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Turfgrass Use on US Golf Courses by Travis W. Shaddox, J. Bryan Unruh, Mark E. Johnson, Clark D. Brown, Greg Stacey

“…A survey was developed and distributed via e-mail to 13,938 US golf facilities, with 1861 responding. From 2005 to 2021, the total projected area of maintained turfgrass on US golf facilities decreased by 14.2%, which was likely a result of course closures and maintenance operations. …”
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Survey of Pest Management Practices on US Golf Courses by Travis W. Shaddox, J. Bryan Unruh, Mark E. Johnson, Clark D. Brown, Greg Stacey

“…Integrated pest management (IPM) is an important component of golf course maintenance and includes conventional chemical pesticide use as well as nonchemical cultural management practices. …”
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DEGRADATIVE IMPACTS OF ELITE LANDSCAPES: RESIDENTIAL LAWNS AND GOLF COURSES by SKYLAR HOUCK

“…The cases of celebrity lawn-watering and golf course maintenance in drought-prone California represent the larger issue of elite practices that effectively oppose healthy change. …”
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Creating Wildflower Habitats in Golf Course Out-Of-Play Areas by Rebecca Nestle, Grace Cope, Nicole Benda, Adam G. Dale

“…Dale and published by the UF/IFAS Entomology and Nematology Department is intended to provide guidelines for Florida golf course superintendents to aid in their efforts to conserve important wildlife while reducing maintenance inputs and associated costs. …”
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Novel Hybrid Statistical Learning Framework Coupled with Random Forest and Grasshopper Optimization Algorithm to Forecast Pesticide Use on Golf Courses by Guillaume Grégoire, Josée Fortin, Isa Ebtehaj, Hossein Bonakdari

“…Golf course maintenance requires the use of several inputs, such as pesticides and fertilizers, that can be harmful to human health or the environment. …”
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Soil Nitrate Monitoring for Turfgrass Sod Farms and Other Turf Areas by W. Michael Sullivan, Zhongchun Jiang

“…We found that the golf course green exhibited significantly higher nitrate-N fluxes than the sod farms and the low-maintenance turf. …”
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Effects of close cutting on ground cover and quality of a polystand of Manilagrass and cool season turfgrasses by Nicola Grossi, Marco Fontanelli, Christian Frasconi, Luisa Martelloni, Michele Raffaelli, Andrea Peruzzi, Monica Gaetani, Simone Magni, Lisa Caturegli, Marco Volterrani, Michel Pirchio

“…The increasing availability of zoysiagrass cultivars has enabled this genus to be considered suitable for low-maintenance golf courses, especially for golf tees and golf fairways. …”
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Closing local water cycles based on MBR treatment plants in tourist resorts - microbiological risk assessment by Klara Ramm, Monika Wojciechowska

“…The use of reclaimed water offers numerous opportunities to replace freshwater in crop irrigation, landscaping, roadside maintenance, and golf course irrigation. However, water recovery from small-scale wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in tourist areas poses significant challenges. …”
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Biology and Management of the Bermudagrass Mite, Eriophyes cynodoniensis by Pablo Agustin Boeri, Nicole D. Benda, Joseph Bryan Unruh, Adam G. Dale

“… The bermudagrass mite, Eriophyes cynodoniensis (Sayed) (Arthropoda: Arachnida: Eriophyidae), also known as the couch grass mite, can be a serious pest of bermudagrass in multiple high-maintenance turf systems such as sod production, athletic fields, and golf courses. …”
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Bermudagrass for Florida Lawns by Laurie E. Trenholm, John L. Cisar, J. Bryan Unruh

“…Improved, fine-textured bermudagrasses are used throughout the south on golf courses, athletic fields, and in high-profile residential and commercial landscapes where a fine-textured, dense ground cover is desired. …”
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Overseeding Florida Lawns for Winter Color by Laurie E. Trenholm, Joseph Bryan Unruh

“…While this practice is common on golf courses, athletic fields, and high-profile landscape areas, the principles also apply to homeowners who wish to have a green lawn year-round. …”
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Sensitivity of <I>Sclerotinia homoeocarpa</I> isolates from turfgrass in Italy to demethylation-inhibiting (DMI) fungicides and iprodione by MASSIMO MOCIONI, MARIA LODOVICA GULLINO, ANGELO GARIBALDI

“…Twenty nine isolates of S. homoeocarpa collected from 13 different golf courses in northern and central Italy were tested in vitro for their sensitivity to propiconazole, tebuconazole and iprodione, fungicides registered for use on turfgrass in Italy. …”
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Planning open spaces for Biodiversity: Evaluating Urban Parks for Wildlife Habitat by Margaret Livingston, Josh Mehlem

“…Previous research has shown that created open spaces, such as parks and golf courses may provide critical habitat functions associated with natural areas if planned appropriately (Mannan and Boal, 2000; Shaw et al, 1998). …”
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Synergistic Pest Management Strategies for Turfgrass: Sustainable Control of Insect Pests and Fungal Pathogens by Luka Batistič, Stanislav Trdan

“…Turfgrass systems in European urban green spaces, including sports fields, golf courses, and residential lawns, must balance high performance with compliance with stricter pesticide regulations. …”
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The Adoption of Low-Input Turfgrasses in the Midwestern US: The Case of Fine Fescues and Tall Fescue by Sanchez Philocles, Ariana P. Torres, Aaron J. Patton, Eric Watkins

“…To better understand the economic potential of low-input turfgrass sod, we surveyed sod buyers (landscapers, golf courses, sports turf managers) who purchased sod in 2020 to investigate (1) the factors impacting them to purchase low-input turfgrasses, and (2) the factors influencing the quantity purchased of low-input turfgrasses. …”
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Changes in Soil Bacterial Community Structure in Bermudagrass Turf under Short-Term Traffic Stress by Hongjian Wei, Yongqi Wang, Juming Zhang, Liangfa Ge, Tianzeng Liu

“…Pers.) is an extensively utilized turf grass for football fields and golf courses. Traffic stress is one of the most important stresses affecting the life of turf, which leads to a decrease in turf quality and changes in the soil microbial community structure. …”
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Comparative genomics and transcriptome analysis reveals potential pathogenic mechanisms of Microdochium paspali on seashore paspalum by Peiyuan Jin, Yixuan Kong, Ze Zhang, Huangwei Zhang, Yinglu Dong, Kurt Lamour, Zhimin Yang, Yuxin Zhou, Jian Hu

“…The sparse leaf patch of seashore paspalum (Paspalum vaginatum Sw.) caused by Microdochium paspali seriously impacts the landscape value of turf and poses a challenge to the maintenance and management of golf courses. Little is known about the genome of M. paspali or the potential genes underlying pathogenicity. …”
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Bilateral Cricoarytenoid Joint Ankylosis with a Perplexing Etiology by Joyce Rodvie M. Sagun, Emmanuel Tadeus S. Cruz

“…No history of hoarseness or joint pain was noted either. A golf caddy, he was a previous 15-pack-year smoker, occasional alcoholic beverage drinker and denied use of illicit drugs. …”
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