor of Turfgrass Science) and Kaiyuan Tang (Ph.D. student) are looking for
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Penn State Hosts High School Students Interested in Turf
The Penn State Turf Program recently hosted students from the Brentsville District High School Turfgrass Science Program.
Congratulations to the Class of 2019
Congratulations to the recent graduates of the Class of 2019! We can’t wait to see what you do next! Associate Degree in Turfgrass Science & Management Brayden Brumley Andrew MacCagnano Kara Neterval Nathan Williamson Bachelor’s Degree in Turfgrass Science Douglas Apple Christopher Boal Daniel Bove Trever Browne Christopher Cooke Grant Cotchen Kyle Dawson David
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Pythium Research at Penn State – Samples Needed!
The Penn State Turfgrass Program is looking to golf course superintendents to assist with a research project focusing on Pythium species causing root rot and foliar blight throughout Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic. The primary goal of this project is to identify Pythium species in soil and plant tissue as it relates to disease development throughout
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EPA Reaffirms that Herbicide Glyphosate Poses No Risk to Public Health
Glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide in U.S. agriculture and has been studied for decades. Glyphosate is used on more than 100 food and non-food crops, including ornamentals and turf.
Douglas Apple and Samuel Lobaugh Named Recipients of the PTC Scholarships
The Pennsylvania Turfgrass Council is pleased to announce Douglas Apple and Samuel Lobaugh as the spring 2019 recipients of the PTC scholarships.
Evan Mascitti Receives C Reese Berdanier Endowed Award
Congratulations to PhD student Evan Mascitti, this year's recipient of the C Reese Berdanier Endowed Award!
