FLORENCE, S.C. – Poa-annua control, controlling spring dead spot in ultradwarf bermudagrass putting green turf and information about new fungicide combinations are just a few of the topics that will be covered during the Clemson University Pee Dee Research and Education Center (REC) Field Day on April 30.
Registration begins at 8 a.m. at the Pee Dee REC Pavilion, 2200 Pocket Road, Darlington, South Carolina 29532.
The field day begins with participants taking a walking tour of turfgrass experiments at 8:30 a.m. Please wear comfortable walking shoes.
Trial areas will be grouped according to station number, with smaller sub-stations covered within each grouping.
Presenters include Joseph Roberts, assistant professor of turfgrass pathology and nematology, and Clemson Cooperative Extension Service specialist. Adam Gore, Clemson Extension horticulture agent, will also present.
Field day topics covered at each station include:
- Understanding Post-Emergence Applications for Poa annua Control
- Fungicide Efficacy Trials for Controlling Spring Dead Spot Disease in Ultradwarf Bermudagrass Putting Green Turf
- Understanding Spring Herbicide and Fertilizer Applications for Zoysiagrass Landscape Turf
- New Fungicide Combinations for Foliar Diseases on Ultradwarf Putting Green Turf
- Evaluation of New Fungicide Combinations for Large Patch in St. Augustinegrass Landscape Turf
- Year-Round Fungicide and Nematicide Programming for Ultradwarf Bermudagrass Putting Green Performance
This event is expected to end at 11:30 a.m.
Pesticide credits, including three Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for Category 3 – Turf for South Carolina and three CEUs Category L, N, D and X for North Carolina, will be offered.
Contact Joseph Roberts, jar7@clemson.edu, for information.
The Pee Dee REC is located in both Darlington and Florence counties.
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