"The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet."
- Aristotle
Like Aristotle, BASF understands the need for education.
Whether you are a superintendent who prefers to learn from the comfort of your office, or someone who likes learning in person, BASF has you covered.The company is sponsoring a series of Webinars available on TurfNet, and also is offering a pair of summer seminars to help turf managers tackle some of today's most daunting challenges.
The summer seminar series kicks off Aug. 30 at Brentwood (Tennessee) Country Club with BASF's Kathie Kalmowitz, Ph.D., and Bruce Martin, Ph.D., of Clemson University, continues the following day at Druid Hills Golf Club in Atlanta with Kalmowitz and Jim Brosnan, Ph.D., of the University of Tennessee.
Kalmowitz, technical specialist for BASF, will discuss pre- and post-herbicide use on golf courses and also will provide an update on use of Xzemplar fungicide on warm-season putting surfaces.
Martin will discuss disease identification and management for Bermudagrass and creeping bentgrass greens.
Brosnan, professor of weed science, will deliver a presentation entitled Winning the War on Weeds.
Brosnan also will discuss weed control in a BASF-sponsored webinar on TurfNet, scheduled for July 22 entitled Summer Weed Update and Options for Control. Open to everyone, the presentation will include a discussion on common troublesome summer weeds and conditions under which each thrive. Brosnan also will include an update on the latest scientific research on the topic and recommended control methods for a variety of common weeds.
Martin also will deliver a Webinar on TurfNet on July 12, when he and Larry Stowell, Ph.D., of Pace Turf present Biology and Control of Rapid Blight.
The discussion will address why some geographic areas are more susceptible than others and how rapid blight interacts with other diseases, including summer patch and anthracnose. Martin and Stowell also will discuss fungicide efficacy in the effort to manage against rapid blight and how new chemistries compare with standard treatments.
On Sept. 21, Casey Reynolds, Ph.D., of Texas A&M will address the use of turf colorants in a presentation entitled Turf Colorants, a Look Inside. In that presentation, Reynolds will take an in-depth look into the use of turf colorants on ultradwarf Bermudagrasses.
Previous TurfNet webinars sponsored by BASF include Fairy Ring and Fine Agronomics by Mike Fidanza, Ph.D., of Penn State and John Cisar, Ph.D., of the University of Florida, and Scheduling Fungicides for Turf Disease Control by Purdue's Rick Latin, Ph.D.
All BASF webinars are free for everyone and recordings are available for 24/7 on-demand playback.