Mike Kenna, Ph.D.

Retired USGA Green Section research director and now research editor for Golfdom Magazine. New research articles and stories about his 30 years with the USGA.

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Research Editor @mpkenna56, shares research from the University of Wisconsin on a better way to optimize nitrogen applications on bentgrass greens. https://t.co/xtwX9dXImR

(Photo: Joseph Roberts)

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. @mpkenna56 explains the challenges the @USGA faced in researching alternative control for nematodes.

See what they discovered here: https://t.co/rsaG0BCfUN

(Photo: Journal of Nematology 33(4):227-238)

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[Jim Kerns @KernsJim]

@JamesHempfling @GCSAAConference @RUturfCenter @F_Shahoveisi @UCONNturfpath @EnvuGolfUS @APS_Turfgrass That is a great group!

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.@UNLincoln's @Rockinsince57 selected to receive 2023 @USGAGrnSection Award.

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[Jim Brosnan, Ph.D. @UTTurfWeeds]

Many thanks to all with @USGAGrnSection for helping @MaureenKahiu get her dissertation research @UTturfgrass off to a great start. Can't wait to find out what we'll learn from her data. @UTPlantSciences @UTIAg @TennesseeGCSA @TnTurfAssoc @TNGolfFnd

[Winstead Turf Matrix @WinsteadMatrix]

Both NFL playoff games will be played on natural grass. @Tahoma31Bermuda will be @LFFStadium. @SodSolutions NorthBridge will be @GEHAField. The professionals know the values of playing on natural turf. @FieldExperts

[Yanqi Wu @wu_yanqi]

NFL playoff games to be played on OSU turfgrass https://t.co/590uoFy4xW

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Throwback Thursday
Dr. James Watson (L) and Dr. Joseph Duich (R) at @USGAGrnSection research visit to @PureSeed_RPMS in Oregon were both Ph.D. graduate alums @PSUturf Penn State University under Dr. H.B. 'Burt' Musser. (Photo by James F. Moore, 1999).

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[Geoffrey Rinehart @gjrinehart]

Congratulations,@BIGTurfKnowHow, for receiving the @FieldExperts 2023 William Daniel Award!

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Throwback Thursday
August 1990. While working on his M.S. degree at Penn State University under the direction of Tom Watschke, Ph.D., Doug Linde used small runoff trays to measure the hydraulic resistance of creeping bentgrass and ryegrass.

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@wu_yanqi @AggieTurf @DBaltensperger @ChandraAmbika Congratulations!

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Throwback Thursday
Glenn Burton, Ph.D., discussing carbohydrate reserves in bermudagrass selections. He used two No. 10 cans with grass plugs in the bottom and the top can tapped to the bottom, preventing light from entering. Top growth in the dark was measured every 30 days.

[MTF @miturfgrass]

30-Year utility player.
Thomas A. Nikolai PhD @betterturf
Turfgrass Academic Senior Specialist
In the latest issue of NewsNotes: https://t.co/YSzqkn9jlu

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Throwback Thursday
Steve Cockerham, University of California, Riverside, discusses turfgrass traffic tolerance using the Brinkman Traffic Simulator (September 1994).

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