The list of must-read titles for golf course superintendents is a long one. On it are books such as "Management of Turfgrass Diseases" (Joe Vargas, Ph.D.), "The Future of Golf in America" (Geoff Shackleford), "Turfgrass Management" (Al Turgeon, Ph.D.) and "Rough Meditations" (Bradley S. Klein, Ph.D.), just to name a few.
Another selection for that list could be the "Golf Solutions Guide" (by Bayer Environmental Science).
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Compiled by the Bayer Green Solutions Team, the Golf Solutions Guide offer complete diagnostic tips and solutions for problems caused by turf diseases, weeds and insects.
Each section includes background information on each disease, weed or insect pest, symptoms and recommended solutions specific to warm- and cool-season grasses. Both publications also include product guides for Bayer fungicides, insecticides and herbicides. Solutions include tips on what to apply as well as label information inlcluding rates and timing.
The guides are available here.
Cool-season guide
> Diseases: anthracnose, bacterial decline, brown patch, curvularia blight, dollar spot, fairy ring, gray leaf spot, leaf spot and melting out, Michrodochium patch, Pythium disease, rapid blight, snow mold, summer decline, summer patch, take-all patch.
> Weeds: annual bluegrass, crabgrass and goosegrass.
> Insects: billbugs, nematodes and white grubs.
Warm-season guide
> Diseases: Bermudagrass decline, curvularia blight, damping-off, dollar spot, fairy ring, large patch, leaf spot and melting out, leaf and sheath spot, Michrodochium patch, Pythium disease, rapid blight, spring dead spot and take-all root rot.
> Weeds: crabgrass, dalllisgrass, doveweed, goosegrass, annual bluegrass, sedges, tropical signalgrass Virginia buttonweed.
> Insects: billbugs, fire ants, mole crickets, nematodes.
