MSU Extension Turf

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  Lawn turf update – May 11, 2022

  Published on May 11, 2022
  Lawns have been slow growing this spring with the unusually cold and wet conditions, but the recent warmup has lawns and weeds springing to life.

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  Smitley Recognized for Support of Michigan Golf Industry

  Published on May 9, 2022
  Dave Smitley is recognized for his support of the Golf Industry in Michigan.

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  Spring blooming lawn and garden weeds: A focus on winter annual identification and management

  Published on April 13, 2022
  Understand your spring blooming lawn and garden weeds for better control.

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  Timing crabgrass preemergence applications in spring

  Published on April 1, 2022
  When is the correct time to apply crabgrass preemergence herbicides in the spring?

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  Plant identification? There’s an app for that—actually several!

  Published on April 1, 2022
  2022 update! Plant identification apps for smart phones have seen significant improvements over the past several years, offering the opportunity to take a photo and get an instant identification in many cases.

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  MSU researchers part of team investigating winter stresses of turfgrass in northern climates

  Published on January 24, 2022
  Led by the University of Minnesota, the group received an $8M USDA Specialty Crop Research Initiative grant

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  Weed Genomes Cropping up at PSM

  Published on January 17, 2022
  PSM's Dr. Eric Patterson along with colleagues at MSU, Colorado State University, and industry partners have launched the International Weed Genomics Consortium, a program to sequence, annotate and publish genomes for up to 30 common weed species.

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  Michigan Turfgrass Foundation makes $1 million lead gift to Michigan State University to endow a chair in Turfgrass Pathology

  Published on January 5, 2022
  A $1 million gift from the Michigan Turfgrass Foundation to the Michigan State University (MSU) College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR) launches a $5 million campaign to endow the Joe Vargas Chair in Turfgrass Pathology.

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  Fall armyworm damage on putting greens

  Published on October 21, 2021
  Fall armyworms were recently observed causing damage on a research putting green at the MSU Hancock Turfgrass Research Center.

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  Fall armyworm egg masses hatching now could bring new turf damage soon

  Published on September 24, 2021
  A fall armyworm outbreak is now causing damage to lawns, golf courses and other turfgrass in some places in Michigan.