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ATHLETIC TURF

Bermuda Polo Field Maintenance Program 

Maintenance Program - Overseeded Bermuda Fields

Maintenance Program - Non-overseeded Bermuda Fields

Maintenance Program - Tall Fescue, Bluegrass, Perennial Ryegrass

Water - the Boondoggle for Native Soil Sports Fields

Athletic Field Construction and Establishment

Selection of Grasses for Athletic Fields

Cool Season Grass Athletic Field Maintenance Program

Bermudagrass Athletic Field Maintenance Program

Sports Field Irrigation

Sports Turf Traffic - How Much is Too Much??

Overseeding Bermudagrass Sports Fields

Controlling Winter Weeds on Bermudagrass Athletic Fields

Winter Turf Covers

Summer Bermudagrass Renovation - Vegetative Varieties

Protecting Bermudagrass from Excessive Winterkill

Construction and Maintenance of Skinned Sports Surfaces

Renovating Bermudagrass Sports Fields With Seeded Bermuda

 

TURF DISEASES

Chemical Control of Turfgrass Diseases - PPA-1(pdf)

Disease Management in the Home Lawn - ID-105--(html)

Brown Patch Disease in Kentucky Lawns - ID-112--(html)

Patch Diseases in Kentucky Bluegrass Lawns - ID-122(pdf)

Managing Spring Dead Spot of Bermudagrass - ID-130(pdf)

Low-Maintenance Lawn Care, Stressing Pest Avoidance and Organic Inputs - ID-154(pdf)

Weather Favorable for Cottony Blight in Turfgrasses - PPFS-OR-T-1(pdf)

Avoid Resistance to Fungicides Used to Control Diseases of Turfgrasses - PFS-OR-T-2(pdf)

Efficacy of Fungicides for Controlling Gray Leaf Spot of Perennial Ryegrass - PPFS-OR-T-3(pdf)

Localized Dry Spot -PPFS-OR-T-5(pdf)

Pythium Root Rot of Turfgrasses -PPFS-OR-T-6(pdf)

Does Fungicide Usage Increase Thatch Accumulation in Turf? -PPFS-OR-T-8(pdf)

Destructive Diseases Common on Turfgrasses in Kentucky -PPFS-OR-T-9(pdf)

Sudden Deterioration of New Creeping Bentgrass Putting Greens -PPFS-OR-T-10(pdf)

Slime Mold, Lichens, & Sooty Mold Problems on Plants -PPFS-MISC-3(pdf)

 

GOLF COURSE MANAGEMENT

Overseeding Bermudagrass Fairways In The Transitions Zone

Fairway Establishments and Maintenance - Species Cost Comparison

Selection of Fairway Grasses for New Golf Courses

Seeded Bermudagrasses

Effects of Traffic on Dormant Bermuda

Perennial Poa Suppression in Bent Greens

Ryegrass Fairway Conversion to Bermuda

 

HOME LAWN CARE

Low-Maintenance Lawn Care, Stressing Pest Avoidance and Organic Inputs  (ID-154)

Lime and Fertilizer Recommendations / Soil Test Recommendations (Excerpt from AGR-1)

Weeds of Kentucky Turf (for identification, refer to Weed ID Page)  (AGR-12)

Lawn Establishment in Kentucky (AGR-50)

Improving Turf Through Renovation (AGR-51)

Selecting the Right Grass for your Kentucky Lawn (AGR-52)

Lawn Fertilization in Kentucky (AGR-53)

Mowing, Dethatching and Coring and Rolling Kentucky Lawns (AGR-54)

Turf Care Calendar (PDF format only) (AGR-55)

Weed Control Recommendations for Bluegrass and Tall Fescue (AGR-78)

Lawn Irrigation (For Professionals) AGR-115

Principles of Home Landscape Fertilizing ID-72

Home Lawn Irrigation ID-79

Managing Mole Problems in Kentucky FOR-42

Some Facts About MowingSeeding Cool Season Grasses ---- Time of Year!

Bermudagrass Control/Suppression in Cool-Season Turf

Fall Lawn Management and Renovation following Summer Lawn Woes

Evaluating and Renovating Drought-Stricken Lawns

Maintaining Kentucky Lawns During Summer Drought

 

TURF INSECTS

Controlling White Grubs (PDF)

Velvet Ants (PDF)

Insecticides for Control of White Grubs in Kentucky Turfgrass (PDF)

Earthworms - Thatch Busters (PDF)

Yard Wasps (PDF)

Managing Adult Japanese Beetles (PDF)

Japanese Beetles in the Urban Landscape (PDF)

Pesticide Applicator Training Manual for Ornamental and Turf Pest Control (PAT-1-3)

White Grub Control (An IPM/Agronomic Perspective)

 

SOD PRODUCTION

Growing Cultivated Turfgrass Sod for Transplanting

The Business of Sod Production

 

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