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Article: Superintendent role essential in discovery of new turf disease.(RESEARCH UPDATE)
- Article from:
- California Fairways
- Article date:
- September 1, 2005
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In the winter of 1995, the golf course superintendent of Santa Ana Country Club in Santa Ana, CA was worried. Dave Zahrte was concerned about the patches of dead turf that suddenly appeared on his Poa annua greens over a single weekend. Dr. Larry Stowell of the PACE Turfgrass Research Institute (PACE) was called in, but the only problem Stowell could find were some curious, microscopic cells living within the damaged turf foliage. When the problem spread to Poa annua greens throughout California, it was clear a new turf pest had emerged. Thus began a scientific collaboration among golf course superintendents, consultants and researchers that eventually resulted in the ...