USGA is co-funding a project with the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America to evaluate selected wetting agents on golf course and research putting greens throughout the United States. Ten wetting agents most commonly used by superintendents and an untreated control are being evaluated at nine sites throughout the United States. All 10 products are being applied at the highest label rate for control/management of localized dry spot. The nine evaluation sites are:
(1) Bermudagrass research putting greens at the University of Florida-Fort Lauderdale and Texas A&M University;
(2) Creeping bentgrass research putting greens at the University of Georgia, Cornell University, Michigan State University and Washington State University (Puyallup); and
(3) Creeping bentgrass practice greens at golf courses with the research being conducted by scientists from New Mexico State University, Cal State Polytechnic (Pomona) and the University of Missouri.
Data collected on a regular basis includes turf color, turf quality, phytoxicity and degree of soil hydrophobicity. GCN
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