The 2025 Pest Control for Professional Turfgrass Managers guide for superintendents, sports turf managers, grounds managers and lawn care professionals is now available.
The guide is published annually by the North Carolina State University turfgrass management department.
The guide covers topics including:
- Insect control
- Weed control
- Herbicide mode of action
- Pre-emergent weed control in cool-season grasses
- Pre-emergent weed control in warm-season grasses
- Post-emergent broadleaf and grassy weed control
- Product guide
- Nematode management
- PGR for turfgrass
- Aquatic weed control
The guide is authored by Terri Billeisen, Ph.D.; Lee Butler, Ph.D.; Travis Gannon, Ph.D.; Jim Kern, Ph.D.; Ramon Leon Gonzalez, Ph.D.; Ray McCauley, Ph.D.; Grady Miller, Ph.D.; and Robert Richardson, Ph.D., all of the North Carolina State turfgrass management department.
Published by the University of North Carolina Press, the 96-page guide is free as a downloadable PDF, or a paperback version is available for purchase for $14.