Resources

Calendar of events

July 13-27
Invasive Plant Identification and Control
Chicago Botanical Gardens
Glencoe, Ill.
Contact Trish Burns at 847-835-6928 or visit www.chicagobotanic.org.

July 26-29
Turfgrass Producers International 2005 Summer Convention and Field Days
Grand Summit Resort Hotel
Park City, Utah
Call 800-405-8873 or visit
www.turfgrasssod.org.

July 28
ITI/ISU Extension Field Day
ISU Turfgrass Research Station
Ames, Iowa
Call 800-605-0420 or visit
www.iowaturfgrass.org.

Aug. 1
Western Washington GCSA Fifth Annual Equipment Field Day
Glendale Country Club
Call 360-705-3049 or visit
www.wwgcsa.org.

Aug. 9
Western Washington GCSA OSU/WSU Turf Field Day
Corvallis, Ore.
Call 360-705-3049 or visit
www.wwgcsa.org.

Aug. 10-14
Golf Course Builders Association of America’s Summer Meeting
Hyatt Regency Jersey City (N.J.) on the Hudson
Call 402-476-4444 or visit
www.gcbaa.org.

Aug. 17
University of Rhode Island’s 74th Annual Turfgrass Field Day
Skogley Turfgrass Research Farm
Kingston, R.I.
Call 401-874-2755 or e-mail brownreb@mail.uri.edu.

Sept. 6-9
RISE 15th Annual Meeting
The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Las Vegas
Call 202-872-3860 or visit
www.pestfacts.org.

Oct. 14-16
International Lawn, Garden & Power Equipment Expo
Kentucky Exposition Center
Louisville, Ky.
Call 800-558-8767 or visit
www.expo.mow.org.

Oct. 19-20
Turfgrass, Landscape and Equipment Expo
Fairplex
Pomona, Calif.
Call 800-500-7282 or visit
www.turfcouncil.org.

Nov. 15-17
NYSTA 2005 Turf and Grounds Expo
Riverside Convention Center
Rochester, N.Y.
Call 800-873-8873 or visit
www.nysta.org.

Nov. 15-17
Penn State Golf Turf Conference
Nittany Lion Inn
State College, Pa.
Call 814-238-2402 or visit
www.paturf.org.

Jan. 10-12, 2006
Eastern Pennsylvania Turf Conference and Trade Show
Valley Forge Convention Center
King of Prussia, Pa.
Call 814-238-2402 or visit
www.paturf.org.

Jan. 26, 2006
Northeastern Pennsylvania Turf Conference and Trade Show
The Woodlands Inn and Resort
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Call 814-238-2402 or visit
www.paturf.org.

Books

Compendium of Turfgrass Diseases, 3rd Edition, is a reference for the treatment of turfgrass diseases. Recent advances in turfgrass pathology have been incorporated in this updated edition. The book is devoted entirely to the diagnosis and control of about 80 specific diseases affecting grasses maintained on golf courses, residential and commercial lawns, sod farms, and other areas. It’s intended to serve as a general and practical reference for anyone involved in maintaining fine turf. Those who have little training in plant pathology or plant pathologists who are inexperienced in diagnosing turfgrass diseases will find this reference useful because it combines descriptive language with clear, concise terminology of plant pathologists.

Accompanying dichotomous keys for select grasses and pathogens enable readers to accurately identify grasses and pathogens to species, as well as identify turfgrass diseases by environmental parameters, symptoms and signs.
For more information, call 800-328-7560, e-mail aps@scisoc.org or visit www.shopapspress.org.

Web sites

Golf course designer Thomas McBroom Associates launched a Web site (www.thomasmcbroom.com) that includes news, photos and information about courses being unveiled in Canada and throughout the world, along with projects in progress.

Contact Rob Thomas, associate editor, at rthomas@gie.net or 800-456-0707 to submit resource information.